Ohio State Football Uses Security Code Combinations As Motivational Reminder

WE’RE NONPLUSSED OVER OMELETTE STATION OMISSION: We’ve worked college football games in the SEC, Big 12, Big 10 and Pac-10 and have come to the conclusion that Ohio State is the number-one football school in America, on and off-the-field.

Woody Hayes Athletic Center


ESPN.com’s Bruce Hooley has more evidence of that in a recent piece detailing the Buckeyes’ obscene “86,000-square-foot Woody Hayes Athletic Center on the Ohio State campus (which) is a testament to Big Boy Football decadence.“:

• “more plasma TVs than Circuit City
• “in-water treadmills, whirlpool
• “therapy tubs that rival any day spa
• “a weight room the size of Rhode Island
• “an Xbox arcade, pool tables and a fully stocked juice bar

Not enough? OSU also spent $21.5M to upgrade and expand the facility last year.

The best part of the piece though is Hooley detailing some of the security codes used by players and staff to access the facility: “For a while, it was 41-14, the score of Ohio State’s loss to Florida in the BCS National Championship Game. Then came 01-08, the month and day of the debacle in Glendale, Ariz. And finally, 01-07, the record thus far for this calendar year.

Maurice Clarett Mugshot


Future access code: 342 - the weight of Maurice Clarett after he gets out of prison in two years.