Ohio State football officially closed the door on the 2018 season by handing out some of the spoils of victory Thursday. Players received their Big Ten championship rings as well as gold pants charms. The latter are awarded when Ohio State beats Michigan, as the Buckeyes did last season for the 14th time in the past 15 years. >>FLASHBACK: Buckeyes upset Wolverines, earn trip to Big Ten title game After pasting favored Michigan 62-39 in the 115th playing of The Game, Ohio State topped Northwestern 45-24 in the Big Ten championship game to claim the 38th conference title in school history and second in as many years. The gold pants tradition goes back to the 1930s when coach Francis Schmidt famously told reporters the Wolverines “put their pants one one leg at a time, same as we do” before leading his first four Ohio State teams to shutout wins in…
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