1968 was a notable year on college campuses. For Ohio State sophomore Dave Hocevar, it was the start of a lifelong involvement with Brutus and the Buckeyes. That was the year Dave was asked by Jim Baer, president of Block O, if he would assist Alan Kuntz in sharing...

Brutus captured her heart from the start. As a high school student at her first OSU football game, Sandy Glowacki couldn’t take her eyes off Brutus and the cheerleaders.  She admits, “I remember laughing at Brutus when he would move his bushy eyebrows. I remember just...

You would think that a student who had been the Bryan High School Golden Bear would want to try out for Brutus, especially one who had been an Ohio State fan long before she enrolled. This student, Mary Burnett, did long to be Ohio State’s mascot, BUT (imagine a big...

At the end of his freshman year at Ohio State, Doug Congrove’s parents, Joanna and Gary, looked at his grades and said, “You need to stop having fun. You did so well in high school.” Indeed, he had been a standout at Jackson High School in southern Ohio. An Eagle...

Sometimes you have to be in the right place at the right time. It seems that Mike Caporal was just that when it comes to Brutus Buckeye. For years, Mike Caporal's role with Brutus was unknown. Mike, a Sigma Chi, lived in the Stadium Scholarship Dorm down the hall from...

  Who has the rights to the license plate BRUTUS1? Alan Kundtz, retired civil engineer from Aiken, SC, certainly is a contender. Alan wore the fiberglass model for three years, from 1966-68. For many years, the OSU Spirit squad had him listed as the first Brutus....