Oct 26, 2020 | Brutus Alumni
What if you didn’t know you needed to be found? Tom Sherer is that guy. Until late last summer, I didn’t realize there was a gap between Mike Caporal, who wore the papier-mâché Brutus head, and Al Kundtz, the first person officially appointed by Block “O” to be...
Jan 24, 2020 | Brutus Alumni
Kyle McQuaid’s life trajectory turned on a dare during his sophomore year at Ohio State. Kyle shared the 10th floor of Park Hall with members of the Buckeye football team. Their weekly Thursday night routine was the triangular loop of south campus dorm, Spring Break...
Sep 19, 2019 | Brutus Alumni
Bell-bottomed pants were all the rage in the 1970’s. Our beloved Brutus the Buckeye was as hip as they come. Despite being confined to the big fiberglass head created in 1966, Keith Burkes brought style from the waist down with his plaid bell-bottomed trousers. But...
Aug 8, 2019 | Brutus Alumni
When Brutus was a “teenager” in the early 90’s, he got into a lot of mischief, thanks to Bart Suver. “The most fun prank,“ Bart recalls, “is when I put on the Brutus suit upside down.” He put the shirt over his legs and stuck his arms in the pant legs and pinned the...
Jul 1, 2019 | Brutus Alumni
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...
Apr 30, 2019 | Brutus Alumni
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...
