COLUMBUS, Ohio — No matter what the score is at the end of each Buckeye football game, fans always get a win with the best damn band in the land.
One of the band's biggest flexes is Script Ohio. The famous formation concludes with the dotting of the "i", which is something only a select group of sousaphone players have the honor to do in their time at Ohio State.
Certain sousaphone players get the honor to do it each game.
"It was really challenging for me because I didn't know how to play the instrument; it hurt my shoulder whenever I put it on," said OSU senior Sean Bauman, who will be dotting the "i" at the first game of the season.
Bauman has been playing the sousaphone since his freshman year. The former saxophone player picked up the instrument, specifically to join The Best Damn