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Ohio State to Wear “Heritage Stripe” Throwbacks for CFP Championship Game, Per Report

The Ohio State Buckeyes will face the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the College Football Playoff Championship this Monday night, and when they do so, they’ll wear a favorite throwback jersey, according to this tweet from OSU uniform guru Andrew Lind.

If the report proves true, it would mark the eighth time the Buckeyes will have worn the throwbacks for a College Football Playoff game. The team has worn both the red and white versions of the “Heritage Stripe” jerseys for these games, and as they are the lower seed (with Notre Dame wearing their blue jerseys), the white throwback will be worn on Monday night.

Ohio State debuted these “Heritage Stripe” uniforms during their 2014-15 College Football Playoff run and has worn either the red or white the jerseys for every playoff game up to this season. The CFP changed its format to a 12-team playoff beginning this season, resulting in two additional rounds of playoffs. The Buckeyes have already played three games in this season’s playoff (defeating Tennessee, Oregon and Texas), but in those three games, OSU wore their regular uniforms.

It should be cautioned that Ohio State hasn’t yet confirmed the uniform choice, but breaking out the 1968 era throwbacks wouldn’t be surprising, given their past usage in CFP games.

And how have the Buckeyes fared when wearing the “Heritage Stripe” throwbacks in the CFP (and other games)? Let’s take a look.

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Sugar Bowl vs Alabama: January 1, 2015
Ohio State 42 – Alabama 35

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CFP National Championship vs Oregon: January 12, 2015
Ohio State 42 – Oregon 20

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Fiesta Bowl vs Clemson: December 31, 2016
Clemson 31 – Ohio State 0

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Fiesta Bowl vs Clemson: December 28, 2019
Clemson 29 – Ohio State 23

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Sugar Bowl vs Clemson: January 1, 2021
Ohio State 49 – Clemson 28

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CFP National Championship vs Alabama: January 11, 2021
Alabama 52 – Ohio State 24

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Peach Bowl vs Georgia: December 31, 2022
Georgia 42 – Ohio State 41

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Besides those playoff games, Ohio State has worn the “Heritage Stripe” jerseys for a few regular-season games as well. But like Notre Dame adding NOB for Bowl/Post Season games, it’s become a tradition for the Buckeyes to roll out the special jerseys for their CFP appearances (even though they have not done so thus far in this year’s new CFP format).

As you can see by the scores, OSU hasn’t been entirely successful while wearing them in these big games, but then again, they’ve been playing the best teams in the land in some of the biggest games of the year, so the competition has been stiff. They have amassed a respectable 3-4 record in them, and are looking to improve to .500 after Monday night.

While I actually prefer OSU’s regular uniforms (I appreciate the beauty of the stripe symmetry — identical on helmet, sleeve cap and pants leg) to the “Heritage Stripes,” I’ve come to appreciate them being worn when OSU plays in their biggest games. All that’s left is for OSU to confirm the special uniforms in the coming days.

What do you think of the “Heritage Stripe” throwbacks? Should OSU continue to wear (save) them for big games only, or would you like to see them worn more often during the regular season as well? Or should they just stick to the primary uniforms all the time?

 
  
 
Comments (14)

    I generally agree with the idea that the symmetry of the sleeve stripes is nice with the helmet and pants. But for some reason, I prefer the heritage stripes here. Maybe it’s the more gray?? Can’t explain it.

    Same

    If they wore gray sleeves, then having the same stripe as the helmet might work

    Also according to Andrew Lind the Nike has moved away from the Diamond Fractal Swoosh logo on the jerseys and he says it will now be a gold Nike Swoosh on the jersey.

    I prefer the gray sleeves. More historic and looks better. Having the helmet stripe be on the pants is enough.

    6 of one half dozen of the other for me. Both look good. I slightly prefer the usual look where all three sets of stripe match, but not so much that the heritage striping is bothersome.

    I spent most of my years watching Ohio State wearing a variation of the “heritage stripe” jerseys from 1988-2005. The difference being that on the scarlet jersey the tv numbers on those uniforms were white rather than black and the white jersey was almost identical. I initially hated it when the Buckeyes switched back to the current stripe pattern that they originally introduced in 1979 and wore until 1987. But as time has gone on, they have grown on me. But every time I see them back in the “heritage stripes” I realize how much I love them. The scream classic Ohio State. They scream Woody Hayes.
    If I had any say I would have them wear the current symmetrical stripe pattern jerseys for non conference games, the classic 1988-2005 jerseys for conference play and the “heritage stripes” for CFP appearances.

    I can abide fancier sleeves than helmet/pants stripes. If that weren’t the case, we’d be critical of the “mismatched” Cleveland Browns.

    Although I cannot stand “The” Ohio St University, I think these are absolutely beautiful. That is how you do sleeve stripes!

    This is their best look, and I don’t know why they ever got away from it. But I’m very happy to welcome it back.

    O-H . . .!

    Why do I have a feeling that, even though ND claims that they’re wearing blue, that they’ll be coming out in green?

    The Heritage Stripe jerseys look awesome. I still vastly prefer their normal home and away jerseys. With the perfectly matching stripe across helmet jersey and pants, Ohio St puts on a clinic in uniform design every Saturday.

    I don’t agree that the sleeve, helmet, and pant stripes all matching creates symmetry. I think it’s jarring because of the perpendicularity of the sleeve stripes compared to the orientation of the helmet and pants. It’s too much of the same element in different directions. The gray sleeves are a perfect accent.

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