Ohio State claimed that it was October 10, 1936, that the Ohio band first performed their beloved Script Ohio. Feel free to troll your Buckeye friends because of this fact: Rest assured that the folklore is true, it was indeed the Michigan Marching Band that first performed the ‘Script Ohio’ – four years earlier. Yes, the MMB literally spelled it out for the Ohio Stadium crowd on Michigan’s trip to Columbus in 1932. Want evidence? Sure:
Here’s an opposite-field photo of the mega-sized writing lesson:
Backing this up, please enjoy this October 16, 1932 clip from the Michigan Daily, published a day after the Wolverines’ 14-0 victory down in the Snake Pit.