{"id":7697,"date":"2025-01-19T23:02:52","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T23:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=7697"},"modified":"2025-01-19T23:02:52","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T23:02:52","slug":"breaking-celebrities-confess-loyalty-ohio-state-buckeye-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=7697","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: These celebrities Confess their Loyalty to Ohio State Buckeye fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/img.asmedia.epimg.net\/resizer\/v2\/PB7IUQEWE2NLKXD4COC3HZ6YXM.jpg?auth=c5aecf14b10012f6fb061ce67c84199cccf17352483f7a42efc3abf044f622fc&amp;width=360&amp;height=203&amp;smart=true\" alt=\"With a win over Texas Longhorns in the Cotton Bowl final on January 10, Ohio State face Notre Dame in the CFP final.\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Expectation is growing ahead of\u00a0<b>Monday\u2019s\u00a0<\/b><b>2025 College Football National Championship<\/b>\u00a0final between\u00a0Ohio State\u00a0and Notre Dame.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><b>Atlanta, Georgia will be the epicentre of college football\u00a0<\/b>tomorrow<b>\u00a0with more than 79,000 fans expected at the\u00a0<\/b><b>Mercedes-Benz Stadium<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b>with demand for tickets rocketing with all initial tickets sold out as fans now resort to the spending big via the secondary market.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">One more time. Together. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/suiRNTcuXL\">pic.twitter.com\/suiRNTcuXL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ohio State Football (@OhioStateFB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OhioStateFB\/status\/1880738199368290583?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The\u00a0<b>Buckeyes<\/b>\u00a0are heavily tipped to prevail as they look to claim their ninth national championship and will be cheered on by a series of high profile\u00a0<b>Ohio State fans.<\/b><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"\">LeBron James<\/h3>\n<p class=\"\">The most famous of the\u00a0<b>Buckeyes fans<\/b>\u00a0hails from\u00a0<b>Akron (Ohio)\u00a0<\/b>and just recently added the voice over for the team\u2019s \u2018Chapter of Champions\u2019 video, produced to coincide with the CFB Playoff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Over the years,\u00a0<b>LeBron<\/b>\u00a0has regularly showed his support for the Buckeyes&#8217; athletic programs despite never having attended the university.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud835\udde7\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\udde7\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddff \ud835\udde9\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddf9. \ud835\udfed\ud835\udff2 \ud835\uddd6\ud835\udddb\ud835\uddd4\ud835\udde3\ud835\udde7\ud835\uddd8\ud835\udde5 \ud835\udde2\ud835\uddd9 \ud835\uddd6\ud835\udddb\ud835\uddd4\ud835\udde0\ud835\udde3\ud835\udddc\ud835\udde2\ud835\udde1\ud835\udde6 \ud83c\udf7f\ud83d\udd25\ud83c\udfa5<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf99\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KingJames?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KingJames<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PROOiSkWnN\">pic.twitter.com\/PROOiSkWnN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ohio State Football (@OhioStateFB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OhioStateFB\/status\/1880755549580808643?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"\">Jack Nicklaus<\/h3>\n<p class=\"\"><b>\u2018The Golden Bear\u2019 Nicklaus\u00a0<\/b>is one of the most successful golfers of all time winning 117 professional tournaments in his career which included a record 18 major championships.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Now aged 84, the\u00a0<b>Columbus native is a huge Ohio State fan<\/b>\u00a0and was a member of the\u00a0<b>Buckeye<\/b>\u00a0golf team from 1957 to 1961 before turning professional after switching sports at the university moving from basketball to golf.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jack Nicklaus almost played basketball at Ohio State instead of golf?! \ud83d\ude32<\/p>\n<p>The Golden Bear tells the story of his basketball career ahead of tonight&#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NBAFinals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NBAFinals<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I6CBDDVIbb\">pic.twitter.com\/I6CBDDVIbb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PGATOUR\/status\/1798846388714844307?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"\">John Legend<\/h3>\n<p class=\"\">The 46-year-old singer\/songwriter grew up in\u00a0<b>Springfield, Ohio<\/b>, and is also considered to be a major Buckeyes supporter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Rumour has it that the Grammy Award winner has his piano emblazoned with Buckeye stickers on his piano.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">He told NBC in 2021: \u201cI\u2019m from Ohio, we\u2019re neighbors,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re taught as children to hate people from Michigan because of the\u00a0<b>Ohio State-Michigan<\/b>\u00a0thing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DDhwR2FSxJr\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; 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