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Columbus is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 census population of 905,748,it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S.,the second-most populous city in the Midwest,and the third-most populous U.S. state capital. Columbus is the county seat of Franklin County;it also extends into Delaware and Fairfield counties. It is the core city of the Columbus metropolitan area,which encompasses ten counties in central Ohio. It had a population of 2.139 million in 2020,making it the largest metropolitan area entirely in Ohio and 32nd-largest metro area in the U.S.
Ohio is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north,Pennsylvania to the east,West Virginia to the southeast,Kentucky to the southwest,Indiana to the west,and Michigan to the northwest. Of the 50 U.S. states,it is the 34th-largest by area. With a population of nearly 11.8 million,Ohio is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated state. Its capital and most populous city is Columbus,with other large population centers including Cleveland,Cincinnati,Dayton,Akron,and Toledo. Ohio is nicknamed the "Buckeye State" after its Ohio buckeye trees,and Ohioans are also known as "Buckeyes".
The Ohio State University is a public land-grant research university in Columbus,Ohio,United States. A member of the University System of Ohio,it was founded in 1870. It is one of the largest universities by enrollment in the United States,with nearly 50,000 undergraduate students and nearly 15,000 graduate students. The university consists of sixteen colleges and offers over 400 degree programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
The Ohio River is a 981-mile-long (1,579 km) river in the United States. It is located at the boundary of the Midwestern and Southern United States,flowing in a southwesterly direction from western Pennsylvania to its mouth on the Mississippi River at the southern tip of Illinois. It is the third largest river by discharge volume in the United States and the largest tributary by volume of the north-south flowing Mississippi River,which divides the eastern from western United States. It is also the sixth oldest river on the North American continent. The river flows through or along the border of six states,and its drainage basin includes parts of 14 states. Through its largest tributary,the Tennessee River,the basin includes several states of the southeastern U.S. It is the source of drinking water for five million people.
Toledo is a city in and the county seat of Lucas County,Ohio,United States. At the 2020 census,it had a population of 270,871,making Toledo the fourth-most populous city in Ohio,after Columbus,Cleveland,and Cincinnati. Toledo is the 85th-most populous city in the United States. It is the principal city of the Toledo metropolitan area,which had 606,240 residents in 2020. Toledo also serves as a major trade center for the Midwest;its port is the fifth-busiest on the Great Lakes.
The Toledo War (1835–1836),also known as the Michigan–Ohio War or Ohio–Michigan War,was a boundary dispute between the U.S. state of Ohio and the adjoining territory of Michigan over what is now known as the Toledo Strip. Control of the mouth of the Maumee River and the inland shipping opportunities it represented,and the good farmland to the west were seen by both parties as valuable economic assets.
The Big Ten Conference is the oldest NCAA Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives in 1896,it predates the founding of its regulating organization,the NCAA. It is based in the Chicago area in Rosemont,Illinois. For many decades the conference consisted of ten prominent universities,which accounts for its name. On August 2,2024,the conference expanded to 18 member institutions and 2 affiliate institutions. The conference competes in the NCAA Division I and its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS),formerly known as Division I-A,the highest level of NCAA competition in that sport.
The Midwestern United States is one of the four census regions defined by the United States Census Bureau. It occupies the northern central part of the United States. It was officially named the North Central Region by the U.S. Census Bureau until 1984. It is between the Northeastern United States and the Western United States,with Canada to the north and the Southern United States to the south.
Richard Michael DeWine is an American politician and attorney serving since 2019 as the 70th governor of Ohio. A member of the Republican Party,he served as the 50th Attorney General of Ohio from 2011 to 2019,in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 to 1991,and in the U.S. Senate from 1995 to 2007.
Ohio University is a public research university with its main campus in Athens,Ohio,United States. The university was first chartered in 1787 by the Congress of the Confederation and subsequently approved by the territorial legislature in 1802 and the Ohio General Assembly in 1804,opening for students in 1809. It is the first university chartered by an Act of Congress,the first university to be established in the former Northwest Territory,and the first land grant institution of higher education in the United States.
Ohio Stadium is an American football stadium in Columbus,Ohio,on the campus of Ohio State University. It primarily serves as the home venue of the Ohio State Buckeyes football team and is also the site for the university's Spring Commencement ceremonies each May. Common nicknames for the stadium include "The Horseshoe","The Shoe",and "The House That Harley Built".
Kirk Edward Herbstreit is an American sportscaster and former college football player. He serves as an analyst for ESPN's College GameDay,a television program covering college football,and provides color commentary on college football games on ESPN and ABC and Thursday night NFL games on Prime Video. For his TV work,Herbstreit has won five Sports Emmy Awards in various categories. He appeared annually as a commentator in EA Sports' NCAA Football video game series,including after a ten-year hiatus.
Urban Frank Meyer III is an American sportscaster and former college football coach. He spent most of his coaching career at the collegiate level,having served as the head coach of the Bowling Green Falcons from 2001 to 2002,the Utah Utes from 2003 to 2004,the Florida Gators from 2005 to 2010,and the Ohio State Buckeyes from 2012 to 2018. He retired from coaching in 2019 at the end of the Rose Bowl,and stayed at Ohio State as an assistant athletic director and was also an analyst for Fox Sports,appearing weekly on their Big Noon Kickoff pregame show. In 2021,Meyer came out of retirement to take his first National Football League (NFL) job as head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars,but was fired 13 games into his first and only season,after going 2–11 and being involved in both on- and off-field controversies. He then went back to Fox Sports to resume his broadcasting career.
Michael George Vrabel is an American professional football coach and former linebacker. He currently serves as a coaching and personnel consultant for the Cleveland Browns.
The Michigan–Ohio State football rivalry,referred to as The Game by some fans and sports commentators,is an American college football rivalry game that is played annually between the Michigan Wolverines and the Ohio State Buckeyes. As of 2023,Michigan and Ohio State have the most and third most wins of any program in NCAA Division I football history,respectively. The rivalry has gathered profound national interest as many of the games determined the Big Ten Conference title and the resulting Rose Bowl Game matchups,as well as the outcome of the NCAA Division I college football championship. In 2000,the game was ranked by ESPN as the greatest North American sports rivalry ever. The rivalry is listed in Rivals!:The Ten Greatest American Sports Rivalries of the 20th Century,published by Wiley. Encyclopædia Britannica includes the rivalry as one of the ten great sports rivalries in history.
The Ohio State Buckeyes football team competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision,representing Ohio State University in the Big Ten Conference. Ohio State has played its home games at Ohio Stadium in Columbus,Ohio,since 1922.
The Michigan Wolverines football team represents the University of Michigan in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level. Michigan has the most all-time wins in college football history. The team is known for its distinctive winged helmet,its fight song,its record-breaking attendance figures at Michigan Stadium,and its many rivalries,particularly its annual,regular season-ending game against Ohio State,known simply as "The Game," once voted as ESPN's best sports rivalry.
Ryan Patrick Day is an American football coach and former college football player. He is the 24th and current head football coach at Ohio State University,a position he has held since 2019. Day was also the acting head coach for the Ohio State Buckeyes for the first three games of the 2018 season. He attended the University of New Hampshire,where he played quarterback and linebacker for the Wildcats from 1998 to 2001 before he began his coaching career in 2002.
The 2022 United States Senate election in Ohio was held on November 8,2022,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Ohio. Republican writer and venture capitalist JD Vance defeated Democratic U.S. Representative Tim Ryan to succeed retiring incumbent Republican Rob Portman.
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