Ohio State freshman quarterbacks Julian Sayin, left, and Air Noland both had black stripes on their helmets in March at the team's fan appreciation day workout.

Ohio State coach Ryan Day mentioned both players as contending for starting jobs earlier this week. On Thursday, the team announced both had lost their black helmet stripes — the ritual for ...

— Ohio State Football (@OhioStateFB) November 26, 2016 Here are those hats when Ohio State wore them earlier this month . Ohio State's wearing 1916 throwbacks and cannonball-lookin' helmets ...

Four days after wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. and defensive end Jack Sawyer became the first in Ohio State’s class of freshmen to shed their black helmet stripes, running back TreVeyon ...

Ohio State football star wide receiver Jeremiah Smith is now an Adidas athlete as he recently signed an NIL deal with the ...

Ohio State, Mississippi State and North Carolina pulled out exceptional ensembles for Week 4 of the college football season. ... They will wear black helmets, white jerseys and red pants.

The custom started with former Ohio State coach Urban Meyer, who began the tradition during his time as coach of Bowling Green. Freshmen would have to wear the thin black stripe on their helmets.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State football’s Dominic Kirks had his black stripe removed Tuesday. The defensive end is entering his second season with the program after appearing in three games ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State football has a tradition dating back to Urban Meyer’s tenure as head coach. When a newcomer joins the program, a black stripe is placed on their helmet. That black ...

The college football landscape is filled with iconic uniforms. Whether they are flashy and colorful like Oregon or Ole Miss, or historically pleasing like USC, Notre Dame, Alabama, or Texas, you ...

Ohio State, Mississippi State and North Carolina pulled out exceptional ensembles for Week 4 of the college football season. ... They will wear black helmets, white jerseys and red pants.