Looks like the BUCKEYES are ....

Donno. Certainly it's not as clear to most of us as what a longhorn is. Hook'em Buckeyes? Doesn't even sound right.

cheers 

Tana, I'm a LONGHORN fan too -- unless they're playing LSU!!!   Great game so far isn't it!!??!!  Tana, it's a good thing to be for the LSU Tigers!!!!   lol

Tana, good thing you decided to cheer for the LSU Tigers!!!!   LOL

Tana:

Sorry about OSU but I do know what a Buckeye is kind of. I was one of 11 pastors on staff at Canyon Ridge Christian Church in Las Vegas a Mega church in the North part of Las Vegas. This Christmas ove 10000 people attended the Christmas services there. The managment team was almost completely made up of Ohio natives and our Sr. Pastor had some buckeyes in a bowl on his desk. That was the only time I ever saw them.

Hope you have a great week and thanks for posting on my blog. There is always next year, and OSU had a great year and they beat Michagan that is most important.

I looked it up -- Buckeye is the Ohio State Tree ... here's what I found

Ohio's State Tree - Buckeye

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In 1953, the Ohio legislature designated the Ohio Buckeye, Aesculus glabra, as Ohio's official state tree.The tree is called the buckeye because its nuts resemble the shape and color of a deer's eye.The buckeye is relatively common in Ohio, growing especially well along rivers and streams and in floodplains.

People commonly confuse the Ohio Buckeye tree with the Horse Chestnut, Aesculus hippocastanum. In addition, the Yellow Buckeye, Aesculus octandra, also grows in Ohio. It is closely related to the Ohio Buckeye, and it is difficult to differentiate between the two species.

The buckeye tree has also provided Ohioans with their principal nickname-the Buckeyes.The Ohio State University has adopted Brutus Buckeye as its mascot.Ohioans have referred to themselves as Buckeyes since at least the presidential election of 1840, when Ohio resident William Henry Harrison won the presidency.Harrison's supporters carved campaign souvenirs out of buckeye wood to illustrate their support for their fellow Ohioan.