Brutus Buckeye, the mascot we all know and love, turns 50 Friday. Ohio State is commemorating the occasion with a hulking seven-foot bronze statue that's to debut in the Schottenstein Center after a dedication ceremony on Nov. 10.
The university commissioned Zanesville bronze sculptor Alan Cottrill of Coopermill Bronze Works. If the name doesn't sound familiar to you, his work will.
Cottrill won a national competition for the rights to sculpt the track stadium's Jesse Owens statue. When Ohio State tasked a committee to find an artist to sculpt a Woody Hayes statue, committee member Archie Griffin knew whom to call.
