Placed on the edge of the white-painted sideline at State Farm Stadium field, three gray helmets with scarlet stripes down the middle sat side by side on the edge of the white-painted sideline. Their facemasks pointed toward the field where those who wear them – Ohio State’s trio of quarterbacks – warmed up just a few yards away about 75 minutes from the Fiesta Bowl kicking off.
At about the 2-yard line was Gunnar Hoak’s No. 10 helmet, the left side of which was partially filled with Buckeye leaves. Chris Chugunov plopped his No. 4 helmet down closest to the goal line, with the entire left side and part of the right side covered with stickers.