Is it Rhonda Venne’s strategically painted toenails?
Jim Martin’s self-imposed game-recording ban?
Or the luck of the film Rudy?
All three, apparently — and a host of other influences.
For every Ohio State fan, it seems, there is at least one Ohio State fan with a superstitious ritual.
These Buckeye crazies go to repetitive lengths to boost their team’s chances of victory during the college-football season.
Some even put stock in the power of their actions to control a game’s outcome.
“I take full credit for the 2002 national championship,” Gahanna resident Andy Walemaier recently informed The Dispatch.