For those of you who missed it (and I think most of Ohio did), Ohio State lost the Nike challenge to Florida to run more miles during the month of January. You may have seen the Nike commercial which ran in Florida before the National Championship game. Don’t be surprised if you didn’t however, Nike only made one commercial in which Brutus challenges Florida students. When I spoke to a Nike representative, I was informed that there was not a commercial challenging Ohio State students.

For anyone who actually cares about a challenge neatly marketed and packaged to sell a running shoe that plays music while you work out, Florida won. Go figure. January in Florida…78 degrees, sunny, running sound like a good workout. Columbus in January…freezing rain, snow, cloudy…I stay on the couch.

So, for about 1/2 a day, a statue of the Florida alligator was erected at the corner of 15th and High st. As you can imagine, he didn’t fare well.

(Thanks to 11 Warriors for the tip.)

Related Articles: