When it comes musicianship, sound and creativity in a collegiate band, Ohio State’s marching band is among the top. The band’s high reputation may have risen to an even greater level on Thursday.

So for Hoch and the rest of the band, there’s no time for guest "I-dotters.". Guest "I-dotters" are extremely rare for the Ohio State marching band. In Hoch’s tenure, there have been only two.

August 31, 2024; Columbus, Ohio, USA; The Ohio State University marching band warms up before Saturday’s NCAA Division I football game between the Akron Zips and the Ohio State Buckeyes at Ohio ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The anonymous 21-year-old Ohio State football graduate assistant knew when to slip out of the pregame locker room. Urban Meyer figured no one would see. The marching band was ...

Clayton Callender had his fair share of memorable moments during his first season as the Ohio State University Marching Band's head drum major. Now, as a two-time drum major, another moment he won ...

The Ohio State University Marching Band finishes its halftime performance about video games at the Nebraska game on Oct. 6, 2012. (Photo by Courtesy Ed & Karen Crockett / The Ohio State University ) ...

Ohio State’s marching band will not be at football games this fall, but it will conduct pre-recorded pregame and halftime routines. The performances will be broadcast by the school on a ...

The Ohio State Buckeyes marching band performs prior to the game against the Clemson Tigers during the 2014 Discover Orange Bowl at Sun Life Stadium, Jan. 3, 2014, in Miami.

According to the university, Script Ohio was first performed on Oct. 10, 1936.A similar formation was performed by the marching band at archrival Michigan in 1932, but Ohio State notes that it was ...

The Ohio State University Marching Band staged a halftime salute to Rush — and paid tribute to the band’s late drummer Neil Peart — during the Buckeyes football team’s home game Saturday ...