It appears the cat has been let out of the bag when it comes to Ohio State going retro during the 2016 season. Maybe.
The father of 2017 five-star OSU commit Shaun Wade accompanied his son on a weekend recruiting visit to the Columbus. The elder Wade came across what could possibly be the alternate uniforms the Buckeyes will wear in 2016 -- or another year -- laying around the facilities, and snapped a photo of it that subsequently went viral.Can confirm that this jersey (via @Bucknuts247) is Ohio State’s 2016 alternate uniform: pic.twitter.com/9icg7kKCpb
— Andrew Lind (@AndrewMLind) June 5, 2016
By most accounts, those appeared to be modeled after what’s being described as the Chic Harley-era uniforms donned by the three-time All-American and his teammates around the time of World War I.
While the school, obviously, has not confirmed these uniforms will be used at all -- and they could just be mockups -- 247Sports.com writes that, "[p]er Andrew Lind, who has a pretty good track record with sources at Nike, these will be the alternate uniforms for OSU in 2016.”
Then there’s this, from elevenwarriors.com:
But on the other hand, back in October 2014, sharp-eyed observers on a digital tour of Urban Meyer’s office discovered mockups of black Ohio State jerseys. At the time, some Buckeye fans considered it heresy. A year later, Ohio State donned black and crushed Penn State in the Shoe.
Regardless, I guess we’ll all just have to wait and see if OSU goes way back to the past for a future game.