Exactly what is that on the Ohio State Football helmet stickers?

There has been some confusion outside of the state of Ohio concerning exactly what the Ohio State Football team helmet stickers actually represent!
The Ohio State football team is known as the "buckeyes" in the college football sports world. The State of Ohio is known as the "buckeye" state. The mascot of the Ohio State football teams is a "Buckeye". Explore the history of the state of Ohio and and how residents became known as the "buckeyes". From an act of derision to state pride the Ohio Buckeye tree became an emblem and identifier of the state of Ohio. With a distinctive nut that looks like, well, a buck's eye and a recognizable leaf made of 5 leaflets, these became the symbols of the state and football team. While the nuts are actually toxic, fans will make buckeye-look candy from chocolate and peanut butter. On the amusing side, some people today are confused by the shape of the leaf and mistake it for a marijuana symbol. Marijuana, however, actually has 7 leaflets making up a single leaf and not five.
Buckeye Attributions from wiki commons:
Seeds and shell
Steve Hurst @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Leaf and twig
James St. John, CC BY 2.0 creativecommon..., via Wikimedia Commons
Buckeye leaf
James St. John, CC BY 2.0 creativecommon..., via Wikimedia Commons
Buckeye leaves
James St. John, CC BY 2.0 creativecommon..., via Wikimedia Commons
Buckeye in flower
sonnia hill, CC BY 2.0 creativecommon..., via Wikimedia Commons
Narrow leaved version
Herman, D.E., et al. 1996. North Dakota tree handbook. USDA NRCS ND State Soil Conservation Committee; NDSU Extension and Western Area Power Administration, Bismarck. Courtesy of ND State Soil Conservation Committee. Provided by USDA NRCS ND State Office. United States, ND., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Close up of Buckeye Flowers
USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Large buckeyes on tree in field
Dan Keck from Ohio, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Buckeyes on tree with many leaves
Dan Keck from Ohio, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Buckeye nuts in tree
Dan Keck from Ohio, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Buckeye nuts
H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommon..., via Wikimedia Commons
Smoking buckeye helmet
Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0 creativecommon..., via Wikimedia Commons
Marijuana leaf
Oren neu dag, CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommon..., via Wikimedia Commons
Ohio State Flag
Jeff Kubina, CC BY-SA 2.0 creativecommon..., via Wikimedia Commons
William Henry Harrison
Southworth & Hawes, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Hero of tippecanoe
AmericanButters, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommon..., via Wikimedia Commons
Campaign hero
See page for author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Teapot with cabin
Cornell University Library, No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons
Plate with cabin
Cornell University Library, No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons
Brutus the Buckeye
Michelle Eberhart, United States Army, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Football stadium
Maize & Blue Nation, CC BY 2.0 creativecommon..., via Wikimedia Commons
Woody hayes
Ohio State University (Photographer not identified), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Buckeye nuts
Brant Jones at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Buckeye nuts on the ground
Agnes Monkelbaan, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommon..., via Wikimedia Commons

[@Lynn-vt4id]

Thanks for the history lesson Frank!! I had no idea, being from Washington state. The only thing I knew about Ohio is a local radio host has a son playing on the football team. Go Buckeye's!!!

[@natureatyourdoor]

Thanks for watching from Washington State!😄

[@JeffreyCotle]

Hi Frank. AWSOME video. You are always teaching me something. Thanks teacher.

[@natureatyourdoor]

@@JeffreyCotle 😁😉

[@brianquilty687]

This is amazing !! Just yesterday I Googled this very subject. I knew it was from the Buckeye tree but did not know why they were issued. I'm an Alabama fan but this year I'm pulling for Ohio !!

[@natureatyourdoor]

Roll tide! And for now...go Buckeyes! 😁

[@unknownhuman5507]

What's there to be confused about??? My ancestors used Marijuana for producing fibers, medicine, etc....nobody thought that Marijuana would become a drug used by crackheads.😂😂😂

[@natureatyourdoor]

😉

[@damonbrightwell6355]

Great great video sir! Learn something new every day!

[@natureatyourdoor]

Thank you for watching, Damon! My eyes and ears for nature in Radford! 😄

[@lalaland962]

I'm 66 years old, and I have a buckeye my grandpa carried in his pocket every single day from the time he was a young man (yep, that's old), and I have the one my dad (his son) carried since he was a teenager. I have several OSU Buckeye shirts, but I saw some here today I haven't even seen; now I have to go see which ones I can find.

[@natureatyourdoor]

Lol! Go Buckeyes! Thanks for share. How special your buckeye is!

[@ryanlange7327]

You should have Jim McCormac on sometime. Great naturalist, great speaker, and great Ohioan. Go Bucks!

[@natureatyourdoor]

I will check him out!

[@bowmanbrent419]

1:13 that's a stock photo from an ebay seller I just bought a helmet from this past week. Or he I using from somewhere else too 😂

[@natureatyourdoor]

😉

[@miask]

Are buckeyes similar to horse chestnuts? The leaves look similar to the chestnut. But now I wonder if what I thought were horse chestnuts were really buckeyes? What I do know is buckeye candies are pretty tasty.😁❤️

[@natureatyourdoor]

Yes....buckeyes are similar to horse chestnuts! Lol...my son in law made the candy I filmed him doing it! Lol!

[@MrMcRizzington]

Ive never watched them play. I like Commanders. They may make it to the superbowl!!!!

[@natureatyourdoor]

@MrMcRizzington i have been following the Red Skins now commanders for many years! Lol!

[@MrMcRizzington]

@@natureatyourdoor I'm watching the game now. We're not doing to good. We only got one touchdown from Mclauren and they got multiple😶‍🌫

[@natureatyourdoor]

@MrMcRizzington just watched the end. Ouch!

[@MrMcRizzington]

@@natureatyourdoor the worst game of the season as the last...

[@natureatyourdoor]

@MrMcRizzington 🤕😢😭

[@remmingtonscorpio8767]

Canadian flag

[@natureatyourdoor]

@@remmingtonscorpio8767 hmmmm? 😆