Script Ohio

Slowly the three blocks unfold into a long singular line which loops around, creating the OSUMB's trademark.With approximately 20 measures to go in the song, the drum major and a fourth- or fifth-year sousaphone player high-five each other.

At the 15-measure mark, following the complete formation of the word "Ohio", the drum major and sousaphone player high-kick or "strut" off from the main ranks of the band to the top of the letter "i".

[8] The DNA Script Ohio, which took more than two years to create, was subsequently inducted into the Guinness Book of World Records as the "smallest logo ever made".

[9] Serving as an honorary "i dotter" has been called by coach Jim Harbaugh "the most beloved honor an Ohio State man or woman may receive".

[11] Other honorary "i dotters" include Buster Douglas, Bob Hope, Jack Nicklaus, Gordon Gee, and Woody Hayes.

[13] Described as a "famous" drill by USA Today and the Washington Post, Script Ohio was named "one of college football's most iconic, longstanding traditions" by Sports Illustrated, while Columbus Dispatch sports columnist Bob Hunter has remarked that he had "never spoken with a fan who had just attended his first Ohio State football game who didn't mention it as a highlight, if not the highlight of his day".

[14] Writing in Rolling Stone in 2016, John B. Thompson called Script Ohio "one of the most impressive examples of American folk art in existence".