Buckeyes and Mortar Boards

Columbus is home to Ohio State University. We took a driving tour of the campus. This is the impressive entrance to their football stadium.

The florets are three-dimensional.

These are very pretty but I am not sure why they did not choose the buckeye flower seen below.

The mascot for the Ohio State team is the Buckeye. Here is a Buckeye in human form.

This giant mortar board suspended with wires over  the road  successfully draws attention to tiny Franklin University.