Gallery: OSU fans welcome Buckeyes home to Columbus

Jon McAllister
Wed, 14 Jan 2015 04:06:01 +0000
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Fans gather to welcome home the national championship-winning OSU football team on Jan. 13 outside the Woody Hayes Athletic Center. The Buckeyes defeated the Oregon Ducks in the College Football Playoff National Championship, 42-20, on Jan. 12 in Arlington, Texas. Photo credit: Jon McAllister/ Asst. photo editor

Fans and news crews gather to welcome home the national championship-winning OSU football team on Jan. 13 outside the Woody Hayes Athletic Center. The Buckeyes defeated the Oregon Ducks in the College Football Playoff National Championship, 42-20, on Jan. 12 in Arlington, Texas. Photo credit: Jon McAllister/ Asst. photo editor

Fans gather to welcome home the national championship-winning OSU football team on Jan. 13 outside the Woody Hayes Athletic Center. The Buckeyes defeated the Oregon Ducks in the College Football Playoff National Championship, 42-20, on Jan. 12 in Arlington, Texas. Photo credit: Jon McAllister/ Asst. photo editor

Fans gather to welcome home the national championship-winning OSU football team on Jan. 13 outside the Woody Hayes Athletic Center. The Buckeyes defeated the Oregon Ducks in the College Football Playoff National Championship, 42-20, on Jan. 12 in Arlington, Texas. Photo credit: Jon McAllister/ Asst. photo editor

A bus carrying members of the OSU football team pulls up to the Woody Hayes Athletic Center on Jan. 13, where fans gathered to welcome home the national championship-winning Buckeyes after defeating Oregon in the College Football Playoff National Championship, 42-20, on Jan. 12 in Arlington, Texas. Photo credit: Jon McAllister/ Asst. photo editor

Fan-made signs are seen to welcome home the national championship-winning OSU football team on Jan. 13 outside the Woody Hayes Athletic Center. The Buckeyes defeated the Oregon Ducks in the College Football Playoff National Championship, 42-20, on Jan. 12 in Arlington, Texas. Photo credit: Jon McAllister/ Asst. photo editor

A bus carrying members of the OSU football team pulls up to the Woody Hayes Athletic Center on Jan. 13, where fans gathered to welcome home the national championship-winning Buckeyes after defeating Oregon in the College Football Playoff National Championship, 42-20, on Jan. 12 in Arlington, Texas. Photo credit: Jon McAllister/ Asst. photo editor

Fans gather with flags, signs and other spirit items to welcome home the national championship-winning OSU football team on Jan. 13 outside the Woody Hayes Athletic Center. The Buckeyes defeated the Oregon Ducks in the College Football Playoff National Championship, 42-20, on Jan. 12 in Arlington, Texas. Photo credit: Jon McAllister/ Asst. photo editor

Fans cheer for news cameras as they gather to welcome home the national championship-winning OSU football team on Jan. 13 outside the Woody Hayes Athletic Center. The Buckeyes defeated the Oregon Ducks in the College Football Playoff National Championship, 42-20, on Jan. 12 in Arlington, Texas. Photo credit: Jon McAllister/ Asst. photo editor

Cameron Toops, 6, with mother Jeannie Toops (not pictured), lifts the front page of The Columbus Dispatch as he welcomes home the national championship-winning OSU football team on Jan. 13 outside the Woody Hayes Athletic Center. The Buckeyes defeated the Oregon Ducks in the College Football Playoff National Championship, 42-20, on Jan. 12 in Arlington, Texas. Photo credit: Jon McAllister/ Asst. photo editor