Buckeye Lore: The House that Chic Harley Built

Buckeye Talk: Ohio State podcast by cleveland.com

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Football, Sports

4.5 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

What are the most important moments in the history of Ohio State football? These are the moments that define the program, paving the way for where it is today. They span over 100 years, interweaving themselves into the fabric of the sport. Here on Buckeye Talk, we will spend the next nine Mondays diving into those moments, discussing why they matter so much and the impact they continue to have today. We start today by looking at Charles Wesley Harley. Otherwise known as Chic: the all-world talent whose very existence inspired the birth of one of the most prominent architectural structures in Columbus, Ohio. This is the story of Ohio Stadium, the House that Chic Harley Built. Thanks for listening to Buckeye Talk and sign up to get text messages from experts Stephen Means, Stefan Krajisnik and Andrew Gillis at 614-350-3315. Get the insider analysis, have your voice heard on the Buckeye Talk podcast and connect with the best Buckeye community out there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Some follow the noise.
0:03.0	Bloomberg follows the money.
0:04.8	Whether it's the funds fueling AI or crypto's trillion dollar swings.
0:09.0	There's a money side to every story.
0:11.4	Get the money side of the story.
0:13.5	Subscribe now at Bloomberg.com.
0:20.4	Attention all passengers.
0:22.6	The Uber ride for Jeff's rugby team will depart in five minutes from Platform 15.
0:28.2	Your ride comes with six toilets and a refreshment's carriage that you'll empty within five minutes.
0:35.0	Thank you for booking your tickets on Uber.
0:41.9	Trains on Uber. Walk with me for a second.
0:51.1	You step into Ohio Stadium and it hits you. That sound. Not just loud. Different. Like the building is alive. And if you're around Ohio State long enough, you learn the building is alive.
0:59.0	And if you're around Ohio State long enough, you learn the sound as part of the story.
1:01.3	Because it's not just a crowd.
1:06.4	It's a state deciding week after week that this is where it gathers.
1:09.8	Now, keep that sound in your head.
1:12.1	And I'll take it away.
1:15.1	Drop into a world before the horseshoe.
1:24.7	Before the concrete, before the rotunda, before ramps and gates and the rituals we treat like they've always been there.
1:28.1	A world where Ohio State's playing at Ohio Field.
1:32.1	Wooden stands and much smaller footprint.
1:37.0	It was a place that was fine until it wasn't.
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