Last season, the Ohio State Buckeyes introduced some new traditions and took some away. The decision was met with mixed reactions, at best, from fans, as Ross Bjork was trying to do something new. One of the decisions he made was to stop playing Hang On Sloopy at the start of the fourth quarter.
One of the traditions that Bjork tried to introduce was the playing of a song from the band Caamp, which is from Upper Arlington. They have a song named “Ohio”, which Bjork wanted to play in the Shoe to help get fans fired up. Recently, he acknowledged that it hasn’t worked out as he had hoped.
Ross Bjork backs down from Ohio State tradition he tried to start
While speaking on 97.1 The Fan, Bjork admitted that the song hasn’t hit in the way he was hoping it would. Bjork said that they will still play the song, but not in the way that they were before.
Listening to 97.1 and Ross Bjork admitted he missed on the “Ohio” song by Caamp. They are still going to play it, but not try and hype it up like they tried to last year.THANK GOODNESS!!!
— THE Bunch of Nuts Podcast (@bunch_nuts) August 8, 2026
There is nothing wrong with the band itself, but they sing folk music. A folk-style song isn’t exactly the vibe to try to pump up the crowd in a football game. A rock, metal, or rap song might work better for that, so perhaps Bjork decides to play one of those types of songs instead…