Historical clue formulations

• The Cowboys of the N.C.A.A. — 2026-01-02
• College football rival of Michigan, for short — 2025-12-03
• Columbus sch. — 2025-07-27
• Midwest sch. with 65,000+ students — 2024-09-25
• The Cowboys and Cowgirls of the N.C.A.A. — 2024-01-31
• Columbus sch. — 2023-07-30
• Sch. whose mascot is Brutus Buckeye — 2023-07-02
• Buckeye State sch. — 2022-12-28
• Michigan football rival, for short — 2022-08-31
• Sch. in Columbus — 2022-04-05
• Where Jesse Owens ran college track, in brief — 2021-11-27
• Big Ten powerhouse, for short — 2021-10-03
• Buckeyes' sch. — 2020-08-03
• The Buckeyes of the Big Ten, in brief — 2020-05-07
• Buckeyes' sch. — 2020-04-26
• Sch. whose mascot is Brutus Buckeye — 2020-03-22
• Buckeyes' sch. — 2019-12-25
• The Buckeyes of the Big Ten, for short — 2018-12-31
• Big Ten sch. — 2018-11-21
• Big Ten sch. whose mascot is an anthropomorphic nut — 2018-07-22
• Columbus campus, briefly — 2017-12-25
• Big Ten powerhouse, for short — 2017-10-15
• The Beavers of the Pac-12, for short — 2017-10-09
• Big Ten powerhouse, for short — 2017-07-20
• Big Ten inits. — 2017-04-27
• Michigan rival, for short — 2015-04-05
• Sch. in Columbus — 2015-03-30
• Big Ten rival of UMich — 2015-01-04
• Seven-time Rose Bowl winner, for short — 2014-10-09
• Big Ten sch. — 2014-09-21
• The Buckeyes' sch. — 2014-06-25
• The Cowboys of the Big 12 Conf. — 2014-05-27
• Big Ten football powerhouse, for short — 2012-11-20
• The Cowboys of the N.C.A.A. — 2012-10-17
• Buckeyes, for short — 2012-08-28
• Buckeyes' sch. — 2012-08-05
• Mich. rival in the Big Ten — 2012-07-24
• The Cowboys of the Big 12 Conf. — 2012-06-25
• The Cowboys of the Big 12 Conf. — 2012-05-29
• Buckeyes' sch. — 2012-02-20
• Seven-time Rose Bowl winner, in brief — 2011-04-08
• The Beavers of the N.C.A.A. — 2011-02-27
• Big Ten sch. — 2010-12-09
• The Cowboys of the Big 12 Conf. — 2010-12-05
• Nebraska rival, for short — 2010-08-26
• Sch. in Columbus — 2010-08-04
• The Buckeyes, for short — 2009-11-17
• The Cowboys of the Big 12 Conference — 2009-08-30
• Columbus sch. — 2009-07-29
• The Buckeyes, for short — 2009-02-10