Growing up in Columbus, Ohio, there are three things that you learn at an early age.

First, Ohio State is the only team that matters, and your closet better be stockpiled with an insane amount of scarlet and gray to show where your loyalties lie.

Second, you should have the O-H-I-O chant and the corresponding hand gestures down pat before you claim to rep the Buckeyes.

Finally, you hate everything about Michigan — even if you had a family member who went to Ann Arbor.

Those three lessons have been ingrained in the mind of St. Francis DeSales (Columbus, Ohio) senior Warren Ball throughout his adolescent years. Living less than 10 minutes from campus, the OSU-bound running back got his fill of stories about Buckeye greats Archie Griffin, Eddie George and more recently, Troy Smith and Ted Ginn Jr.

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