Doug Lesmerises has an interesting column for the Plain Dealer today about the shared history that OSU and TCU surprisingly have. 

The Reader's Digest version is that in 1933 after having dropped two in row to TTUN, Francis "Gold Pants" Schmidt (then HC at TCU) as approached about taking the OSU job. The rest, as they say, is history. 

(From the Paul Schmidt Wiki entry:

Schmidt's most notable contribution to popular culture came in his first year at Ohio State. The Columbus press asked Schmidt about the team's chances of beating rival Michigan. Schmidt replied, "Those fellows put their pants on one leg at a time, the same as everyone else." This phrase had previously been a Texas regionalism, but because of the press attention given to Schmidt, it soon became an internationally known cliché. Ohio State beat Michigan the first four years Schmidt coached there. Since that time, any Ohio State player that defeats Michigan is awarded a "Gold Pants Charm", a gold lapel pin shaped like football pants.)

Schmidt was of course followed by the great Paul Brown.

When Ohio State plays TCU Saturday, the Buckeyes should thank the Horned Frogs for a coach https://t.co/6im7fdFlBq
— Doug Lesmerises (@DougLesmerises) September 13, 2018

https://www.cleveland.com/osu/2018/09/when_the_buckeyes_snatched_awa.html