Events Calendar
In This Section
Most Read Stories
Police accuse bank robbery suspect of gobbling up note (with dashcam video)
Victim of beating in Kent last week is declared dead at Akron hospital
Can DNA tests free ex-Akron captain?
Dad accused of forcing son into field, killing him
Man found dead in North Akron home is identified
Does it work? Test team returns to try out new products advertised on television
Blogs:
Pets:
Cat-loving chihuahua suckles seven abandoned kittens
The Heldenfiles:
Sunday Notebook
Patrick McManamon:
Browns sick after sick loss in Detroit
Akron Zips:
Zips advance to Sweet Sixteen
Tribe Matters:
Seven players added to Tribe’s 40-man roster
Cleveland Browns:
Post-game defensive quotes
Kent State Sports:
Kent State defeats Rochester College, 63-44
Cleveland Cavaliers:
Gameblog: Cavs vs. Philadelphia 76ers
Buckeye Blogging:
OSU – Michigan college football rivals meet in Baghdad
Varsity Letters:
Four area football teams play tonight
All Da King's Men:
The Sunday Sanity Challenge
Blog of Mass Destruction:
Will Health Care Reform Pass?
Akron Law Café:
Health Care Financing Reform: (69) The Brookings Institute Study on "Bending the Curve" – Four General Strategies
See Jane Style:
Vintage Chic
Car Chase:
TIME TO GET YOUR COLLECTOR CARS WINTERIZED
Let's Talk Real Estate:
Faye Dunaway to be Evicted?
Ohio Travels with Betty:
George is looking for a Thanksgiving buffet in Akron.
Sound Check:
Steely Dan Plays "The Royal Scam" at E.J. Thomas Hall
HRLite House:
Personal Rant – You are All Wrong About Jobs, or the Lack of Jobs, Being the Reason People Do Not Live in NEO
Akron Gamer:
Nintendo's Mario endures even as games come and go
By Mary Beth Breckenridge
Beacon Journal staff writer
POSTED: 11:55 a.m. EST, Nov 09, 2007
Scott McIntyre's show of support for the Ohio State Buckeyes is full of beans.
Literally.
McIntyre, a research associate at OSU's Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center in Wooster Township, supersized his sentiments this summer by planting 4 acres of soybeans to read ''Ohio State Buckeyes'' with a smiley face. He did it by interspersing yellow-leafed soybeans with the more common green-leafed type in the center's test plots.
McIntyre's handiwork, recognizable only from high above the ground, has since been harvested. But he's still getting recognition via an e-mail that's been circulating among Buckeye fans, apparently prompted by a front-page photo in McIntyre's hometown paper, the Coshocton Tribune.
It's the second year McIntyre has gotten creative with the soybean plots. Last year he used the yellow-leafed plants to write ''Fun with soy.''
''I had no idea it would even work,'' said McIntyre, who plots his designs on an Excel spreadsheet.
It did, and this year his boss gave him the go-ahead to celebrate Ohio State's sports prowess in foliage.
McIntyre said the yellow-leafed soybeans were developed by plant pathologist and Ohioan Randy Raque, who donated the seed to Ohio State.
The university normally uses them to outline tests in its field to make them easily identifiable. ''So I found a better use for them, actually. Or at least a more fun use,'' McIntyre said.
He's tight-lipped about future plans, however.
''You have to wait till next year to find out what we're gonna do,'' he said.
Scott McIntyre's show of support for the Ohio State Buckeyes is full of beans.
Literally.
McIntyre, a research associate at OSU's Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center in Wooster Township, supersized his sentiments this summer by planting 4 acres of soybeans to read ''Ohio State Buckeyes'' with a smiley face. He did it by interspersing yellow-leafed soybeans with the more common green-leafed type in the center's test plots.
McIntyre's handiwork, recognizable only from high above the ground, has since been harvested. But he's still getting recognition via an e-mail that's been circulating among Buckeye fans, apparently prompted by a front-page photo in McIntyre's hometown paper, the Coshocton Tribune.
It's the second year McIntyre has gotten creative with the soybean plots. Last year he used the yellow-leafed plants to write ''Fun with soy.''
''I had no idea it would even work,'' said McIntyre, who plots his designs on an Excel spreadsheet.
It did, and this year his boss gave him the go-ahead to celebrate Ohio State's sports prowess in foliage.
McIntyre said the yellow-leafed soybeans were developed by plant pathologist and Ohioan Randy Raque, who donated the seed to Ohio State.
The university normally uses them to outline tests in its field to make them easily identifiable. ''So I found a better use for them, actually. Or at least a more fun use,'' McIntyre said.
He's tight-lipped about future plans, however.
''You have to wait till next year to find out what we're gonna do,'' he said.
Comments
Click here to post your comments
