Brutus on Parade!

The Columbus Dispatch reports that The Ohio State University is sponsoring an only-in-Columbus fundraiser: seven-foot tall, individually-decorated Brutus Buckeyes. For just $20,000, you can sponsor and keep one of the 250 statues. The money raised will support the renovation of the William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library on The Oval.

There are limits on artists' creative expression, though:

Artists will have some freedom about decorating their Brutus, although corporate logos, sexually inappropriate designs and, of course, anything related to the University of Michigan are out.

Nice.