To help the puzzled officers connect the dots, Boggioni stepped out of the car to show his 2002 national-championship sweatshirt, one "complete with a Buckeye leaf," Blundo wrote.

The Boggionis say, an officer had zeroed in on a bumper sticker of a buckeye leaf. To convince him, it wasn't a marijuana leaf, Guido just pointed to the Ohio State sweater he was wearing.

On the back of Jonas-Boggioni’s car was a Buckeye leaf decal, similar to the one players’ have on their helmets, and cops mistakenly thought it was marijuana leaf. Yes, really.

The buckeye nut is supposed to resemble the eye of a deer, and folklore says it's a symbol of good luck. The buckeye is thought to attract wealth and abundance.

My column yesterday on the woman who said her Buckeye leaf decal got her pulled over by Tennessee cops prompted reader Keith Crabtree of Reynoldsburg to write with a similar story. Here's what he ...

Police outside of Memphis made an embarrassing mistake earlier this month, pulling over a 65-year-old woman after confusing the Ohio State Buckeye leaf decal on the back of her car ...

To help the puzzled officers connect the dots, Boggioni stepped out of the car to show his 2002 national-championship sweatshirt, one "complete with a Buckeye leaf," Blundo wrote.

The website also clarifies the use of that strange leaf on Ohio State players' helmets: "A round white decal, about the size of a quarter, with a green depiction of a buckeye leaf is applied to ...

For decades, the buckeye leaf has marked the journey of Ohio State football champions, one sticker at a time. Some players’ helmets are almost completely covered in buckeyes.

Boston Red Sox first baseman Travis Shaw took to Twitter to clarify that his bat knob sticker is only a buckeye leaf. That’s only a buckeye leaf on Travis Shaw’s bat / No, that’s not a ...

The buckeye leaf also represents the "strength and sturdiness" of the Ohio State student population. Who has the most Buckeye stickers? A helmet can hold between 35 and 40 stickers on each side.

The buckeye leaf also represents the "strength and sturdiness" of the Ohio State student population. Who has the most Buckeye stickers? A helmet can hold between 35 and 40 stickers on each side.