Women's Fight The Team HoodieOhio States fight song Across the Field was written in 1915 by student William A. Dougherty, Jr., 12 years after school song Carmen Ohio. While Carmen Ohio perfectly expresses the revere all Buckeyes have for their alma mater, Dougherty Jr. felt it didnt embody the necessary notes to amp up the Scarlet and Gray before stomping the gridiron, thus he took it upon himself to write and add the now classic Across the Field to the catalogue. Its proven so