'A moment of glory': How the daughter of two Ohio State 'i dotters' fulfilled her destiny - ESPN

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Sydney Reeves remembers going to her first Ohio State game as a little girl, mostly to watch the band. Her parents were proud marching band alums, and every year they would march as part of the band alumni game — when former members come back to perform alongside current members.

Sydney's grandparents, season-ticket holders since 1964, would point out the spot where her parents each made history. In 1992, Wendy Reeves dotted the i, then one year later her husband, Chad, did it, making them the first married couple to «dot the i» in Script Ohio, one of the most recognizable traditions in college football.

Mesmerized as the band marched perfectly to spell «Ohio» in script, Sydney waited for the person tabbed to dot the i that day to strut to the top of the letter, take their hat off and bow to the roar of the crowd. She thought to herself, «I don't know when or how, but I'm going to do this.»

And if anyone was destined to dot the i, it was Sydney Reeves. She got her first introduction to music at 2 weeks old, when Wendy, a band director, sat her in her baby carrier at middle school band rehearsal. At 2, Reeves asked for a little tuba to keep under her bed. At 8, she knew she wanted to follow in her parents' footsteps as an Ohio State sousaphone player.

In the years in between, her parents told her stories about their marching band experiences. Chad and Wendy met in the band, naturally. He proposed during an Ohio State skull session, the term for the warmup pep rally that the band puts on before every home game. Chad told everyone in the band, plus Wendy's family members, what was going to happen without revealing his secret to her until he got on one knee. Wendy, astounded, remembers turning around and