is littered with rednecks that migrated post-war. As for SE OH (which is a lot like West Virginia), that's not where the OSU fan base is. And there is no serious or good football played there.
Again, there are 16 Catholic High Schools in Cincinnati. Southwest, West Central, Northeast Ohio are huge Catholic strongholds. The state has as much in common with Tuscaloosa as oil does with water. You keep doubling down on this crazy notion from Michiganders to make sense of why Ohio State is good and scUM is not. It's wrong.