At Ohio State, Saturday football games bring a wide range of sounds to the tailgates outside Ohio Stadium — speakers blaring music; empty beer cans rattling on the asphalt; throngs of people cheering, “Go Bucks,” or “O-H” and “I-O” back and forth at each other; and of course, bagpipes. That last sound usually comes courtesy of 17-year-old bagpipe player Brody Alexander, who said he’s been performing at home football tailgates for the past three years. “A lot of them ask me if I’m going to be the halftime show, and I’m like, ‘Oh, I wish, hopefully someday.’ They always just come up to talk to me and say, ‘Oh, I’ve seen you play here and here and here,’ or they ask me to come back to their tailgate, so it’s really nice,” said Alexander, a senior at Columbus City Schools’ Fort Hayes Career Center. “I always get to see people that I know, and they know me, and they’re happy to see me there.” ————————————————————————————— 📸 Brody the Bagpiper plays “Carmen Ohio” on his bagpipes amongst ...