While visiting his West Coast Limited stores in the late 1970s, Leslie Wexner was intrigued by a shop that sold women’s underwear. It was called Victoria’s Secret.

It was brothel Victorian, he once said in an interview. Not erotic, but very sexy.

Wexner, who left his family’s general clothing store to specialize in women’s casual wear, saw the possibilities. He bought the store and catalog in 1982 for $1 million.

Ohio State plays Louisiana State for the college football national championship tonight.

What better time to look at the powerful connections of the two people who head the schools?

E. Gordon Gee is the president of Ohio State University and Sean O’Keefe is the chancellor of Louisiana State University. Gee has held several university presidencies, including Brown and Vanderbilt, and is in his second stint at Ohio State. O’Keefe is a former Administrator of NASA and Secretary of the Navy.