Editing 98 Degrees (section)

===Formation===
The founding members of 98 Degrees met after [[Massillon, Ohio]] native [[Jeff Timmons]] decided to quit college and pursue a music career with best friend Jeremy Volk. He studied psychology at [[Kent State University]] in his home state of Ohio, and planned on a career playing football in the [[NFL]]. In 1995 he sang at a college party with three friends and received a positive reaction from the female audience about his voice. The following day he left college and headed out to Los Angeles, California.<ref name="book">{{cite book |last1=Brereton |first1=Erin |last2=Fantle |first2=David |last3=Helmes |first3=Amy |last4=Johnson |first4=Thomas |last5=Sahn |first5=Geri |editor-first=John |editor-last=Delavan |title=98° – Revelation |year=2000 |publisher=H&S Media |isbn=978-1-57243-404-2 |page=58 }}</ref> "It was a pretty hasty decision, looking back, but I was young and dumb. Sometimes ignorance is bliss," he said in 2004.<ref>{{cite news|title=Former 98 Degrees singer still warming up|last=Mauet|first=Sarah|date=November 25, 2004|work=[[Arizona Daily Star]]|publisher=[[Lee Enterprises]]}}</ref> He met a former student of the Cincinnati [[School for Creative and Performing Arts]] who passed his name on to another graduate, [[Nick Lachey]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090319/LIFE/903190344/SCPA-looking-good |title=SCPA, looking good |last=Kiesewetter |first=John |date=March 19, 2009 |work=[[The Cincinnati Enquirer]]|publisher=[[Gannett Company]] |access-date=January 21, 2011 }}</ref> who was attending [[Miami (of Ohio) University]] to study sports medicine.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Brereton |first1=Erin |last2=Fantle |first2=David |last3=Helmes |first3=Amy |last4=Johnson |first4=Thomas |last5=Sahn |first5=Geri |editor-first=John |editor-last=Delavan |title=98° – Revelation |year=2000 |publisher=H&S Media |isbn=978-1-57243-404-2 |page=36 }}</ref> Lachey flew to Los Angeles and, after hitting it off, decided to form a boyband. Lachey suggested inviting one of his friends, Justin Jeffre, to join them. Jeffre, a history student at [[University of Cincinnati]], had attended SCPA with Lachey and they had performed together before in various outfits such as a [[Barbershop music|barbershop quartet]] at the [[Kings Island]] amusement park <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kicentral.com/history/shows.php |title=Kings Island Central – Kings Island History – Kings Island Shows and Entertainment |publisher=Kicentral.com |date=July 13, 1983 |access-date=April 18, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120524155756/http://www.kicentral.com/history/shows.php |archive-date=May 24, 2012 |df=mdy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visitkingsisland.com/public/news/media/story_ideas.cfm |title=Story Ideas &#124; Media Center &#124; News &#124; Kings Island - Mason, OH |access-date=2013-04-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100710001307/http://www.visitkingsisland.com/public/news/media/story_ideas.cfm |archive-date=July 10, 2010 |df=mdy }}</ref> and a [[cover band]].<ref name="book" /> The final member to join the band was Lachey's younger brother [[Drew Lachey|Drew]], who was working in New York City as an [[emergency medical technician]],  as a replacement for founding member Jonathan Lippmann.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2009/05/28/2009-05-28_former_98_degrees_singer_drew_lachey_takes_host_turn_on_.html |title=Ex-98 Degrees singer Drew Lachey set to host HGTV ''$250,000 Challenge'' |last=Huff|first=Richard |date=May 28, 2009 |work=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]] |access-date=January 21, 2011 }}</ref>

After rejecting a series of names (including Just Us and Next Issue), upon the suggestion by their manager Paris D'Jon, they decided on "98 Degrees" describing body temperature and their music.