Editor’s Note: Bleacher Report’s 5th Down captures the top social college football stories of the week. As this long, bitter offseason continues, we’ll focus on moments from the schools, coaches and players that kept us entertained as we wait for actual college football to make its highly anticipated return. 1. Ohio State’s ban on blue to be lifted for one special day Don’t wear the color blue around head coach Urban Meyer or Ohio State’s football facility. Lou Holtz learned that the hard way, as well as one unfortunate Ohio State student at a scrimmage earlier this year. Meyer has banned blue—the main color of hated rival Michigan—at practices and events with his Buckeyes, but he’s going to make an extremely rare exception this upcoming week. Ohio State HC Urban Meyer has lifted his ban on the Color Blue temporarily as long as it’s some Red & White to go with it for Memorial day — NCAAF Nation (@NCAAFNation247) May 22, 2016 According to Bob Hunter of the Columbus Dispatch, Meyer will allow his players to wear red, white and blue for a workout on the Friday before Memorial Day. The special workout will cap a “Patriot Week” of seminars about voting and democracy. Meyer explained: That’s going to be what we call a Memorial Day workout. The players are going to be wearing red, white and blue, and we’ll have some fun with it. They’ll also take a test on what they’ve learned the previous four days, and before they leave on Friday for the holiday weekend, they’ve got to pass that test…
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