Being a Buckeye is something every Ohio State fan dreams of: taking the field while listening to the screams of thousands of fans, beating up on the Big Ten, and, most importantly, beating That School Up North. But it’s not quite as easy as we’d like it to be… I tried out for the Ohio State football team as a walk-on. Here’s how it went.Ohio State Football walk-on tryouts were held on Jan. 12 in the Woody Hayes Athletic Center. When I received this news, all the memories of my Buckeye fandom flooded my mind, including the time I dressed up as Woody Hayes for Halloween. Ten years ago, I wanted nothing more than to be an Ohio State football player, but as I grew older, I realized the 5-foot-7 guy who weighs 145 pounds has almost no place on a football field. On the morning of Jan. 12, I…
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