“During a footwork drill in which running backs maneuver around obstacles, Alford stands by with a taped-covered toy baseball bat, swiping at the ball like he is down by three in a home run derby.” — Nicholas Piotrowicz, The Blade Ohio State football spring practices are already in full swing, and one of the themes the offense is working on is a simple one: don’t fumble the football. To make sure of that, running back coach Tony Alford is swinging for the fences in his attempt to make sure his squad doesn’t put the rock on the turf, literally. On footwork drills, the running backs run through obstacles, which includes Alford swinging out the ball with a wiffle bat. According to the article written by Nicholas Piotrowicz, there is a method to the madness; Alford isn’t swinging for the sake of swinging. The act of swinging at the runners is…
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