COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Big Ten’s announcement last Thursday that it will play only conference games in 2020 moved one opponent to the front of Ohio State’s schedule. COVID-19 itself. That opponent threatens the Buckeyes’ 2020 fortunes from both inside and outside the program. Ohio State remains in a presumably temporary yet indefinite shutdown from the voluntary workouts it began last month. Multiple positive COVID-19 tests prompted the hiatus. Sources told Cleveland.com the number of affected football players was nowhere near the numbers seen at Clemson, LSU and elsewhere. Those programs reported over 30 positives apiece. Still, OSU officials clearly found the development, which came over one month after the resumptions of workouts, both troubling and frustrating. The whole purpose of bringing athletes back to campus for voluntary workouts was control. Controlling the environment inside OSU facilities. Controlling how many players are together at one time, and how closely they…
Continue Reading: Ohio State football learns how little it can truly control against COVID-19: Buckeye Take
