The 2020 college football season — if it takes place as planned — is going to look quite different without some of the country’s most elite programs. The Big Ten and Pac-12’s decisions to cancel the fall football season takes some of the top teams out of the sport for the season. And one of those is the Ohio State Buckeyes. Despite the decision by the Big Ten, it was reported by 247Sports’ Bucknuts on Wednesday that Ohio State and head coach Ryan Day were exploring some options to still play football this fall. However, it looks like those hopes were quickly shot down. According to ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg, Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith has shut down this plan for the Buckeyes. In a phone call with Rittenberg, Smith said that playing football in the fall was no longer an option. “There’s not a fall option,” Smith said, according…
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