Ohio State’s season opener is now less than three weeks away. That still might feel like three weeks too many, given that it’s October and college football teams from six other conferences are already playing games. But the fact that there are now less than 21 days until Ohio State’s first game against Nebraska is consequential, because from this point forward, any player who tests positive for COVID-19 will miss at least one game. Given that, Ryan Day is telling his players – all of them, regardless of whether they are projected starters, walk-ons or somewhere in between – that they have to be ready to contribute this season, recognizing how quickly things could change over the course of the season. “With our team of 120 guys, that’s everybody there, we’re going to need them all,” Day said Friday. “Typically, as you get to this time of year, you start…
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