Ohio State’s battle with CoVID-19 during critical parts of the 2020 season weakened the team as they played championship-caliber football. Unfortunately, their battle against the pandemic isn’t over yet. With winter workouts still rolling along and spring practice scheduled to begin on March 19, the Buckeyes have once again had to pause all team-activities because of an increase in positive cases within the Woody Hayes Athletic Center. Ohio State confirmed the announcement on Tuesday morning. The Buckeyes will not hold team activities for at least one week. The decision was made jointly by director of athletics Gene Smith and head team physician Dr. Jim Borchers, citing an abundance of caution and with the health, safety and well-being of the student-athletes, coaches and football and facility support staff as the highest priority. “Our decisions on the welfare of our student-athletes, staff members and those coming to our campus, and our determination…
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