Ohio State is still planning to have a spring football game, and there are to be fans in the stands despite the continuation of the COVID-19 pandemic. The athletics department announced Thursday the capacity of Ohio Stadium for the annual Scarlet and Gray Game, set to kick off at noon April 17, will be 19,180. What Ryan Day learned from Ohio State’s first scrimmage of the spring That is in line with regulations set by the Ohio Department of Health and Columbus Public Health. It allows for seating pods to be kept six feet apart in the massive stadium that opened in 1922. “On behalf of the university and the department of athletics, I want to sincerely thank Gov. DeWine, Dr. Mysheika Roberts and Columbus Public Health, and (Columbus mayor) Ginther and the city of Columbus for their collective leadership throughout this pandemic,” Ohio State director of athletics Gene Smith…
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