The Ohio State football team has begun summer workouts, eager to build on spring practice after a 2020 season that the pandemic turned into a minefield. The Buckeyes missed out on a lot of physical work a year ago because of practice limitations. Coach Ryan Day has said they need to continue making up for that. But football is as much mental as physical, and the Buckeyes were put through the wringer that way as well in 2020. In an interview with The Dispatch, Day was candid about his and his team’s struggles. He believes the Buckeyes will be stronger for it this season. “I think they had to mature,” Day said. “I think they learned about themselves. They had to become self-starters. They found out things that worked and didn’t work.” Mental health is a personal issue to Day, whose father died by suicide when Ryan was 9. After he became…
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