Jerry Rudzinski steps into the past every Friday night in the fall. As an assistant coach for Watterson, the former Ohio State linebacker still gets goosebumps under the Friday night lights, just like when he played at Kettering Alter. The atmosphere of high school football is one of the reasons Rudzinski returned to the sport with the Eagles. It also affords him the chance to share the experience with his son, Watterson senior quarterback/wide receiver/defensive back Ryan Rudzinski. ‘The football field is my happy place’ “When I’m standing at the 50-yard line at 5:45 (p.m.) before a 7 o’clock start, I look around and realize there is no place I would rather be,” said Rudzinski, who played at Ohio State from 1994-98. “The football field is my happy place. “As neat of an experience as Ohio State was, I tell my son all the time that he will never have…
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