COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State football’s shaky performance in windy conditions at Northwestern renewed questions about the Buckeyes’ ability to play in blustery Midwestern conditions. It didn’t help that last year’s loss at Michigan came on a frosty, snowy afternoon. The scenarios were completely different — in weather conditions, quality of opponent and the stakes of the game. Yet for a team defining its offseason in part by reaffirming toughness, the lack of offensive push in Evanston was not a good look. On his Thursday radio show on 97.1 FM, OSU coach Ryan Day said the team performed some of its February met drills outdoors to replicate the conditions they will face in the final month of the season. “It’s toughness and execution,” Day said. “How tough are you going to be, how physical are you gong to be and how well can you execute this time of the year?”…
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