Ohio State has wiped a prominent non-conference home-and-home series from its future football schedules. OSU announced Wednesday that it has canceled the two games it had scheduled with Washington. The Buckeyes were scheduled to travel to Seattle to face the Huskies in 2024 before hosting the return matchup in Columbus in 2025. Now neither meeting will take place. As a result of the cancellation, Ohio State will pay Washington $500,000 as was stipulated in the previously agreed to contract between the two schools. That penalty must be paid by February 2025. “We initiated the cancellation,” Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith said. “I have the utmost respect for the University of Washington and for Director of Athletics Jennifer Cohen, and this was a very difficult call to make.” Smith said that canceling the Washington game allows Ohio State to add an eighth home game in 2024. “As a result of…
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