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Ohio State Spring Game to Feature Offense vs. Defense Scrimmage, Tackling After First Few Series​

Ohio State's spring game is sticking with the same format head coach Ryan Day has consistently opted for in recent years.

The Buckeyes will divide up their roster by offense and defense – offense will be the "Scarlet" side and defense will be the "Gray" – and they will face off against each other in a scrimmage open to the public at Ohio Stadium. Day will have his established veterans play "thud" tempo without tackling for the first couple of series before going full-go afterward.

"We'll break up offense and defense, and the first part of that will be thud for some of the guys who have played a lot of football," Day said. "But we'll be doing that. And then once that happens, after a few drives, we'll get right into it and we'll be tackling. The quarterbacks will not be live. But everybody else will. And it'll look like a normal spring game."
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"Coming off of last year, my initial first two weeks after the season was, 'OK,' – I wasn't even thinking about anything moving forward – 'Boy, we have to take a step back in spring,'" Day said. "We just played 16 games. It's a long year. We have to be really smart. Our roster goes to 105. We can't afford to lose anybody. Got about a week-and-a-half into spring and realized, the guys who left played a lot of football, the majority of these guys haven't played a lot of football. ... It's actually become one of the most physical spring balls we've ever had."

Ohio State's spring game will kick off at noon Saturday and will be broadcast by Big Ten Network and 97.1 The Fan. Tickets remain available on Ohio State’s athletics website.

Just sayin': The NCAA roster limit of 105 kicks in this coming season.

Zippercat said:

Well, there is that exception if you sell your own college football memorabilia……

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Brilliant!

Sweet titty fucking christ does my team suck

buchtelgrad04 said:

That wasn’t a “tough” question. It was grandstanding. Not only was it almost 30 years ago, but it was discussed ad nauseam when Matt was hired by Detroit. There was nothing new that he was going to uncover.

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Yes. Agreed.

He asked the question to say “at least I have standards”.

What could Ryan say to the question anyways? The charges were dropped and I’d hope anyone wrongly accused of doing something didn’t have that held against them.