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tOSU at Sparty, December 5th, Noon on ABC

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ScriptOhio said:


Ohio State will be down several players when it faces Michigan State on Saturday. The Buckeyes released their status report Saturday morning and 17 scholarship players, including six starters, will be unavailable for OSU. Including walk-ons, a total of 23 players will be unavailable today. The program does not specify why a player is unavailable, although the Buckeyes canceled last week’s game at Illinois due to COVID-19 concerns within the program.

Half of the starters unavailable are on the offensive line, where left tackle Thayer Munford, center Josh Myers and right tackle Nicholas Petit-Frere are all out. In addition, one of the top backup offensive linemen, Paris Johnson, is out.

Sources have informed Bucknuts that many of the players who are unavailable today did not necessarily test positive for the virus. Some of them are not playing even though they tested negative, due to contact tracing (meaning they had extended exposure to someone who did test positive).

With three starting offensive linemen down, the best guess is that sophomore Harry Miller moves from left guard to center. Or perhaps true freshman Luke Wypler will be the starting center. Sophomore Dawand Jones will likely be a starter at one of the tackle spots. Other candidates to move into a starting spot today will be redshirt freshman guard Enokk Vimahi, third-year sophomores Matthew Jones and Max Wray, redshirt freshman Ryan Jacoby, or perhaps one of the true freshmen.

Other starters (including occasional starters) that are out are fifth-year senior middle linebacker Tuf Borland, junior safety Josh Proctor and junior defensive lineman Tyler Friday.

The No. 4 Buckeyes (4-0) are 24-point favorites over the Spartans (2-3). Ohio State is scheduled to host Michigan (2-4) next Saturday, but the Wolverines are dealing with COVID-19 concerns within their program and canceled their game against Maryland that was scheduled for today.

Ohio State head coach Ryan Day is one of the people within the program that tested positive for the virus and he did not make the trip to East Lansing. Larry Johnson will be the Buckeyes' interim head coach against the Spartans.

Here is the full status report for Ohio State for the Michigan State game:

UNAVAILABLE

WR Kamryn Babb
LB Tuf Borland
CB Cam Brown
WR Mookie Cooper
DL Jacolbe Cowan
DL Aaron Cox
RB Marcus Crowley
DE Tyler Friday
TE Patrick Gurd
WR Jaylen Harris
OL Paris Johnson, Jr.
DB Cam Kittle
QB Jagger Laroe
LS Roen McCullough
OL Thayer Munford
OL Josh Myers
OL Nicholas Petit-Frere
DE Noah Potter
SAF Josh Proctor
TE Joe Royer
WR Gee Scott Jr.
DB Alec Taylor
SAF Kourt Williams

GAME-TIME DECISION

None.
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Eff this "season."
 
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WR KAMRYN BABB
LB TUF BORLAND
WR MOOKIE COOPER
RB MARCUS CROWLEY
DE TYLER FRIDAY
OT PARIS JOHNSON JR.
OT THAYER MUNFORD
C JOSH MYERS
OT NICHOLAS PETIT-FRERE
S JOSH PROCTOR
TE JOE ROYER
WR GEE SCOTT JR.

I eliminated players out with injury and walk ons.. this appears to be our impact outs.
 
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bukIpower said:
WR KAMRYN BABB
LB TUF BORLAND
WR MOOKIE COOPER
RB MARCUS CROWLEY
DE TYLER FRIDAY
OT PARIS JOHNSON JR.
OT THAYER MUNFORD
C JOSH MYERS
OT NICHOLAS PETIT-FRERE
S JOSH PROCTOR
TE JOE ROYER
WR GEE SCOTT JR.

I eliminated players out with injury and walk ons.. this appears to be our impact outs.
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Biggest factor today is going to be OL communication.
 
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AKAK said:
Well, Fields is going to have to be ready to use his feet as a weapon today. (Not necessarily by design, but if the protection gets busted or assignments get missed, just go)
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Agree completely. When the protection breaks down - and it will all game - he needs to get the yardage with his feet. At least force Michigan State to spy. Indiana didn’t bother with a spy because they knew Fields does not like the run.
 
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AKAK said:
Well, Fields is going to have to be ready to use his feet as a weapon today. (Not necessarily by design, but if the protection gets busted or assignments get missed, just go)
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If anything this helps him... he needs to use his feet more. It's that or throw desperation INTs which he obviously shouldnt do.

He needs to run more and then slide.
 
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Pregame
  • No Tuf Borland on defense is a big loss too. He is the quarterback of the defense and will certainly be missed the next two weeks.
  • In warmups, it looks like Harry Miller will move to center from left guard.
  • Ohio State down three starters on the offensive line. It will be interesting to see how the Buckeyes address this.
Entire article: https://247sports.com/college/ohio-...hedule-highlights-Indiana-Hoosiers-156108393/

 
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