There are countless anecdotes of Ohio State recruits committing after pivotal game day visits, but the possibility of such stories happening in 2020 has been officially wiped out.

Photos of Ohio State football players and coaches leaving the Woody Hayes Athletic Center following the Big Ten's announcement of a canceled fall season.

Gene Smith said Ohio State will not attempt to play a fall football season outside of the Big Ten, and that the Buckeyes are preparing for a spring season.

The Big Ten has officially shut down its football season and other fall sports for the remainder of 2020, and will instead attempt to play those sports in the spring of 2021.

Ohio State was against postponing the fall season, with Gene Smith and Kristina Johnson "totally aligned" in their efforts to delay the start instead of postponing.

Four-star defensive end Tunmise Adeleye has decommitted from Ohio State.