Gene Smith said Ohio State's primary focus is to try to give the Buckeyes “a chance to compete next weekend,” though that will depend on the team's COVID-19 positivity rate.
Ohio State began seeing a rise in COVID-19 cases on Wednesday before ultimately canceling the Illinois game on Friday night due to a concerning positivity rate.
Gene Smith says he hasn't given any thought to potentially changing the Big Ten's six-game requirement or 21-day absence protocol, but didn't rule out future conversations.
A bullet-point rundown of comments from Ohio State head coach Ryan Day, athletic director Gene Smith and team physician Jim Borchers discussing the cancelled game.
Ohio State is one more cancellation away from being ineligible for the Big Ten Championship Game, and its decreasing number of games leave its playoff hopes increasingly uncertain.
Ohio State will not play Illinois this weekend, and team activities have been paused, due to an increase in positive COVID-19 tests among the Buckeyes.
Five-star CB Domani Jackson has the Buckeyes on his final list, C.J. Williams trims his options, and Ohio State has the No. 1 class in 2022 in both football and basketball.
We look at who will call the plays, why Larry Johnson got the nod, the impact on Ohio State's title hopes and other lingering questions following Ryan Day's positive COVID-19 test.
