We won't know exactly who is available and unavailable for the Big Ten Championship game until game day.
Ohio State has released most of its pregame status reports this season on Friday morning before a game, but that will not be the case this week as the Big Ten Championship Game status report will be released on Saturday morning ahead of the noon kickoff. The status report is expected to be released at 10:45 a.m. Saturday.
Ohio State also waited until Saturday to release its status report when the Buckeyes were dealing with positive COVID-19 cases ahead of the Illinois game, which was ultimately canceled, and the Michigan State game, where they were without more than 25 players and coaches.
While there is no indication that this week's game is in jeopardy of cancellation and the Buckeyes should get a number of key starters back after positive tests two weeks ago, rumors have been swirling that other Ohio State players have tested positive over the past week and could miss this week's game.
With Ohio State holding its availability report until Saturday morning, we will not know exactly who is available and unavailable until less than two hours before kickoff.
