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.
The Big Ten's decision to postpone the fall football season did not go over well with the Buckeyes, who took to social media to express their disappointment.
Many Ohio State players tweeted Monday about how hard they worked to prepare for the 2020 season, which would make no football this fall a tough verdict to accept.
Ohio State would not be among the schools voting to cancel the Big Ten fall football season, though no Monday vote is expected, according to multiple reports.
Ryan Day tweeted that he is “swinging as hard as we possibly can right now for these players” as the Ohio State football program fights to keep its 2020 season alive.
Remembering the time there were talks of canceling the 1918 college football season amid concerns that collegiate sports took away from wartime efforts.
Justin Fields, Trevor Lawrence and other players from around the Power 5 call for a college football players' union and the chance to play this season in a social media graphic.
Justin Fields, Chris Olave, Thayer Munford and other Ohio State football players took to Twitter on Sunday night to share their desire to play football this fall.
Big Ten presidents are “ready to pull the plug on its fall sports” and an emergency meeting among Power 5 commissioners was held Sunday, according to an ESPN report.
Justin Hilliard's selection as a captain, a result of perseverance throughout his Ohio State career, led to a touching moment when the news was delivered to his father on Tuesday.
Ohio State athletes said they “believe our institution is providing the proper structure and organization for safety” in a letter shared on social media on Friday.
