September 24, 2024

How many Ohio State football battles for jobs will be on display at the spring game? Doug Lesmerises

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ryan Day hasn’t handed out jobs before. This fall, Ohio State’s new football coach will make the final call on the 22 starters for the 2019 Buckeyes. He doesn’t expect it to be that difficult. “Most of the time, it’s already going to be decided,” Day said Wednesday. “You know who the starter is.” Nothing will be decided by Saturday’s spring game in Ohio Stadium. Day downplayed the game as an important evaluation tool. Sometimes, the idea of how guys play in front of a crowd is suggested as a factor. For Day, it’s a step in a long process. For instance, don’t expect any official declaration about the starting quarterback, the way Urban Meyer and the Buckeyes made a decision on Dwayne Haskins over Joe Burrow in the days after the spring game a year ago. Then, Burrow was on a potential transfer timeline. Haskins won…

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