Ohio State fans who make the trip to Ohio Stadium on Saturday will have the opportunity to see the Buckeyes’ first-team offense go head-to-head with the Buckeyes’ first-team defense. What they won’t have the opportunity to see is players being tackled to the ground. In his pre-spring game press conference on Wednesday, Ohio State coach Ryan Day said Saturday’s game will be played with a “thud” format. That means that while defenders will still be expected to run at full speed and hit ballcarriers, they will not tackle players to the ground. Day made that decision because he decided it simply wasn’t worth the risk of injury. “I thought about it a bunch, and tackling in the spring is a dangerous thing,” Day said. “We spend so much time and so much effort recruiting these guys, getting them ready to go. Just don’t think it’s worth it, trying to put…
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