Defensive end Chase Young, the best player on perhaps the best team in college football, Ohio State, will not play this weekend as possible N.C.A.A. violations are investigated. Young will sit “due to a possible N.C.A.A. issue from 2018 that the Department of Athletics is looking into,” the school said in a statement on Friday. No further details on the nature of the “N.C.A.A. issue” were immediately available. It was also not immediately clear whether Young’s suspension would continue after this weekend. Ohio State is 8-0 and emerged as the No. 1 team in the initial college football playoff rankings this week. Their perfect record includes good victories over strong Michigan State and Wisconsin teams. Ohio State meets Maryland on Saturday, a game in which the Buckeyes are favored by 43 points. After playing another weak team, Rutgers, on Nov. 16, O.S.U. faces a real test against Penn State on…
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