COLUMBUS, Ohio — Some of the most crucial moments in Ohio State football’s offseason Zoom meetings happen before they officially begin. Since March, when the COVID-19 pandemic turned a one-week practice interruption for spring break into an indefinite separation, those meetings are the primary source of team-wide bonding. So players have been showing up early — and not merely for the sake of punctuality. “Every time we get on zoom meetings guys start cracking jokes, and in the first five minutes everyone is talking about how much they miss each other.” junior offensive lineman Wyatt Davis said. “It’s truly shown us to appreciate what we had as far as even being able to be in the facility any day with each other. This whole pandemic has shown us that football and everything that comes with it can be taken away with a snap like this.” Coming out of the 2019…
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