COLUMBUS, Ohio — After 37 days of mixed or absent messages, percolating frustrations and occasional infighting in the Big Ten, Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith wanted to look forward Wednesday. The Buckeyes have the fall season for which they lobbied so fervently. They don’t care that it had to be pulled from the brink of impossibility after the league so recently seemed committed to its original cancellation due to the coronavirus pandemic. “We’re in a better place, regardless of how we got here,” Smith said. Ohio State has not engaged in a full-on football practice since preparing for the Fiesta Bowl last December. Now that the Buckeyes can ramp up for the 2020 season again, they hope their next break does not come until after the national championship game in Miami on Jan. 11. The Buckeyes are coming back, but game days will not look normal in Columbus. No…
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