Injuries are a part of sports, especially the game of football. They happen and teams have to move on because practices, games, a season do not stop for an injury. But it does seem that Ohio State has been bit pretty hard by the injury bug this spring. On Monday, members of the media were permitted to watch the Buckeyes’ eighth spring practice and it was noticeable that redshirt freshman linebacker Mitchell Melton was not taking part. Instead, he was off on the sideline on crutches. After the practice, head coach Ryan Day confirmed that Melton is out with “a long-term injury,” the latest in a long line of injuries that have left the Scarlet and Gray a bit shorthanded this spring. “You have to push through it, that’s just the way it is and we haven’t been over the top,” Day said of the injuries. “We’ve only tackled once,…
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