COLUMBUS, Ohio — Cade Stover misses the farm — over 250 acres his family works near Mansfield, growing corn and alfalfa and 80 head of black angus cows. Ohio State football’s sophomore tight end checks in on the operation nightly. If he did not call his parents and two younger sisters, he said, they would think he was “dead in a ditch” somewhere. They know he set aside the family business for another calling. After a year of transition, the urgency kicked in for Stover to complete his transition from Big Ten football player with an uncertain fit to Big Ten tight end. The former linebacker and defensive end says, with the Sept. 2 season opener approaching, he is firmly planted in this no-longer-new identity. “I’m comfortable now,” Stover said. “I feel like I’m really in the swing of things and living the stuff right now.” Ohio State coach Ryan…
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