COLUMBUS, Ohio — There was a family wearing shirts in honor of their father and husband. He died in 2017, and this is their tradition, to attend the Ohio State football spring game, connecting to his memory through their shared love of the Buckeyes. Down the concourse inside Ohio Stadium, there was a baby sucking on a pacifier and strapped to her father’s chest, wide-eyed at her first spring game. Some of the best football recruits in the country formed a pregame line on the field as the steps back into the stands experienced a traffic jam. Beside them, kids waited for a photo with Brutus Buckeye. First-round draft picks from three decades came home for the day. Ted Ginn Jr. (first round 2007), Cam Heyward (first round 2011) and Justin Fields (first round 2021) watched. So did Tyvis Powell and Doug Worthington and Kirk Herbstreit and other Buckeyes of…
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