It looks like the first Ohio State game environment attended by fans from the general public since the coronavirus pandemic hit will be one where tackling will not be permitted.
It’s not like it’s anything new to limit physical contact at the annual LifeSports spring game, but with so many players out because of injury, and with so many spots up for grabs, Ryan Day confirmed on local radio Thursday night that there will be no tackling in the game.
“We’ve actually done a good amount of tackling this spring — more than I can ever remember,” Day said. “There’s been three or four practices where we’ve had 60-plus snaps of guys getting tackled to the ground, and live scrimmages because we’re so far behind fundamentally, just coming off of last year. So we’re gonna stay up to kind of stay healthy here for the game.”
There’s no word on what the rosters are yet, but the format appears to be one more of a controlled scrimmage rather than a game with starts and stops like we’ve seen before.
Still, it’s a chance to see Ohio State get on the gridiron again, and if you were lucky enough to score tickets, it should still be a reminder of what last season was, and hopefully a bridge to something closer to normal this fall.
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