As Justin Fields watched college football games with a few of his Ohio State teammates last weekend, they couldn’t help but feel down that they weren’t on the field playing a game themselves.
“We were just all hurting,” Fields said. “We literally kept saying like, ‘Wow, we’re really not playing this year. This is all we’re going to be doing this year. This sucks. This is different.’”
Fields and his fellow Buckeyes don’t have to feel that way anymore, however, after the Big Ten announced Wednesday that it will start its season on Oct. 23 and 24, giving them the opportunity to play this fall and compete for a national championship after all.