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Big Ten football players react to postponed football season

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Big Ten football players react to postponed football season
Big Ten football players react to postponed football season

Three former Cincinnati-area football players react to the Big Ten's decision to postpone the football season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

FALL FOOTBALL -- HANGS IN THEBALANCE RIGHT NOW.YESTERDAY --BIG TEN FOOTBALL BECAME THEBIGGEST DOMINO TO FALL -- ASTHE CONFERENCE ANNOUNCED ITWILL POSTPONE ITSSEASON.HOW DOES THE NEWSIMPACT SEVERAL LOCAL TR-STATEATHLETES AROUND THE LEAGUE?KEENAN SINGLETON HAS THE STORY.SEVEN DAYS AGO, A WEEK MOSTYEARS, BUT SOMEHOW FAR LONGERIN 2020, THE BIG TEN RELEASEDITS SCHEDULE.TUESDAY,YESTERDAY, RYAN DAY'S BUCKEYESAND THE REST OF THE CONFERENCEWROTE L'S NEXT TO ALL 10 GAMES.RYAN DAY: YOU DON'T JUST WAKEUP THE NEXT MORNING ANDEVERYTHING IS FINE.

NOT WHENYOU INVESTED THIS MUCH TIMEAND EFFORT INTO IT.

IT'S NOTFINE.

IT'S DEVASTATING.DISCONTENT WILL NOT WAIT TILWINTER.

THERE WILL BE NO BIGTEN FOOTBALL THIS FALL.NO BIGGAME.

THE BIGGER GAME OF LIFEHAD OTHER PLANS.GENE SMITH: WEWOULD HAVE PREFERRED TO PLAYLIKE EVERYONE ELSE WITH THEPASSION OUR STUDENT AHTLETESHAVE, BUT AT THE END OF THEDAY, THE MEDICAL ADVICE ANDSCIENCE OVER RULED.GENE SMITHIS OHIO STATE'S DIRECTOR OFATHLETICS.

HE'S CAUTIONED FORMONTHS ABOUT THIS POSSBILITY.STILL, IT WASN'T EASY FORSMITH TO DELIVER THAT NEWS TODANNY VANATSKY AND THE REST OFHIS BUCKEYE TEAMMATES.VANATSKY IS A BACK-UP QB ATOHIO STATE AND FORMER CHCASTAR.DANNY VANATSKY: FOR THEGUYS WHO CAME BACK, WHO'VEBEEN HERE 4-5, JUSTIN HILLIARDBEEN HERE 6 YEARS.

HURT FORTHEM RIGHT NOW.

PUT IN SOMUCH, PREPARED SO WELL FORTHIS TO BE THEIR LAST SEASON.OUT OF THEIR CONTROL RIGHT NOW.CHASE WOLF'S THIRD SEASON ATWISCONSIN EXPLODED TOO.

THE EXST.

XAVIER BOMBER JUST ONE OFSEVERAL TRI-STATE NATIVESPLAYING IN THE BIG TEN.CHASEWOLF: LOT OF US SAW THISCOMING BUT HIT US WHEN WE GOTTHAT TEXT.

OFFICIALY, START TOREALIZE THIS IS TRUE.

START TOGET UPSET AND SAD.THE DEBATEOF IF THIS MOVE WAS ALSO MADETO AVOID THE NCAA RECOGNIZINGTHEIR ATHLETES AS SOMETHINGMORE THAN AMATEUR, WASN'T ADISCUSSION BIG TEN LEAGUECOMMISSIONER KEVIN WARREN WASWILLING TO HAVE.KEVIN WARREN:THEY AREN'T PROFESSIONALS.THEY'RE AMATUER ATHELTES.THENEXT DAY CAN'T COME SOONENOUGH.RYAN DAY: THERE'S THISTIME OF MOURNING BUT WE'REFOCUSED ON GETTING THIS SPRINGOR WINTER GOING IN JANUARY SOWE HAVE SOMETHING TO WORKTOWARD.

IT'S GOING TO BEDIFFICULT.

THIS WHOLE YEAR HASBEEN DIFFICULT.

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