Saturday was supposed to be one of the most anticipated days of the year in Columbus.
Under normal circumstances, the Ohio State football team would have played its originally scheduled season opener against Bowling Green on Saturday at noon. More than 100,000 fans would have packed the stands of Ohio Stadium, while Buckeye fans throughout the world would have watched the game on television or listened to Paul Keels call the game on the radio.
Tailgates would have started in the parking lots surrounding the stadium and all over campus in the early hours of the morning, while the postgame parties would have raged into the night.