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Gene Smith Says It's “Too Early to Truly Speculate” on College Football Season, But Focused on Getting Players Back on Practice Field First

While many people involved in college athletics have started to speculate on whether or not there will be a football season this fall, Ohio State athletics director Gene Smith isn’t ready to go down that road yet.

In an interview with News Radio 610 WTVN on Friday morning, Smith said “it’s still too early to truly speculate what the fall will bring to us” in regard to whether the college football season will proceed as scheduled.

“We’ve been busy, frankly, trying to adjust to our new normal,” Smith said Friday in his first public comments since March 13, the day after the NCAA Tournament was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.