For Mike Weber, the first few practices with new offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson must feel like a recurring birthday from his childhood. Those times when Mom and Dad asked their child what they wanted to do on their special day, the child answered with something outrageous, then his or her parents took the necessary steps to make it happen.
Weber is in his second set of spring practices in Columbus, not far removed from posting just the third 1,000-yard rushing season by a freshman in Ohio State history. He is slated to enter his third season of college football, a player Tony Alford, his position coach, said has "grown up" and a guy who claims he is prime for even more in 2017.