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Ohio State AD: Football Stadium Could House 20,000-30,000 Fans

Ohio State AD Gene Smith today said that he is "confident that a plan can be implemented where 20,000 to 30,000 fans can attend football games in Ohio Stadium." Smith added that football scheduling "has to be completed in early July for a fall football season to take place." He is "hopeful that a 12-game season will be played" but said that "eight would be reasonable" (TWITTER.com, 5/20). Smith said he is "not 100 percent comfortable yet" with playing football this year. Smith: "With this process, you constantly get educated. I'm hopeful that I'm going to reach 100 percent comfort, but I'm not there yet" (TWITTER.com, 5/20).

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