Spring Football Preview for Ohio State's Offense, Big Ten Basketball Tournament Expectations

Spring football is (hopefully) on the horizon, and the Big Ten Tournament is on tap this week.Ohio State is scheduled to start spring football practices on March 19, though a bit of doubt was cast over that start date when Ohio State announced Tuesday it had paused football activities for one week due to a rise in COVID-19 cases. We don't believe that pause is anything to panic about, though, and we discuss why for the first 10 minutes of this week's Real Pod Wednesdays.The plan is still for the Buckeyes to return to the Woody Hayes Athletic Center next week and hold their first practice of the spring two Fridays from now, so we begin our two-part spring football preview this week with conversation on what we'll be watching for from Ohio State's offense this spring.What will each of the three potential starting quarterbacks bring to that competition, how could a crowded running back competition shake out, is there room for anyone new to break into the wide receiver rotation, who will be the No. 2 tight end behind Jeremy Ruckert and who's likely to be the new starters on the interior offensive line? We discuss all of that and more.We also preview this week's Big Ten men's basketball tournament (48:50), where the Buckeyes will play their first game against either Northwestern or Minnesota on Thursday afternoon. After Ohio State lost four straight games to end the regular season, we discuss whether the Buckeyes can get back on track in Indianapolis, how many games we actually expect them to win there and whether that will enough to secure a No. 2 seed when the NCAA Tournament bracket is set on Sunday.