The Ohio State Buckeyes has lost center Seth McLaughlin for the season to a torn Achilles, the latest blow along an Ohio State offensive line that has been plagued by injuries this year.

Of course, none of the Buckeyes’ rivals will feel sorry for them.

Ohio State coach Ryan Day understands that and won’t make any excuses despite the team’s health issues.

“Sure, nobody cares” Day saidvia Ari Wasserman of On 3. “So we will make adjustments. You wake up the next day and move on. But yeah, it’s tough. But that’s why you recruit depth, and that’s why you work to get those guys into the game. That’s why you work in the offseason to build depth.”

Day added that you have to be prepared for situations like this.

“We knew things like this could happen. It’s not the NFL,” he said. “You can’t just sign guys off waivers. You have to have guys ready because again, at the end of the day, nobody cares. We’ve got to move on and we’ve got to win games.”

Buckeyes left tackle Josh Simmons is already sidelined for the rest of the 2024 campaign, so losing another offensive star is definitely devastating.

Still, as Day said, teams always go into a season knowing this kind of thing can happen, so while it’s not fun, it shouldn’t come as a surprise when injuries happen.

Ohio State is 9-1 heading into its Big Ten showdown undefeated Indiana Hoosiers this Saturday, so we’ll see how the Buckeyes look, especially in the trenches.