COLUMBUS, Ohio — No matter what you saw on Ohio State football’s sideline at Wisconsin, Kyle McCord was not coming out of the game.
He laughed at the thought, actually. McCord sat for interviews Wednesday night with his left ankle still taped up from a just-completed practice. But a lot of guys are banged up right now, he said, and it would take more than a ankle “tweak” — his term — to keep him off the field.
That might be especially true of Saturday’s first trip home to Rutgers, where his father, Derek, played quarterback and his mother, Stacy, also attended.
“Obviously, it’s not ideal,” McCord said of the ankle on his plant foot. “But I think just powering through it and pushing through the pain. The biggest thing is learning how to play with it, and it’s been getting better every single week.”
McCord said he first injured the ankle early in the Sept. 23 win at Notre Dame. He confirmed he aggravated the same injury midway through the third quarter when he scrambled for a 5-yard gain on third-and-3. From that point forward he walked with a noticeable limp. While on the sideline, he was seen riding the stationary bike while backup Tristan Gebbia warmed up behind the bench.
McCord, though, did not miss a snap. He said he expected to ankle to hurt worse than it did coming out of the game. By Wednesday night, he said it “felt pretty good.”
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