A series of muddy tracks, not quite deep enough to be called ditches, line one end of the Wittenberg football practice field behind the HPER Center. These are the chutes, where the offensive linemen wear down the grass, then the dirt and finally themselves. Seeing an Instagram photo of the chutes Wednesday, former Wittenberg offensive lineman Brian Alspaugh wrote, “Hell on earth.” Seeing the same photo on Facebook, another former Tiger offensive lineman, Aaron Shaffer wrote, “Grass doesn’t grow there....
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