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HC Ryan Day (2019 B1G Media COY)

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bukIpower said:
Honestly I haven't seen this before. I told my dad after the UC game that this is the most dominant team I've ever seen in the S&G.

Only other team was 2006. Troy was in command from game 1 and that offense could've set records had Tressel given them the opportunity. However I think we all knew the defense wasn't quite as good even though they were a top 10 defense if I recall.

I like how you put it... they have dominated in every way but there's so much they can improve on.

How many dropped INTs and fumbles that were recovered has the defense had for example? 3 fumbles against FAU, 2 fumbles and an INT against UC, and shoot Proctor himself missed 2 INTs vs Indiana. If we convert those more often that puts the offense in short field situations.

The offense will become more explosive as the years go because JF will start to connect on the deep throws. Once that happens good night this offense will be impossible to defend.
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This. some are quick to dismiss UC. UC is a pretty solid/well coached football team. Ritter is not a bad QB. I see UC winning 9 or 10 games this year and beating UCF in a few weeks at Nippert. The Buckeyes fed them their lunch and people just assume its another easy win over a non power 5 school. I see the early markings of a special season. 1 game at a time. Beat Fredo.
 
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I keep wondering if this team has been tested or if they are just passing the tests that well. I just know that each week, in my opinion, the competition has gotten tougher and yet the Buckeyes are separating themselves further from that competition- 24 point win, 42 point win, 41 point win (UC = IU but this last one being a road conference game). And not just the results, but they look improved. Any shortcomings the week before seem to get corrected. It's hard to pinpoint a true weakness right now- placekicking is the only sore thumb. It's just nitpicking things at this point, but those nitpicks are what make or break you against Alabama and Clemson. And honestly this team looks like that should be the standard this year, through 3 weeks.

There are more tests to come, tougher ones for sure, but at this rate it seems the Buckeyes have something really special.
 
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I ain't reading too much into or wondering about anything. I'm just enjoying watching them do what they should be doing to inferior teams. The talent level is as high as its ever been here, and the expected post-Urban recruiting lag hasn't been happening. We have a proven staff of assistants and a young, energetic, charasmatic head coach that doesn't seem to be in over his head. At some point, the absurd W-L % we've exerienced since 2012 (really since 2002) is going to break and roll back, but there's no telling signs of it yet.

A slight qualification to the above, I've never been a "NC or bust" fan. Give me double-digit wins, a win over scUM and a good bowl and 95% of the time I'm happy. In todays media-driven CFB world, you're gonna chew your tongue off if you want to win an NC every year.
 
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Honor&Glory said:
This. some are quick to dismiss UC. UC is a pretty solid/well coached football team. Ritter is not a bad QB. I see UC winning 9 or 10 games this year and beating UCF in a few weeks at Nippert. The Buckeyes fed them their lunch and people just assume its another easy win over a non power 5 school. I see the early markings of a special season. 1 game at a time. Beat Fredo.
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I think the same about IU too... too many folks are saying "well they've played bad teams". Two things on that.

1. UC and IU would beat most of the ACC other than Clemson would they not? Seriously who would you feel comfortable betting the mortgage on to beat UC/IU.

2. Those are not bad football teams. UC has a very good defense (not great) and IU has some good players on both sides of the ball.
 
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1926Buckeyes said:
To go along with this question, I always play the 'What 1 player from the past would you add to each side of the ball' and this year it's really tough to decide. Can't think of a more well-rounded team. Maybe I'd choose a DE for depth and dominance and an OT just to make sure they can deal with an elite pass rush. But so far, neither of those positions have holes. I could just as easily add Ryan Shazier and Elliott, or David Boston and Antoine Winfield.
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Mike Nugent
 
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NFBuck said:
I ain't reading too much into or wondering about anything. I'm just enjoying watching them do what they should be doing to inferior teams. The talent level is as high as its ever been here, and the expected post-Urban recruiting lag hasn't been happening. We have a proven staff of assistants and a young, energetic, charasmatic head coach that doesn't seem to be in over his head. At some point, the absurd W-L % we've exerienced since 2012 (really since 2002) is going to break and roll back, but there's no telling signs of it yet.
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Amen. Anyone in the Shoe with me when we played Ohio U like 12-years ago or whatever it was? I don't ever have to see that again to appreciate stomping on the throat of inferior teams.
 
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sparcboxbuck said:
Amen. Anyone in the Shoe with me when we played Ohio U like 12-years ago or whatever it was? I don't ever have to see that again to appreciate stomping on the throat of inferior teams.
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Ugh

2008

My thought as I left the stadium was that the team I just saw would get obliterated if they showed up at USC the following week.
 
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1926Buckeyes said:
Great question. Maybe '06? Although Troy was close to his ceiling most of that season.

To go along with this question, I always play the 'What 1 player from the past would you add to each side of the ball' and this year it's really tough to decide. Can't think of a more well-rounded team. Maybe I'd choose a DE for depth and dominance and an OT just to make sure they can deal with an elite pass rush. But so far, neither of those positions have holes. I could just as easily add Ryan Shazier and Elliott, or David Boston and Antoine Winfield.
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If I had to choose, I'd take either Bosa on defense and Zeke on offense. I legit cannot imagine the havoc the d-line would wreak with Nick Bosa coming back. Zeke behind this line would just be monstrous. Wouldn't be fair.

Right now the only thing I need to see from this team is A) how they respond to a close game and B) how they respond to a team with an equal amount of talent. Every other test they've past with flying colors.
 
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1926Buckeyes said:
To go along with this question, I always play the 'What 1 player from the past would you add to each side of the ball' and this year it's really tough to decide. Can't think of a more well-rounded team. Maybe I'd choose a DE for depth and dominance and an OT just to make sure they can deal with an elite pass rush. But so far, neither of those positions have holes. I could just as easily add Ryan Shazier and Elliott, or David Boston and Antoine Winfield.
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I'd also choose Nugent for offense and probably either Katzenmoyer or Raekwon on defense to replace Tuf.
 
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RYAN DAY MANAGING OHIO STATE'S RESPONSE TO SUCCESS BY MAINTAINING FOCUS ON BECOMING BEST TEAM IN NATION

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Day, Gene Smith started chuckling. He was laughing at the idea the football program’s expectations would change whatsoever with Meyer gone.

“Oh, God, no,” he said. “What's wrong with you?”

Day has taken a similar tact with both his public messages and behind-the-scenes comments to his team.

Ever since the university announced him as the team’s next head coach, he hasn’t shied away from any expectations of grandeur. As Damon Arnette said on Tuesday, Ohio State fans expect greatness from the team at all times, and if that doesn’t happen, anger about what happened to knock the team off course follows shortly thereafter.

Day, who has publicly embraced the necessity of the Buckeyes remaining a national power, said on Tuesday that he privately talks to his team about playing not just at their best, but at a level surpassed by nobody else in the nation.

“We've talked about it before, that we want to be the best at what we do, and we've talked about what that means, whether it's a sniper in the military or the best surgeon,” Day said.
“There's no small surgeries if you're a surgeon. There's no small games at Ohio State. If you're the best in America, you need to show that every week. That's our goal. And we're not ashamed to say that. We want to be the best.”

He might be wrong that there aren’t any “small games” at Ohio State – Saturday’s tilt with Miami (Ohio) certainly qualifies – but he made that comment with intent.

After three blowout wins that came by a combined score of 138-31, Day doesn’t want his team full of 85 scholarship players, most of whom are between 18 and 23 years old, to become overconfident in a way that could lead to a preventable loss to a less talented team. As a first-time head coach, he hasn’t ever had to control an entire team’s psyche in moments like these before, and it’s pertinent that he guards against any form of complacency.

By maintaining a focus on becoming the best team in the country, Day can keep his team working toward larger goals while correcting some flaws that didn’t cost Ohio State against overmatched opponents but could crop up at the wrong time against better teams.

“We played well, but we didn't play great,” Day said. “We played hard, they played tough, but we have so many things to clean up, and when you watch the film, it's actually really frustrating to watch. There's so many things we could be cleaning up there.”

Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...le-maintaining-focus-on-becoming-best-team-in
 
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OHIO STATE NOTEBOOK: JUSTIN FIELDS “LIGHT YEARS” AHEAD, RYAN DAY'S APPROACH TO REDSHIRTS, NO BACKUP QUARTERBACK YET

DAY'S REDSHIRT PHILOSOPHY
As a first-time head coach, Day has never before been in charge of ultimately deciding which players redshirt and which will play more than four games this season.

Even though Urban Meyer always talked about trying to avoid redshirting players, it was a common practice. A year ago, Meyer’s team redshirted 12 freshmen: Kamryn Babb, Matthew Baldwin, Jaelen Gill, Marcus Hooker, Javontae Jean-Baptiste, Tyreke Johnson, Matthew Jones, Nicholas Petit-Frere, L'Christian Smith, Brian Snead, Alex Williams and Max Wray.

As the Buckeyes prepare for their fourth week, Day said the conversations about redshirts will happen “pretty soon,” but they haven’t begun.

“I think when you say we're going to redshirt this person, they almost start to lose hope a little bit, like, OK, I guess I'm not playing this year,’ so we don't like to do that,” Day said.

Ohio State plans to take advantage of players being eligible to play in four games and still redshirt too. Day said that rule allows the coaches to put players on the field and determine whether they can help the team or not.

He’d prefer to avoid unnecessarily losing a redshirt year for any of his freshman who aren’t consistent contributors, though.

“If we think it's a situation where we're already three deep at one position and he's probably not going to get on the field other than maybe at the end of a game, then we probably won't,” Day said. “We'll try to be really smart about that. We wouldn't want to burn anybody's redshirt, but at the same time, the more experience they get this year, the better they'll be next year.”

Garrett Wilson and Zach Harrison, both of whom have played in three games already, are the two locks not to redshirt.

Harry Miller, Marcus Crowley, Jameson Williams and Craig Young have each already played in three games. That doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll redshirt, though, since Petit-Frere took a redshirt after playing in three of the first four games last year.

Noah Potter has played in a pair of games, and Dawand Jones, Steele Chambers and Cade Stover have each played in one game.

Tommy Eichenberg, Cormontae Hamilton, Ronnie Hickman, Ryan Jacoby, Jaden McKenzie, Bryson Shaw and Enokk Vimahi have not played a single game. All are likely redshirt candidates.

Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...proach-to-redshirts-no-backup-quarterback-yet
 
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