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OHIO STATE NOTEBOOK: JUSTIN FIELDS “LIGHT YEARS” AHEAD, RYAN DAY'S APPROACH TO REDSHIRTS, NO BACKUP QUARTERBACK YET
Justin Fields didn’t seem quite as satisfied on Saturday as he did after the prior two games.
Ohio State dominated Indiana in all phases of the game, beating the Hoosiers 51-10 on the road, and Fields completed 14-of-24 passes for 199 yards and three touchdowns. Early in the game, though, he missed a couple throws, which didn’t please him. In his postgame press conference, he noted that he didn’t set his feet properly on a few plays, which led to a couple throws a bit off-target.
While Fields isn’t where he wants to be with that aspect of his game quite yet, the development of his footwork has impressed Ryan Day.
“He's come a long way continually building on that,” Day said on Tuesday. “But again, I think where he is right now is light years ahead of where I thought he'd be. We'll just keep working those drills, and the more he feels comfortable, the better he'll be.”
He’s already ahead of schedule.
In three blowout wins, Fields still hasn’t turned the ball over. He has completed 52-of-74 passes for 657 yards and nine touchdowns, and he has 25 rushes for 114 yards and four touchdowns. The competition will undoubtedly stiffen as the season progresses, but early returns have been positive for the Buckeyes.
“When somebody with that little experience comes into a situation like playing quarterback at Ohio State, there's just a lot of things that go on,” Day said. “There's a lot of things that he needs to handle, and so far he's handled them. But he's going to quickly learn here is that at Ohio State, the more you win, the more the stakes get higher and higher, and the more is expected. That all comes with it, but he's got a good head on his shoulders. I think he handles it well. He's got good poise, and he and Mike (Yurcich) got to get in that room and just keep on working on getting better.”
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...proach-to-redshirts-no-backup-quarterback-yet
Justin Fields didn’t seem quite as satisfied on Saturday as he did after the prior two games.
Ohio State dominated Indiana in all phases of the game, beating the Hoosiers 51-10 on the road, and Fields completed 14-of-24 passes for 199 yards and three touchdowns. Early in the game, though, he missed a couple throws, which didn’t please him. In his postgame press conference, he noted that he didn’t set his feet properly on a few plays, which led to a couple throws a bit off-target.
While Fields isn’t where he wants to be with that aspect of his game quite yet, the development of his footwork has impressed Ryan Day.
“He's come a long way continually building on that,” Day said on Tuesday. “But again, I think where he is right now is light years ahead of where I thought he'd be. We'll just keep working those drills, and the more he feels comfortable, the better he'll be.”
He’s already ahead of schedule.
In three blowout wins, Fields still hasn’t turned the ball over. He has completed 52-of-74 passes for 657 yards and nine touchdowns, and he has 25 rushes for 114 yards and four touchdowns. The competition will undoubtedly stiffen as the season progresses, but early returns have been positive for the Buckeyes.
“When somebody with that little experience comes into a situation like playing quarterback at Ohio State, there's just a lot of things that go on,” Day said. “There's a lot of things that he needs to handle, and so far he's handled them. But he's going to quickly learn here is that at Ohio State, the more you win, the more the stakes get higher and higher, and the more is expected. That all comes with it, but he's got a good head on his shoulders. I think he handles it well. He's got good poise, and he and Mike (Yurcich) got to get in that room and just keep on working on getting better.”
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...proach-to-redshirts-no-backup-quarterback-yet
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