Ryan Day makes an admission that will only feed the narrative that he was ‘born on third base’ at Ohio State
Ohio State’s football program has been the mix at the top of the sport for the last couple of decades. That did not change at all when the keys to the team were handed from Urban Meyer to Ryan Day as the head coach. Day took over in 2019 and has been able to keep […]
Ohio State’s football program has been the mix at the top of the sport for the last couple of decades. That did not change at all when the keys to the team were handed from Urban Meyer to Ryan Day as the head coach.
Day took over in 2019 and has been able to keep the train rolling for the Buckeyes. About a decade after Meyer captured a National Championship with the Buckeyes, Day did the same in the first year of the 12-team expanded format of the College Football Playoff.
Everyone knows that Day walked into a great situation when he took over six years ago. On a recent episode of “The Triple Option” with Meyer and Mark Ingram, Day opened up about filling Meyer’s shoes.
“It was such a blessing as a first-time head coach to step into a situation where there were so many things in place for us,” Day stated. “The first two years that I was there, it was like being an apprentice. I was learning from the best in the business.”
Day took over for Meyer after a stretch of going 83-9 for Meyer and never losing to Michigan. Recruiting was in a great place and it was an overall great situation to take over.
After losing to Michigan in the final game of the regular season, the Buckeyes went on an unreal four-game stretch to win it all. Wins over Tennessee, Oregon, Texas, and Notre Dame go down as arguably the greatest run in college football history for the Buckeyes.
Day took over in 2019 after two seasons as an offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach with Ohio State. The Buckeyes put the perfect succession plan in place to go from Meyer to Day and it worked out. Meyer was able to coach his successor up for two seasons and that paid off.
“To learn on a daily basis how that looked, the ups and the downs and everything that comes with it. Then to learn to put it all together and extensions on staff, recruiting, and all those things,” Day said of learning from Meyer.
Day and Meyer both have won a title in Columbus now. The pressure for Day turns to defending that title and making another run at it. Ohio State will open its 2025 season with Texas in a rematch of the Cotton Bowl. That game could be a preview of another CFP matchup.
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