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The opening week of Ohio State’s season has finally arrived.
The Buckeyes are a 50-point favorite over Akron for Saturday afternoon’s game at Ohio Stadium, so the level of anticipation is nothing like the 2022 opener against Notre Dame or even last year’s opener at Indiana.
Aug 27, 2024; Columbus, OH, United States; Ohio State football coach Ryan Day speaks with the media August 27, 2024 in the team meeting room.
Ohio State coach Ryan Day wasn’t asked a single question in his weekly press conference about the challenge the Zips might pose.
Even the Buckeyes themselves don’t have many pressing questions entering this season. Day named Kansas State transfer Will Howard the quarterback a couple of weeks ago. He confirmed that Tegra Tshabola would start at right guard, as will Sonny Styles at weakside linebacker and freshman Jeremiah Johnson at wide receiver.
Here are other takeaways from the press conference, which also included Howard and defensive coordinator Jim Knowles:
Saturday’s measure of success
As such a prohibitive favorite, the Buckeyes know that victory alone won’t be a sufficient gauge as to Saturday’s success.
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Day said he wants as many players to earn a “champions” grade, which requires a success rate of at least 80%. He said he also wants OSU to live up to his expectation of being the country’s hardest-playing team.
“That’s what we’re going to be echoing throughout the week and hold them accountable on Saturday,” Day said. “Then (we’ll) come in Sunday and identify what went well and what didn’t go well and continue to bang that drum, also knowing we’re going to have to enhance our scheme as the season goes on.”
No decision on a starting running back
This is really much ado about nothing…
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Author : The Columbus Dispatch
Publish date : 2024-08-27 19:27:00
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