Ryan Day gets Ohio State back atop college football. Now he’ll make an NFL call on his own terms

ATLANTA — Please stay, Ryan Day. Give dear ol’ Ohio State a chance to win consecutive national championships. Give the Buckeyes a shot at being what Alabama was or what Georgia might be.

Please stay, Ryan Day, because right now you’re too good for the Buckeyes. That’s less of a shiv in the back to the crazed Scarlet and Gray critics who kicked you to the curb 7 ½ weeks ago, after the latest Michigan loss, and more of a fact. Right now after beating Notre Dame 34-23 to win the program’s ninth championship and first in 10 years, you’re a made man. You’re good for life in Ohio. You never have to buy a drink on High Street again — or Cleveland or Cincinnati or Pickerington or wherever Bucknuts grow.

You’re minted and gold-plated as a Buckeye legend. Or should be. Your win percentage of .875 is behind only Knute Rockne among FBS coaches with a minimum of 50 starts. Knute. Rockne. 

The leverage now is also all yours. If you’re thinking promotion, Ryan — and you’d better be at this point — there’s only one place to go after Monday’s dunking of the Domers. It’s the place you came from on the recommendation from your mentor Chip Kelly to become Urban Meyer’s offensive coordinator seven years ago.

The NFL. It’s a place where you made your name as an up and comer. It’s the place that got you to Ohio State. Now you can write your own ticket back to where you came from.

Maybe not right away. His son, RJ, has two more years of high school quarterbacking to do. The Jags, Cowboys, Jets, Saints and Raiders are still open and we’re not sure if those are great city/owner/roster fits for him. Day is a diehard Patriots fan. The stars didn’t align for that to happen this cycle and New England hired former Bucknutter Mike Vrable, who should be in Foxboro…

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Author : Dennis Dodd

Publish date : 2025-01-21 05:35:00

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