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Everything Ohio State coach Ryan Day said during his weekly radio show
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Ryan Day spoke in an interview with sports radio in Columbus, OH on Thursday morning. His comments during his weekly show providing yet another preview of Ohio State’s game this Saturday against Indiana.
The battle between the No. 3 Buckeyes (3-0) and No. 9 Indiana (4-0) will have ramifications on the looming Big Ten Championship Game. Ohio State hasn’t played for two weeks when they beat Rutgers 49-27 in what was a surprisingly close game.
Their game this past Saturday was cancelled due to a spike of reported COVID-19 cases within Maryland football program.
The aptly named ‘Ryan Day Show’ airs on 97.1 out of Columbus.
Day provided several updates on his team and the status of the program:
Ryan Day states that Lejond Cavazos had a good week of practice
Hopefully he is healthy and available for this weeks game. Was high on him coming in, and would like to see him get the opportunity to play
— The Victory Bell (@VictoryBellOSU) November 19, 2020
On his radio show, Ryan Day said the injury report yesterday said that this was Ohio State's 57th practice of the season. They've played three games.
— Bill Landis (@BillLandis25) November 19, 2020
Ryan Day said Ohio State's young cornerbacks who are pushing for playing time, including Ryan Watts and Lejond Cavazos, had a good week of practice this week.
— Dan Hope (@Dan_Hope) November 19, 2020
He also discussed the NCAA extending the ‘dead period’ for recruiting:
Ryan Day on the NCAA recruiting dead period being extended to April 15: “It's difficult, for sure … We've done the best we can to try to build relationships through virtual mediums … It's harder on the recruits and their families maybe than it is for the coaches.”
— Dan Hope (@Dan_Hope) November 19, 2020
As part of the ongoing discussion about COVID-19, Day said that his focus is on preparing for a top 10 team this week and he lets the experts deal with the pandemic:
Ryan Day: “When you're getting ready to play in a big game like this, so much of the attention has to be put on preparing for the game,” so Day is leaving decisions about health and safety guidelines to Ohio State's administration and keeping his focus on football.
— Dan Hope (@Dan_Hope) November 19, 2020