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Ohio State coach Ryan Day shares reaction to B1G rule change: ‘It was a deep sigh of relief’
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Ohio State qualified for the Big Ten Championship Game in most unusual fashion, needing the conference to step in and allow the program to participate in a game that could send the Buckeyes to the College Football Playoff.
An outbreak of COVID-19 within the Michigan program forced Ohio State’s scheduled opponent to cancel their game. With five games played, this was disastrous for Ohio State, who was now a game short of the required six games to qualify for the conference championship.
But the Big Ten stepped in on Wednesday and ruled that Ohio State is eligible and will face Northwestern in the Big Ten Championship Game. Should Ohio State win the championship game, they in all likelihood will qualify for the College Football Playoff.
Here is what Day had to say about the Buckeyes unconventional path to the Big Ten Championship Game:
“It was a deep sigh of relief knowing we were going to get to play in the Big Ten Championship Game,” he said on his weekly radio show on Thursday.
Day on Big Ten decision to change 6-game-minumum rule allowing OSU to play for league title: "It was a deep sigh of relief knowing we were going to get to play in the Big Ten championship game."
— Bill Rabinowitz 🗞 (@brdispatch) December 10, 2020
Ohio State is 5-0 and ranked fourth in the latest AP Top 25 Poll.