Ohio State uses off weekend for self-assessment, Ryan Day focused on improvement

Ohio State enjoyed a free weekend this past week, giving the Buckeyes a chance to rest following the 6-0 start. Not that the team really needed that idle week considering how well it’s played through the front half of the schedule.

Still, Ohio State and head coach Ryan Day took advantage of having a weekend off to do some self-scouting and assessment to see where the team can improve. While Day says there are some areas to clean up a bit, there haven’t been any glaring concerns through the first six games.

Essentially, Day says it’s the “little things” that Ohio State needs to improve on moving forward.

Ryan Day at the podium now.

Asked about his self-scouting of the team during the bye week, Day said there were no glaring concerns that showed up on film but a lot of little things that the Buckeyes can still get better at.

— Dan Hope (@Dan_Hope) October 14, 2019

OSU coach Ryan Day on the two off weeks in a one-month span: "It gives us a chance to kind of regroup a little bit and take some self-assessment of where we are in the season."

— Nathan Baird (@nwbaird) October 14, 2019

During the off week, the Ohio State coaching staff also took an opportunity to evaluate each player on the roster. Now, every Buckeye has three things he needs to focus on improving for the final six games of the regular season.

Day said coaches gave each player three things that he needs to improve the rest of the season.

— Bill Rabinowitz (@brdispatch) October 14, 2019

With Ohio State off to a 6-0 start and beating every team in its path by at least 24 points, it’s almost a little scary to think about how much better the Buckeyes can be, and what they’ll look like out of a bye week.

Ohio State will be back on the field on Friday night in Evanston, taking on Northwestern in a B1G Championship Game rematch.