During his weekly Tuesday press conference at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center in Columbus, Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Ryan Day answered a variety of questions about his program.

One of the things that stood out the most, however, was a personal note he shared.

“This (Ohio State) is really the only place I would have left the NFL for,” Day said.

After spending two years as the quarterbacks coach for the Philadelphia Eagles and San Francisco 49ers in 2015-16, Day returned to the college ranks as Urban Meyer’s co-offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach in 2017.

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He was elevated to being the individual offensive coordinator in 2018, and served as the interim head coach during Meyer’s three-game suspension to begin the season.

Day impressed in a 3-0 head coaching debut, and he takes over a program that won 13 games last year and begins 2019 ranked No. 5 in the country in the AP Poll.

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Breaking in a new quarterback, Georgia transfer Justin Fields, Day does have some returning weapons on offense in junior running backs J.K. Dobbins and Demario McCall.

The Buckeyes’ head coach also stated that senior Branden Bowen will start at right tackle, ahead of redshirt freshman Nicholas Petit-Frere.

“His (Bowen’s) attitude is as good as I’ve been around,” Day said. “He’s been through a lot. To see the way he’s smiling is great. He’s got a lot of energy.”

Bowen started for Ohio State in 2017, but suffered a severe knee injury in the Maryland game and missed all of the 2018 season as a result.

Day and the Buckeyes get their journey toward another national championship started at 12:00PM ET on Saturday vs. FAU.