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Presser Bullets: Ryan Day Says Right Guard and Kick Return Positions Aren't Settled, Caleb Downs' Preparation is “Remarkable”​

With four games in the rearview mirror for Ohio State in 2024, some positional quandaries are still left unanswered.

Tegra Tshabola and Austin Siereveld have continued rotating at right guard, and the Buckeyes aren't yet settled on a permanent solution, Ryan Day said in his weekly press conference on Tuesday. Jayden Ballard, Brandon Inniss and Emeka Egbuka have all gone back deep to return kicks, but that position is also in flux with a bounty of options.
Day also praised the play of the offensive line, wide receivers and Caleb Downs in the Buckeyes' 38-7 win over Michigan State while previewing their upcoming tilt with Iowa. Offensive coordinator Chip Kelly and defensive coordinator Jim Knowles also met with the media to break down Ohio State's progression on both sides of the ball.

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Ryan Day​

• Day opened his press conference by thanking the fans who traveled to Michigan State to watch Ohio State play and congratulating former Buckeye offensive tackle Chris Ward on his induction into the College Football Hall of Fame.
• On Iowa: "Huge challenge. This is a challenge for all of us. ... You guys know who they are, they have not changed their identity in a long time. ... We're gonna get challenged in a lot of areas. ... They're physical, they're well-coached, they're fundamental."
• On Caleb Downs' football IQ: "Caleb made some huge plays, especially in that middle eight (minutes) there. First off, his preparation is remarkable. ... There's also a certain level of calmness back there when he's back there with Lathan."
• Ohio State still isn't settled on a permanent choice at right guard between Tegra Tshabola and Austin Siereveld. "There was nothing on the film that set one ahead or behind. They both graded out similarly. ... We'll see how the preparation goes this week and decide as we get closer to the game."
• On Iowa's defensive front: "It doesn't matter what year you watch them, it's the same (type) of guys inside. ... They run to the football. ... You just look year after year, it's similar in terms of the
• While Day says there are still things to work on for Sonny Styles after his move to linebacker, he thinks he's settling in. "I think he's made that transition pretty rapidly."
• On Emeka Egbuka's block on Jeremiah Smith's 19-yard touchdown run: "He was fired up on that play with Jeremiah scoring. He's 20 yards away blocking a nickel ... to me, that's winning football. ... He does all the dirty work."
• Day said he can't imagine coaching as long as Kirk Ferentz has, giving a simple "no" when asked.
• On Pro Football Focus grades: "I think it comes down to who's actually doing the grading. ... I think it's hard for them to know exactly what (a player's) responsibility was. ... I think, generally, it's in the ballpark."
• The Buckeyes will continue to "move some pieces around" at kick returner after Egbuka handled duties against the Spartans. "The good news is we do have some different options to go with."
• On Ohio State's fourth-down aggression on Saturday: "Some of that has to do with where we are on the field. ... Every game, based on the score, based on how things are going, we've got to take those things into consideration."
• Day said it's difficult for defenses to shade specifically to Smith because of all the weapons Ohio State has on the field, but "people know who No. 4 is when he's on the field."
• On whether the slow ramp-up of Ohio State's schedule has been beneficial: "We're so in it right now it's hard to tell ... but I think it's a bit of a different feel than the last couple of years."
• Howard's accuracy on intermediate throws has improved from last year. "For us to see him do it here for us is different. Those are big. Then the protection was huge. The guys up front did great in protection."
• On the team's improved blocking and what "toughness" means in that area: "I think it's a coach's job to make things that aren't simple simple. ... We can't have these guys thinking too much. ... Let them play, let them use their athletic ability. ... The effort's been good so far, we're practicing that way and it's showing up during the game."
• On what's difficult about Iowa's defense: "They're typically veteran players. ... They understand the defense, and this is a great example of a defensive coordinator who keeps it simple. ... They know what their weaknesses are, they know what their strengths are."

See comments from Chip Kelly and Jim Knowles along with their videos in link.

Truly an end of an era. Remember taking BART from SF, and getting off the train right at the stadium. Getting there about 15 minutes before gametime, and purchasing seats 6-10 rows up from field on first base side. And that was during the second of three World Series championships. Buying a 'bucket' of beer for a couple of bucks. Food was better than Candlestick, and warmer in the stadium as well. Someone showed me a trick after the game. Get up to the Bart station, and board the train going South! for a stop, exit, go to other side of tracks, and board the train going back toward the City. You could get a seat before you got to the clot of folks boarding to go back to SF. Back in the days of Reggie Jackson, Blue Moon Odom, Catfish Hunter, the under-handed thrower Eckersley, Ricky Henderson, and others in my dim memories.

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GTFOH with this bullshit! Courts should toss this like the piece of garbage it is

Tomateaux Quinoa Gumbeaux said:

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Is that bad?

shetuck said:

hey… i’d be happy to talk to them about whatever they want as long as they stick around.

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Over cocktails preferably.

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I just read this month’s Alumni Magazine article on Archie and learned two things.

After the 1975 regular season, the players voted for team MVP. Archie voted for his roommate and QB Corny Greene, breaking a tie vote. Thus Greene’s name was submitted by the team, and the league coaches awarded the honor to Greene, who was a deserving winner. If Archie had voted for himself, he’d be the only 3-time winner of the Silver Football, but that’s just not who Archie was and always will be.

The other thing I learned is a personal note. After the Buckeyes’ 41-14 loss to Urban Meyers’s Florida team in January, 2007, Archie had the driver of a van carrying a few alumni association members (he was the President of the organization then) stop at the In-N-Out Burger on the way back to the hotel. He bought burgers and fries for a few folks wearing scarlet and gray and helped them feel less lousy about things. I’m only mentioning that because I stopped for some comfort food at what I’m sure was that same In-N-Out Burger after that game, but my timing was off and I didn’t see his group that night.

dragurd said:

Oregon worries be a bit cause Gabriel is accurate as hell they run a wide spread we have had trouble with this year.

But Jeez they aren't very explosive despite how accurate Gabriel is

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Tez Johnson is super explosive and someone to pay a lot of attention to

Cooper Stadium in Columbus,Ohio​

Cooper Stadium​

The OES visited Cooper Stadium on June 30, 2011. Minor league baseball has deep roots in Columbus, with its first team, the Columbus Senators, dating back to 1888. The Senators played their home games at Recreation Park, and in 1905, Neil Park, the first concrete and steel stadium in the minor leagues. In 1931, the St. Louis Cardinals took control of the Columbus team and renamed them the Columbus Red Birds. The Red Birds were a top-level minor league baseball team in the American Association from 1931 through 1954. After acquiring the team in 1931, the Cardinals decided their newly acquired team needed a new home. Construction of the team’s new stadium began in 1931 using the same blueprints the Cardinals used to build Red Wing Stadium (or Silver Stadium) in Rochester, New York, two years earlier for another team they owned. The price tag for Red Bird Stadium was $450,000. Red Birds game attendance tripled between 1930 and 1932. The team produced a number of terrific players, including Hall of Famers Enos Slaughter and Billy Southworth. The stadium recorded what would be its smallest attendance ever, 39 people, on April 19, 1939. It was a frigid day, and Columbus went on to lose to Kansas City 5-3. The Red Birds won Association titles in 1933, 1934, 1937, 1941–43 and 1950. After the 1950 season, the Red Birds went into a slump with a series of losing teams and declining attendance. The club relocated to Omaha, Nebraska, in 1955 and was renamed the Omaha Cardinals.

Columbus was not without a team for long. In an effort headed by Harold Cooper, a Triple-A International League team from Ottawa relocated to Columbus in 1955 and began playing at the stadium as the Columbus Jets, thus renaming their venue Jets Stadium. The Jets served as the AAA affiliate of the Kansas City Athletics during their first season and as the Pittsburgh Pirates affiliate from 1957 to 1970. During the Jets era, they won league titles in 1961 and 1967. By 1970, the stadium was in dire need of repair after many years of use. However, the IRS rules that the Jets were a non-profit organization and could not use profits to make the repairs. Unable to secure insurance on the facility, the franchise abruptly moved to Charleston, West Virginia, in 1971 and became the Charleston Charlies. The move left Columbus without an organized baseball team for an extended period of over eighty years.

The stadium stood unused after the Jets’ move through the mid-1970s until the government of Franklin County purchased it. The stadium underwent a $2.6 million renovation, adding skyboxes, new press booths, and overflow bleachers, and was rechristened Franklin County Stadium. In 1977, Franklin County Commissioner Harold Cooper once again led the effort to restore baseball in Columbus and returned the Charleston team to Columbus, forming the Columbus Clippers. The stadium was renamed Cooper Stadium in 1984 to honor Harold Cooper. By then, he had become the President of the International League. 1984 also marked the year that AstroTurf replaced the stadium’s natural grass that had been used since the stadium’s opening in 1932, making Cooper Stadium the first minor league park to have AstroTurf. The artificial turf stayed until 1998, when it was replaced by natural grass.

The Columbus Clippers served as the AAA affiliates of the Pittsburgh Pirates during their first season, then served as the New York Yankees top farm team from 1979 to 2006. The Washington Nationals were the Clippers affiliate during their last season at “The Coop” in 2007–08. The last game played in Cooper Stadium took place on September 1, 2008, against the Toledo Mud Hens in front of a sellout crowd of 16,777, the third largest attendance in the stadium’s history. For the start of the 2009 season, the Columbus Clippers moved to their newly built stadium, Huntington Park, in Columbus’ Arena District and became affiliates of the Cleveland Indians. The Clippers have been a relatively successful franchise, having won the International League’s Governor’s Cup nine times. Their championship titles came in 1979–81, 1987, 1991, 1996, 2010 and 2011.

Cooper Stadium hosted many events over the years other than baseball. Franklin D. Roosevelt kicked off his first presidential campaign in the stadium in 1932. From 1939 to 1942, the stadium was also the home of the Columbus Bullies, a professional football team. The Bullies were members of the American Professional Football Association their first year and became charter members of the newly organized American Football League (along with the Cincinnati Bengals) in their second year. The Bullies won the first two AFL Championships against the Milwaukee Chiefs in 1939 and the New York Americans in 1941. The first Ohio Cup game between the Cincinnati Reds and Cleveland Indians was played in the stadium in 1989, with over 15,000 fans in attendance. Cleveland won 1-0. Music concerts with acts like Aerosmith, Bob Dylan, and Garth Brooks took place at the stadium, along with roller derbies and high school sports games. The stadium even played host to evangelist Billy Graham for over five days in 1993, bringing in more than 150,000 people.

The original structure of Cooper Stadium included seating for 11,000 fans. An additional 4,000 seats were added when the stadium was renovated in 1977, bringing the official capacity to 15,000. Cooper Stadium’s field dimensions were 355 feet at left field, 400 feet at center field, and 330 feet at right field. The future of the stadium was debated for a few years until it was decided to transform the facility into an auto racing and education venue. This plan called for the demolition of the entire southern end of the stadium to make way for the track. Another proposal was to overhaul the stadium to become the Ohio High School Athletic Association stadium for outdoor events like baseball, football, lacrosse, and soccer.

The Franklin County Commissioners sold Cooper Stadium to developer Arshot Investors in 2012 for $3.4 million. The development will house a sports entertainment center, an automotive research and development facility, a half-mile track, a hotel, two restaurants, and seating for 8,000 spectators. Groundbreaking for the venue, to be called SPARC (Sports Pavilion Automotive Research Complex), took place on October 24, 2012. The project will cost an estimated $40 million. As of this posting in summer 2015, the southern end of the stadium has been demolished, and the site is still sitting with no further progress in making the SPARC facility a reality.

Thank you to the Franklin County commissioners for allowing us to photograph the site.

See photo gallery in above link.

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MSU game added

Passing touchdowns (10)
Rushing Touchdowns (15)
Interceptions (3)
Forced fumbles (3)
Sacks (6)
Key passes (19)
Key rushes (9)
Field goals (2)
Punt returns (2)

I've seen enough, offer this kid and just get him locked in. Kid is a talent and Ohio strong.

BB73 said:

Not compared to the 1899 Cleveland Spiders.

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I’m sure you remember that year vividly

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He’s making a late run at the triple crown, batting average was obviously the tough one, but he’s gaining on Arraez.

Given that football players have an extremely limited shelf life, don't blame them at all. Heck, they've got their big brothers who have shown them the way (NFL), so why are people complaining when college kids do it?