RYAN DAY SAYS WYATT DAVIS “GOT GREAT NEWS,” SHAUN WADE “GOOD TO GO” AFTER RETURNING TO OHIO STATE FOLLOWING BRIEF OPT-OUTS
Based on Day's comments on the Ohio State IMG Sports Network on Monday, though, it sounds as if Davis has received the go-ahead to play this fall, while defensive coordinator Kerry Coombs had already said last week that there was “no concern” about Wade being cleared to return. And Day believes all Big Ten players who opted out should be cleared to return to play if they want to do so, given the unprecedented circumstances that arose when the Big Ten postponed its fall season – seemingly taking away the conference teams' chance to compete for a spot in the College Football Playoff – before rescheduling the season earlier this month.
“I also just think that that's the right thing to do for these guys in the Big Ten, whether it's (Purdue wide receiver) Rondale Moore or (Rashod) Bateman at Minnesota, I just think those guys deserve to play,” Day said. “They got kind of put in a different situation than we've ever seen before in the history of college football, and now that we're playing again, I think all of those guys deserve the opportunity to play. I think it's good for football and good for the Big Ten.”
Other updates from Day's appearance on Monday night's show:
- On padded practices starting Wednesday: “I think some guys look forward to it more than others ... It's about playing physical. That's the biggest thing. We got to get back to playing with our pads down, blocking, tackling ... all the things that come with playing football.”
- “We got to make sure when we come out to play Nebraska, we're playing physical, we've got our pads down and we're playing tough.”
- Day said the Buckeyes don't do the Oklahoma drill much anymore because of the injury risk.
- On starting padded practices while also preparing for the season opener: “We're not that far away from the game ... we'll slowly start to introduce Nebraska as we go, because there's a lot of concepts that we carry over from week to week anyway.”
- Day said the Buckeyes plan to rotate all the backup quarterbacks until they see if someone separates from the others.
- On Marcus Crowley's recovery from torn ACL, along with Master Teague's recovery from an Achilles injury: “He and Master really have both worked hard to get back on the field. They're still working through all that. They've done a good job, though.”
- Day said the Buckeyes are “hopeful“ Kamryn Babb will be play this season after missing each of the last two seasons with knee injuries. “He could be an amazing story one day, so really proud of the work he's done.”
- On Wyatt Davis and Shaun Wade being cleared to play after opting out and then opting back in: “Wyatt got great news, and Shaun's good to go.”
- Day said Ohio State did not remove any more black stripes during Monday's practice. “It was kind of raining sideways out there,” Day said of the weather during practice.
- Day said he watched Mississippi State's win over LSU on Saturday and was impressed by what he saw from the Bulldogs. He acknowledged that it was “bizarre” for him and his fellow coaches to watch the games on Saturday while Ohio State still isn't playing.
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PROGRESS FOR STOVER
“He's doing great,” Hausmann said. “He's a super athletic guy. He can go up and get the ball. Obviously, it's hard switching positions. But I think he's been doing a really good job, and obviously it's not going to be perfect, but he's as athletic as any tight end can be. He's just physical and strong as you need him to be. He's really good on the point of attack. He can go up and get the ball. He's a fast guy. So I think he's been doing a great job so far.”
COOPER’S MOTIVATION
“It was tough. It was hard,” Cooper said. “Obviously, just not being able to control what was going on, because I couldn’t control my injury that happened last year, and not being able to play hurt a lot, and I came back another year because I wanted to be able to prove the type of player that I was and show that to everyone and for my team and come back and be a leader for my team and knowing that it was almost taken away from me really sucks and it hurts but we’re over that now, and I’m just happy that we got it back, thanks to our coaches and everybody who fought for our season. So right now, all those feelings that I had before, are gone.”
FEELINGS DURING BIG TEN UNCERTAINTY
“I'm sure everybody said once we came in that day, August 12, it was pretty heartbreaking just all the work we put in this whole time, going home and doing all the workouts at home and staying on track as a team,” Ruckert said. “And then just to be told that you don't get the chance to go out there and play was heartbreaking. But we didn't skip a beat. We got back to work. We kept working. Coach Day just said we're going to play and whenever we play, we'll be ready for it. As soon as we got the green light, we were all excited again and got back to work.”
Farrell said the “ups and downs were really hard at times.”
“That was a process,” Sevyn Banks said. “It was just a waiting game, for real, but we were always just trying to get ready so we could play. It's always good to be ready.”
SEVYN GETS 7
“Shoot, you look good, you play good,” Banks said/ “I've got that mindset. That's what has been instilled in me. Seven is a lot of things for me. My name's Sevyn. My mom is a real biblical person. She named me Sevyn (because) it took God seven days to make the Earth. It's a completion number and it's just real common in the Bible. Just seven all the way around, that's just me.”
