Julian's poise and accuracy was impressive. He faced an excellent defense and didn't flinch once. Kudos as well to the OL who gave him time and did not give up a sack. There has not been enough said about that.
Ryan Day came out of Ohio State’s win against Texas sounding like he may have one regret with Julian Sayin
Ohio State wasn’t surprised with what their QB did, though there is more to be had.
Sayin was poised and collected in his first career start, which came against the No. 1 team in the country. He went 13-of-20 for 126 yards and tossed a 40-yard touchdown to WR Carnell Tate. Ohio State did a great job of protecting him, as the true sophomore was not sacked. After the game, head coach Ryan Day admitted that the Buckeyes kept the game plan conservative for their young quarterback.
“When you’re the quarterback at Ohio State and you’re playing No. 1 Texas against one of the top defenses in the country, which we have a tremendous amount of respect for, the one thing we didn’t want to do—and I didn’t want to do—was put him in a bad spot,” Day explained. “It’s just not fair to him. Now, coming out of it, quite honestly, I think he probably could have handled it, you know, but we weren’t going to do that, because we know it’s a long season, and that was the decision that was made.”
Despite the modest stat line, Day came away impressed with what he saw from Sayin.
“I was impressed with his poise. He had a good look in his eye, and what he was saying, what he was seeing, was exactly what was going on,” Day said. “That’s a great sign. I remember CJ’s [Stroud] first start. I remember Justin’s [Fields] first start. And when I say first start, I mean in big games—Dwayne [Haskins], Kyle [McCord], you know. Will [Howard] was different because he had played a lot of football, but when you’re out there for the first time, there are so many things to take into consideration.”
Ryan Day admitted that the Buckeyes kept the game plan conservative for their young quarterback
Just sayin': Open up the playbook for Sayin and turn him loose vs Grambling......
