Ryan Day discusses the plan for both Kyle McCord and Devin Brown to play in the season opener and previews the team’s first game at Indiana.
With Ohio State's season opener against Indiana looming on Saturday, Ryan Day took to the lectern to give the answer to the biggest question surrounding the team entering that tilt.in Week 1. Devin Brown will also play, per Day, and the team will evaluate the performance of both following the contest.
Day feels that McCord has"responded with some really consistent play" in the face of being pushed by a younger player at the position. For both players, he said that"now is the time to put it on the field." On the matchup with Indiana:"We've been in dogfights with them early in the season before, they're very well-coached ... ultimately it's going to come down to fundamentals."
Preparing for Indiana's 23 transfers and unknown quarterback has been a challenge, but one not foreign to Week 1 games generally, Day said."There's unknowns, but that's common to almost every season." Day said he"never drew lines in the sand" with McCord about whether he was at a tipping point, but there have been ebbs and flows in their daily conversations. At various points either McCord or Brown led before McCord's"consistency" caused him to pull ahead the past two weeks.
When Day told McCord and Brown his decision, he said they both agreed with it."They want to do what's best for the team." Day said the team is"really excited" about Malik Hartford's future, and that his athleticism and physicality stand out on the back end.Malik Hartford's"football intelligence" put him in a place to start this season, Knowles said.
Knowles feels great about the team's defensive tackle play. "I think there's a whole grouping of guys that can play there, and we're really solid ... Mike Hall is going to be really hard to handle. Ty is a stalwart of the defense, you need those guys that can take two blockers." Tyleik Williams, Hero Kanu and Jaden McKenzie were also named as standouts at the position by Knowles.
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