In the week leading up to The Game, Ryan Day made it clear what Kyle McCord’s most important job as Ohio State’s starting quarterback would be against Michigan: Take care of the football.
“You see him executing plays, you see it in practice, and then it carries over to the field. And that's what you want,” Day said of McCord on Tuesday. “Now ultimately, we got to take care of the football and win the game, that's the bottom line here. And the good news is he’s got a great group around him, and he's been in these environments before, so a lot of things in his favor going into the game, but now he's gotta go put it on the field.