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Ryan Day Enjoys First Game As Head Coach, Several Buckeyes Enjoy First Starts And Everyone Waits Out Weather Delay

As he prepared to lead the Ohio State football team onto the field before the Buckeyes’ season opener at Ohio Stadium on Saturday, Ryan Day couldn’t help but have a moment of disbelief.

“Standing in the tunnel and looking up at Ohio State and the Horseshoe, about to run out with the team, and I just looked over at (assistant director of football operations) Quinn (Tempel), and I'm like: ‘We really doing this?’ He said, ‘Yeah.’ And I had a smile on my face and ran out,” Day said.

With Urban Meyer serving his first game of a three-game suspension, Ryan Day served as Ohio State’s acting head coach for Saturday’s game against Oregon State.