As Ohio State went through its first full-contact scrimmage of the spring last Friday, Ryan Day had one overarching thought: “Man, we gotta play more football.”
That wasn’t necessarily an unexpected thought for Day to have, nor was it new. All spring, Day has acknowledged that many players aren’t quite where they should be in their development because they missed out on the opportunity to go through a full on-campus offseason last year. He and his fellow assistant coaches have said all spring that they don’t expect to have all the answers about their team coming out of next week’s spring game, instead viewing preseason camp in August as an extension of spring practice.