Perhaps Ryan Day isn’t thinking big enough when it comes to what his defense may be capable of this season.
The Ohio State head coach set the bar for the unit’s performance at Big Ten Media Days last month, making headlines with his comment that he’s expecting a “top-10 defense” out of his first-year defensive coordinator in 2022.
After Ohio State’s fifth preseason practice on Tuesday, Jim Knowles raised the bar even higher.
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Asked to detail his reaction to Day’s comment in Indianapolis, Knowles almost seemed disappointed that Day’s expectations weren’t a bit more grandiose.