The Game is a different beast.
It operates in a different biome where the atmosphere is hotter and the predators are more violent. The stakes of each play are amplified to their maximum. For the first time this Saturday, Julian Sayin will face the beast as Ohio State’s starting quarterback. It comes with all the pressures and pain of four straight Buckeye losses to Michigan.
Sounds complicated and overwhelming. Quarterback often is. But Ryan Day is keeping it straightforward.
“Lead the team to a victory,” Day said of his message to Sayin. “That's it, at the end of the day.