Not much slips past Ryan Day.
The Buckeye head coach has seen his team either at or near the top of a number of preseason lists heading into this summer, whether based on analytics or more subjective measures. Typically that would be a positive indicator for a particular program before a new season, but Day has a different outlook on the matter.
He would prefer Ohio State to have a chip on its shoulder as the new slate approaches, and not to be showered with praise before it has even earned it. There’s little doubt this mindset was shaped by the outcome of this past year, when the Buckeyes stopped short of attaining several of their most important goals.