Ryan Day

It’s going to be everybody’s job to rally around our quarterback

Nobody foresaw this happening, but at the same time, you have to have a plan for it, and that’s why these guys are on the roster

We’re going on the road against a really good opponent, I know they had a tough game last week, but this is as talented [of] a team as I’ve seen on film, and we’re going to get their best shot

You don’t always know as much about your team as I think we do right now

This is all bigger than just one person

We’re not going to put any timeline on his recovery, but he is out indefinitely

We’re putting a plan together for the regular season and then for the postseason

Going into the last few games, Luke’s been ahead of Tavien in terms of what we’ve seen

But now that we have a bye week, these guys are both going to get a lot of reps and we’re going to start to put together a plan on how we’re going to move forward and we’re going to play the guy that gives us the best chance to win.

When the ball was in the air, I was starting to think about getting a two-minute drill ready to roll

I don’t think the moment was too big for him

Now more than ever you have to have a team that plays for each other

I think you saw that today.

I don’t have a ton of details, but he’ll probably be out several weeks

I don't have [an update] right now

Nothing that happened in the past has anything to do with what’s going on this weekend

You're not gonna win many games if you do that

It's just that you have to stay focused for 60 minutes

It is going to be a huge challenge, they do an excellent job up front on defense, their defensive line is one of the biggest challenges we’ll have all season

Looks like we’ll get Phil [Daniels] back this week and so he’ll have a full day [of practice] today

The good news is some of these guys have played against Indiana before and so they know how good these guys are and what comes with it

We can’t take negative plays, we’ve got to be efficient and execute and give them a good plan down there

You’re not going to win many games when you do that

If we’re going to win this game, we’ve got to be good in there on both sides of the ball

To say we have an identity on special teams right now, I can’t say that

The return was really set up well

With [Thomas] doing it for the first time as a freshman, I was concerned there would be running into the punter

When we have eight penalties, that’s not the sign of a good team

We’ve got to make sure that we’re getting that fixed and being more focused in that area and then obviously the turnovers can’t happen.

If [Smith is] single-covered, he’s open

I don’t think I can sit here and say that we’ve improved in special teams right now

When we look at the consistency of kicking field goals, [it’s] not good enough, when we look at our return yards, we need to be better just across the board and [when] we have an opportunity to pooch the ball inside the 10-yard line, that has to get done

We have to keep looking and uncover all stones to get this addressed because we know it’s going to come down to one of these kicks again that we’ve got to make

The more these guys can again put pressure on each other and challenge each other along with the coaches, the better we’re going to be

When Quinshon and TreVeyon were working together they were challenging each other every day, I think Quinshon really helped TreVeyon in a lot of ways and I think vice versa

I think our running game right now, when you look at the efficiency, is solid

I thought the end of the first half was huge

The first turnover was huge just to set the tone of the game

We wanted to play really well in the second half and finish the game the right way

The first thing every coach in America is going to say [is] ‘We’ve got to take this guy away,’ so the challenge is trying to figure out ways to get it to him

Drawing plays up for him is a lot of fun

When I was over there, the United States was a lot different — you couldn’t really get a lot of fresh vegetables, [and] most food was frozen or canned

It was a really big shock to me to experience that sexism

I used to have lines down the street, four blocks long, so I love Columbus

To specifically say that has anything to do with this team in particular? No

It’ll kind of be based on how the practice goes this week [and] how he does

We all know his ability level, just got to continue to work to build trust

[Smith’s] a quick study, he’s learned quickly, he’s done a really good job, he’s brought value to what we’re doing

I think he’s starting to even gain more and more momentum as he gets a feel for it and familiarizes himself with the college game

You’ve got to give them a lot of credit to go down the field in a two-minute drill, [that] was really impressive

This is a tough-minded group of players and coaches that you’ve got to give them a lot going on the road and winning like that

We’ve got to get on the film and make the corrections

[Smith] builds so much confidence in [Sayin] because when they practice, they’re throwing with each other

He’s so fast, sometimes he would run the route and still do a great job, but you’re seeing a little bit more definition on the route, and so now those guys are having a hard time staying with him

He has the quickness to do that, and I thought he competed well today

Third down is not where it needs to be right now

When we find ourselves in short yardage situations, we have to convert

Every time you’re in this conference you’re going to play against really good coaches and really good players, and this [game’s] no different

When it comes to the second level, I think that there’s been signs in the first two games that [were] very good, [but] not in this past game when you watch the film

I thought we had some really good big holes in the game and really should have been explosive plays and they weren’t

It’s hard to put anybody above him

What I’m looking for is the whole sideline just going out on the field and celebrating as a team; I think you saw some of that today

It’s extremely frustrating, it’s maddening and we’re excited to get back on the field and get going because the last couple days haven’t been fun around here

When you look at the second half just in general, we had momentum and we lost momentum

We had an opportunity certainly to finish the game and knock them out there in the third quarter [and that] didn’t happen.

The players have to look at themselves and say, and I think they will, ‘we need to execute better, we need to finish,’

In general, for some of the young players, whether it’s on offense or defense, they have to build enough trust

We have some really good young players on all three phases, [specifically on] offense and defense that are going to play into both sides of the ball more often as we move forward into conference play

It’s extremely frustrating, it’s maddening and we’re excited to get back on the field and get going because the last couple of days haven’t been fun around here

They sustained some drives, and then converted those fourth downs, kept us on the field on defense

That’s the biggest part of the season; we have to win in the fourth quarter, especially on the road

It certainly gives you some early feedback on where you are, and I think it’s great for college football

This is why you come to Ohio State, this is why you go to Texas, to play in games like this

Those teams are very different, we have different coordinators now, they have a new defensive coordinator

When you look at the transfers that have come and gone on both teams, different personnel and some different schemes

We were able to play some depth, which was good

I think we’ve been in games, you’ve seen them before, where the starters come out and the level of play just falls off.

I don’t think that happened in the game this past week

It was good to have that game as a little [insight for] some information to say all right, we feel good putting them into the game based on how they graded out

It was awesome to see him score a touchdown.

There are times where I say that the talent and the players sometimes overcome some of the coaching, and that’s kind of how that works

There are times where I say that the talent in the players sometimes overcome some of the coaching

To see Bo break a tackle and then break another tackle, to see the effort of Brock Boyd running downfield, the effort that Chris Henry had on that, when you see the replay, was excellent

Coming into halftime, I don’t think anybody said the run game was great

I think that’s where this offense is going to start, right there with those three guys on the inside

They’ve been with us

The overall football IQ of those three guys is really high. Combine that with some of the things that [Smith’s] doing, [Bowen’s] doing, man, those guys are walking on water right now, they are

When you look at the success that Jim Tressel had here, you look at the record, the rivalry game, the national championship game, it speaks for itself

We all felt that [Clarett] being the bell ringer on the day that coach Tressel was recognized was the right thing to do

In this game right here, what the first thing you want to do is you want to play clean

Great teams don’t beat themselves

It’s something that we talk about as coaches, but at the end of the day, you can’t get too cute with that

There’s certain things you want to save, and there’s certain things that as the season goes on you want to keep in your back pocket, but good teams have tendencies and we’ve got to identify our identity

Do I like anything about it? Absolutely not

Our depth again at wide receiver is way better than it was last year, in my opinion

If the speed limit’s 45 miles per hour, and you drive 45 miles per hour, a lot of people are going to pass you by

You’re seeing [Hinzman], [Montgomery] and [Siereveld] inside, and then [Moore] and [Daniels] on the outside, and they’re working together right now and getting a lot of reps with the ones

[The] good news is we feel like we have more depth there probably than we’ve had in a long time

There’s a lot of guys you’ll see play this season.

Who gets on the field on special teams is critical

In my opinion, the conferences have to decide if there’s a point where their rosters have to be locked in because once some of these guys become available, adding them to the roster is going to provide advantage for certain teams

If there are teams that have some players out there who are cut from NFL rosters that are going to be on other teams, we have to at least consider it and look at it

We said, ‘well, why don’t we just recognize all the seniors at the beginning of the year and let them know how much we appreciate everything they’ve done

[The seniors] were all nodding quickly and said, ‘Yeah, I think that’s a great idea,’

We think it’s going to allow us [an] opportunity to really kind of recognize them early in the season, and then to focus on games

If we’re going to get to where we need to go, we need a high level of play at that running back position

His reads and the way he’s hitting the hole has really shown up

If he continues to keep building and practicing and stacking these practices the way he’s doing it, it’s going to show up in a game and that’s going to be a big part of who we are this year

He is now a two-time captain who understands what it means to wear the scarlet and gray and the responsibility that comes with this program

It is a competition. We want guys to compete and a lot of guys have earned the right to do that

We need to find what that combination is going to be there

Well, I think we all wanna see how the offensive line shakes out here, that’s for sure

He had a tremendous offseason, one of the best in the whole building

He’s learning, but he’ll be back on the field soon

He had a mindset that he wanted to make an impact here

He’s a gentleman, high-character guy who does everything right

You almost become like the villain when you go into these environments

When you look at the schedule, you just get excited, you get fired up because you know that you have to be on your stuff week in and week out

We’re going to get stronger every single time we play in one of these games

In order to attack those times, you have to make decisions quickly

I think when you're chasing small margins like you are, you have to identify the things that need to get fixed and fix them

I’m incredibly honored to be recognized by the University of New Hampshire, a place that means so much to me and my family

I’m grateful for my teammates, coaches and everyone in the program who poured into me during those years