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Galion Inquirer • Morrow County Sentinel OSU FOOTBALL PREVIEW 2019 Wednesday, August 28, 2019 3 Beginning From page 2 Much less is known about Day, who came to Ohio State in 2017 as co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, was promoted to offen- sive coordinator in 2018 and was the acting head coach for three games last season when Meyer was suspended. Probably the biggest thing most people know about him is that he is a creative offensive play designer and play-caller who is a protege of Chip Kelly. But he has never been a head coach at any level before now. Don Speck | The Lima News So, there are many Ohio State football coach Ryan Day studies his offensive plays list during OSU’s opener against questions as people try Oregon State last season. Day was the Buckeyes’ acting coach for the first three games of the 2018 to predict if he will con- season. tinue the incredible suc- cess Meyer had at Ohio State. 2018 OHIO STATE STATISTICS One of the recurring questions is will he be as Levi Morman | The Lima News tough as Meyer? Can he PASS RECEPTIONS SACKS Ryan Day has no illusions about the expectations for anyone who Parris Campbell`90 Chase Young`10.5 make the hard call? Does becomes Ohio State’s football coach. Just win them all and beat K.J. Hill`70 Dre’Mont Jones`8.5 he have the look, which Michigan. Johnnie Dixon`42 Nick Bosa`4 is another way of saying PASSING YARDS Terry McLaurin`35 Tuf Borland`3 will he command the Austin Mack`26 Pete Werner`3 same respect as Meyer? are on a day-to-day basis. coach. Coach Day is Dwayne Haskins`4,831 Tate Martell`269 Binjimen Victor`21 Malik Harrison`2.5 The question of if he “When it comes time going to ask for the same Jonathan Cooper`2.5 TACKLES will be tough enough you have to pull that thing, but it’s more in a RUSHING YARDS Jordan Fuller`81 INTERCEPTIONS was put to Day at the club out of the bag, you laid-back way. Instead of J.K. Dobbins`1,053 Malik Harrison`81 Big Ten football media are going to need it. If yelling and screaming at Mike Weber`954 Shaun Wade`3 Tuf Borland`67 Kendall Sheffield`2 days in July when he was you have been told to do you for something, he’s Tate Martell`128 Pete Werner`58 asked if he could be “the something and you just just going to demand it Dwayne Haskins`108 Brendon White`46 FIELD GOALS Master Teague`106 bad guy.” don’t do it, then we have in an asking way.” Dre’Mont Jones`43 Blake Haubeil`10/13 Damon Arnette`40 Sean Nuernberger`3/5 Day said, “That is a problem. But I want Safety Jordan Fuller RECEIVING YARDS just part of coaching. I these guys to play free says Day’s nice-guy Parris Campbell`1,063 TACKLES FOR LOSS PUNTS think there are a lot of without anything in the image is genuine but that K.J. Hill`885 Chase Young`15.5 Drue Chrisman`43.2 coaches over the years, back of their mind.” he also can be tough. Terry McLaurin`701 Dre’Mont Jones`13 Johnnie Dixon`669 Tuf Borland`9 that I grew up with, that Wide receiver K.J. “No coach got to this Malik Harrison 8.5 was kind of the way they Hill said, “I think Coach level if they were just Binjimen Victor`354 Austin Mack`331 Pete Werner`7.5 were every day. I don’t Meyer is more of an think that is the way you old-school, demanding See BEGINNING | 13 4 Wednesday, August 28, 2019 OSU FOOTBALL PREVIEW 2019 Galion Inquirer • Morrow County Sentinel Fields the key to Buckeyes’ win total at Harrison High School in Ken- Georgia transfer was 5-star recruit nesaw, Georgia. The only chance to see Fields for COLUMBUS – As Justin waived the requirement that any extended period of time since Fields goes, so goes Ohio transfers sit out a season for he arrived in Columbus was OSU’s State this season. him. spring game, where he was 4 of 13 If you want to predict how Fields’ arrival led to the passing and rushed for 38 yards many games the Buckeyes departure of Tate Martell, under conditions that were quite will win this fall, there is last year’s No. 2 quarterback a bit different from actual game no information more valu- at Ohio State, who trans- conditions. able than knowing how Jim ferred to Miami, and its No. It is difficult to see Ohio State the highly rated and much- Naveau 3 quarterback, Matthew doing anything other than giving hyped quarterback will per- Contributing Baldwin, who left for TCU. the overwhelming percentage of form after transferring from columnist That means OSU’s top the snaps at quarterback this sea- Georgia and being granted three quarterbacks are Fields, son to Fields. immediate eligibility. Gunnar Hoak and Chris Chugu- That’s not really a question. But Dwayne Haskins left a huge hole nov. Hoak was expected to spend there are questions that remain to fill when he declared for the a second year as Kentucky’s No. about him. NFL draft after setting Ohio State 2 quarterback this season before Will he produce the kind of sea- records for passing yards (4,831) transferring to Ohio State. And son that is expected? Will he be and touchdown passes (50) last Chugunov, who came to Ohio State more like Haskins or more of a J.T. season. He was drafted No. 15 in last year, had two career starts at Barrett-type quarterback? Or will the 2019 NFL draft by Washington. West Virginia, both in 2017 when he be something in between? Fields is a former five-star recruit the starter was injured. Will he make plays with his feet who was ranked the No. 1 quarter- Fields completed 27 of 39 passes as well as his arm, or will Ohio back recruit nationally in the 2018 and threw for four touchdowns State be reluctant to have him run recruiting class by some analysts without an interception last season the ball because losing him to an and No. 2 behind Clemson’s Trevor at Georgia.