Ohio State football: Ryan Day won’t shut door on Fall play

Head coach Ryan Day hasn’t completely shut the door on the possibility of Ohio State playing football in the Fall.

The Big Ten made the formal announcement that they were canceling all Fall sports and that football would be played in the Spring. Many Ohio State football players came out and voiced their anger with the situation, as did many Buckeye coaches.

Ryan Day has been very vocal in his support that the team should be able to play in the Fall. In a Zoom call with reporters this morning, he did not shut down the possibility of the team being able to play this Fall. He called it a “fluid situation” and that he and Gene Smith are in constant contact about it.

Day may believe that there is still a chance they can play, but I”m not really sure how that can actually happen. Ohio State would likely lose out on close to $50 million if they were to leave the Big Ten for a year. They could perhaps recoup some of that joining a new conference, but that’s still a lot of money.

If Ohio State did really want to throw its weight around it would outwardly say that it is looking for another conference to join. The Big Ten can’t afford to lose a brand like Ohio State, even if it’s just for one year. Their reputation would be destroyed forever.

How viable it actually is for the Buckeyes to join another conference remains to be seen. There would be a lot of logistics that need to be worked out before it would be possible. There’s no doubt that Gene Smith would look into it. It would be up to President Johnson to approve it though.

Everything these days is a fluid situation, so if anything happens we will let you know.