Ohio State head coach Ryan Day met with the media Wednesday to discuss the newly anointed and signed 2022 recruiting class. After all, it was the first day of the early signing period, and OSU brought in a crop of 17, soon to be 18 players (Friday) officially with national letters of intent.
Day was on hand — as he always is — to discuss the new class in detail, but you had to know that he was going to be asked about his name appearing in a report linked to discussions about the Chicago Bears head coaching position.
We’ve already seen a denial of the report by his agent, Trace Armstrong, who was also linked to a front-office job in Chicago as a potential package deal, but we hadn’t heard directly from Day himself.
Until now.
It took a little longer in the press conference than what we thought, but sure enough, Day was asked to talk about his desire to eventually head to the NFL and his name appearing in the story about the Bears. And for OSU fans, Day’s response was short, but still music to the ears.
“There’s nothing to that,” Day responded. “There’s no truth to it. I love Ohio State, and I love being the coach at Ohio State.”
Ryan Day asked by @DougLesmerises about NFL rumors and specifically the story linking him to the Bears last week: "There's nothing to that. There's no truth to that. I love Ohio State, and I love being the head coach at Ohio State."
— Bill Landis (@BillLandis25) December 15, 2021
I guess the pessimist would point to that statement as coming short of a clear denial about staying with the Buckeyes, but at least it didn’t leave the door wide open. Add that to backing a BRINKS truck up to pay a new defensive coordinator, and we’d have to say that Day is pretty solid as the OSU head coach.
Besides, there’s clearly some unfinished business to take care of on November 26, and it’s colored maize and blue.
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