This article explores the evolution of Ryan Day's offensive philosophy at Ohio State, highlighting his shift from a run-focused approach to one that prioritizes giving the ball to his best players.
The game of football has evolved throughout the years, and at times it takes a magnifying glass to realize you are watching the same game that your father grew up watching. But as they say, the more things change the more they stay the same. Every evolution has the same underlying theme: Take what the defense gives you. Taking what the defense gives him has been at the forefront of Ryan Day 's offensive mindset since taking over playcalling in 2018.
That season he dismantled a great Michigan defense by calling the same pass play more times than my fingers and toes can count. A year later, Day dismantled the same team, who spent all offseason correcting what went wrong in 2018, by running the ball 50 times. 62 points in 2018. 56 points in 2019. Vastly different paths to get there. Both paths destined to take what the defense was giving him. Standing on the sidelines on November 30th, Day's mantra was unchanged. Make the smart play. After all, football is just a numbers game right? If the number of blockers=number of box defenders, run the ball. Box defenders greater than blockers? Pass the ball. My workplace's favorite acronym is KISS. Keep It Simple Stupid. Day has spent 4 years trying to run the football. Not because he wants to be a ground and pound team, but because he knows that is the simplest path to giving his WR's a numbers advantage. While simple math does indeed follow the principles of KISS, so does the idea of simply giving your best players the ball. With his back in a corner, and his ass feeling a little warm, Day has since followed the latter KISS principle. The first glimpse was on the opening possession of the CFP. 1st and 10 and Tennessee showing a very light box with 2 deep safeties. Surely Day is going to run it? Nope. With a chance to put the game away up 28-10, Ohio State once again relied on the latter KISS principle. OSU rolls out into a 12 personnel set. Usually, a defense would counter this by going to a single deep safet
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