The Ryan Day Decision Point

Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast

Richard Johnson and Alex Kirshner

News, Sports, Sports News, Football

4.9 • 916 Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

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Thanks to the 12-team playoff, Ryan Day’s current situation at Ohio State is unlike any hot-seat drama in college football history. Godfrey, Richard, and Alex talk about the weird dynamics facing the Buckeyes right now, like:

* How many playoff games does Day have to win? Is it one? Two? Four?

* Does the $30 million-plus buyout matter to Ohio State?

* If Day has lost the fanbase—and it sure looks like he has, for now—how much does that bind the OSU brass to get rid of him? And how does the coming revenue-sharing/collective era influence that calculus, if it all?

* Who makes the call? Remember that Ohio State has had quite a bit of backroom turmoil over the past few years, and powerful athletic director Gene Smith is no longer in his job.

* If you’re extremely online (like Alex), you have one impression of the fanbase’s temperature on Day. Is that representative?

* Should Day get any grace given Ohio State’s line injuries?

Hosts: Alex Kirshner, Richard Johnson, Steven Godfrey

Producer: Anthony Vito

Transcript

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0:00.0	We're coming, and we ain't backing down.
0:02.1	We don't need a bunch of cats in here.
0:03.8	Looking in the mirror.
0:04.8	Everybody just do your job.
0:07.0	You got to stay in that.
0:07.9	Hey, will you shut up?
0:08.9	I'm bitterly disappointed with the officiating today.
0:11.4	Guys being dudes.
0:12.6	And they run through our like a shit through a ten horn, man.
0:15.0	Ah, fuck it.
0:16.9	Thank you, Lee.
0:18.1	So what's on to go? Thank you, Lee. Splits Underdo. Stephen Godfrey and Richard Johnson are here with me.
0:21.6	I'm Alex Kirshner.
0:23.1	Special little episode this week because we have an Ohio State constitutional crisis going on before us.
0:31.1	Have you guys changed your mind yet about Ryan Day?
0:33.0	Or where are you on this?
0:35.4	I don't know if I ever had...
0:41.0	Was I pro or anti-Ryan Day? I don't know if I ever had, was I pro or anti-Rion Day?
0:46.2	I would say that when I was suggesting a year ago that he was failing significantly in this job, I wasn't saying fire on them, but I was saying he's kind of a failure right now. I was met with
0:50.2	some, what do you want? They're winning 10 games a year. I do think that at least the majority of the Ohio State fan base has come around to that
0:57.1	view.
0:57.4	But I'm curious what view you are at.
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