The outlandish salaries paid to coaches are what the free market is dictating (sorry, socialists) and is paid for by the athletic department. To point to a year where there were no fans due to COVID as evidence the athletic department is not self-sufficient is ridiculous. Even though the cost of attending is over $25,000 with tuition and room and board, it doesn't come close to those numbers. You don't have to be a math professor to extrapolate that out for seven home games a year: 742,000 attendees x $75 ticket = $55,650,000. That's twice the size of the entire enrollment at OSU. But 106,000 don't pay for the privilege on a weekly basis. Yes, students pay tuition to listen to philosophy professors philosophize. Hey Brian: I know this Ryan Day thing has gone on for too long but I feel compelled to respond to the letter sent last week from the philosophy professor. Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Ryan Day high fives linebacker Cody Simon (30) during warm-ups prior to the NCAA football game against the Purdue Boilermakers at Ohio Stadium in Columbus on Saturday, Nov.
But Day has to get that right or we’re gonna be sitting on the sidelines this playoff season. Watching this team thump MSU and TTUN over the past few years, has been an absolute delight. It’s really easy for some ole fart like me to sit and watch this on TV, but, man, it’s frustrating. But if Day and his (defensive) coordinator allows Thorne (MSU) and McNamara (TTUN) to get hot, well, it’s gonna be a LONG day (no pun intended). Well, although the Buckeyes are loaded, talent-wise, they’re young, inexperienced and obviously susceptible to a strong pass rush (LOOK OUT FOR THE “D-ENDS” FROM THAT TEAM UP NORTH!!!). The run defense seems to have gotten better, but why run when you can throw for 390 yards and four TDs? (Aidan) O’Connell (Purdue) is an above-average QB, and likely one of the best in the Big Ten (when he’s “on”) and the youth on this team is also apparent, but …the (offensive) line has to focus, and Day has to call more running plays. It seems to me (yeah, yeah…I know, I know, I’m just a grumpy ole fart) that the change in (defensive) coordinators helped only a little bit. Fantastic offense, but without a defense there is no championship at least in my opinion. Really? There seems to be little communication between the guys in the secondary, and that has to get cleaned up. Offensive crossing patterns causing Buckeye defenders to run in to one another (resulting in a Purdue TD). There is NO pass rush (I know, I know, a Chase Young comes along very rarely) and there’s no push up the middle, the linebackers seem to drop way to deep regardless of down and distance and the secondary often seems confused as to who to cover (waaaayyy too many blown coverages) or what to do. Dear editor: I’m a lifelong Buckeye fan (71), transplanted to Boston, and I’ve done little over the past few years but watch this Ryan Day coached team and their nonexistent defense get torched almost every week.
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