Oregon shapes up to be the new giant in the ongoing Big 10 battle. Thanks to a slew of stellar wide receivers like Tez Johnson, Evan Stewart, and others. The Autzen stadium burst in celebration when third-rank Oregon squashed out the Ryan Day troop in a close game in Week 7. The Buckeyes could just let the ball go out of the field in their last drive attempt with 1:47 remaining in the clock. While this 31-32 will haunt Day and his boys for a long time, they will have another chance to restore their power over the Ducks in a similar matchup in just two months. The expansion of college football will make room. Before that, NFL great Todd Blackledge had a few reflective suggestions for the No. 3 to overcome the mistakes.

Oregon played on defense against a really tight Ohio State offensive team with a lot of weapons, which is a glaring reality of the Big 10 battle, as Blackledge’s experience speaks. ”Over the last couple years in the Big 10, it’s been a real defensive heavy conference, and I don’t think there’s been great offenses and even the last couple years when Michigan beat Ohio State, they did it more by running the football and being physical.”, said the former NFL big on the latest edition of Always College football. The Oregon football defense fits the formula, bringing an incredible defense showdown since their momentous win against the Boilermakers. The best of Matayo Uiagalelei and Jamaree Caldwell continues to be an asset in their close ride over Ohio State this week.

But on the contrary, despite having some solid people on defense, the Buckeyes’ ‘‘reality was in the fourth quarter they couldn’t get off the field they never forced a punt, they didn’t pressure Dillon Gabriel and so you know those two defensive ends that are both kind of all-conference guys they were very quiet in the fourth quarter.” 

The factor needs to be addressed in their bye week for an expected bounce back so that this loss can only be revisited as a much-needed wake-up call. Another Bonafide veteran, Nick Saban, also, added to the criticism of Day’s defense approach dubbing it as an ‘‘antiquated.” But regardless of everything, the hope in despair is Ryan Day is listening and possibly giving a shake-up to his usual.

How does Ryan Day perceive the eye-opening first loss against Oregon?

Eating up season’s first loss was supposed to be a hard pill to swallow. We met a different version of Ryan Day on Tuesday after the team’s fall against Oregon. Day wasn’t ready for the shocker, which was pretty clear from his sombre tone of handling questions. The coach, who was fired up to play the monstrous game and so were the players in a new atmosphere, got brutally dejected with the overall outcome. The disappointments with the pass rush and the controversial decisions about defensive line coach Larry Johnson and coordinator Jim Knowles’ arrangement have been under severe scrutiny, with the coach being on the receiving end.

While Day tried to slightly defend a few claims, he surprisingly agreed with what Saban had to say. Agreeing to the ‘antiquated’ tag, the Ohio State HC noted it must be right when the defense failed to do its job. ”When you have the results we have right now, it’s not working, and that has to change.” said a dejected Ryan. 

It will be interesting to see how Ryan Day leads up to a comeback against Nebraska and with the other remaining opponents onwards, if ever.

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