Ryan Day Says “Fun is Kicking Ass,” Targeted on Course of over Reward During Look on Pat McAfee Show

Asked Thursday on The Pat McAfee Show if he’s having enjoyable this season, Day responded by explaining that successful is what brings him pleasure.

“Fun is winning. Fun is kicking ass. Losing is no fun,” Day informed McAfee. 

Ohio State’s carried out numerous ass-kicking this season, successful its first eight video games of the season by a mean of 29.75 factors per sport. That led to loads of reward from McAfee and his crew throughout Thursday’s present – however Day was far happier when McAfee stated the Buckeyes have “won absolutely nothing” up to now this 12 months.

“That’s right, and that’s exactly the message, too,” Day stated as McAfee interrupted him to offer Ohio State extra reward. “Keep telling everybody that, because that’s what I’m telling – we haven’t won a thing yet. We haven’t done a thing yet. So we’ve got a long way to go.”

When McAfee identified that Ohio State was ranked No. 1 within the preliminary College Football Playoff, Day interjected.

“Don’t start with that crap,” Day stated with a smile.

As he has all 12 months lengthy, Day careworn how it will be important for the Buckeyes to stay to their course of week in and week out somewhat than permitting the reward their group is receiving to get to their heads.

“I think it does and can have an affect on your team, I don’t think that there’s any question about that. And I think to act like the fans, the players, the staff members, the recruits, their families aren’t watching and listening, that’s being naive,” Day stated. “So for us, I do know it sounds cliché, and that is the message that I’ve been speaking to our group about, is that we simply can not get snug, and we can not get tired of simply the identical previous factor again and again. And that is having an important week of preparation after which placing it on the sphere on Saturday. And that is it.

“What we’re trying to chase is we want to be the best in the country at what we do, and we know that we have to play our best football here in the second half of the season. And this is where all the good stuff happens, right now. People say ‘Ignore the noise’ when things aren’t going well; well, it’s the same thing when things are going well. Criticism and blame are all the same. And so you have to stay disciplined and focused on what really matters, and that’s the messaging. It’s going to take a bunch of guys in this building right here, to stay focused week in and week out, and we’ve got to do that again on Saturday.”

That stated, Day stated he tries to verify the Buckeyes maintain their preparation enjoyable so that everybody enjoys coming to the Woody Hayes Athletic Center daily as they navigate the grind of a season that they hope will lengthen into late January as soon as once more.

“I will say this: Being around these players and these coaches is fun. Coming to the building every day is fun. And I think for this age group, it’s important that when you walk in this building every day, if you’re going to play all the way to January, these guys better like coming to the building, because if they don’t, it’s not going to go very well,” Day stated. “And so we have to figure out ways to drive them, push them, make them uncomfortable, but they have to like being around each other. And it’s like that with the staff and with the players.”

During his interview with McAfee, Day additionally spoke concerning the Buckeyes’ “Bloody Tuesday” practices, what Matt Patricia has delivered to Ohio State this season and Julian Sayin’s success because the Buckeyes’ beginning quarterback.