Ryan Day Slow Playing Ohio State’s QB Competition Is A Bit Worrisome
There’s an old saying when it comes to quarterback competitions in the game of football that goes like this: If you’ve got two quarterbacks, you really have none. That’s likely not the case for the No. 3 Ohio State Buckeyes, because the two quarterbacks they have battling in fall camp are former stud recruits, but there has to be a little bit of consternation coming out of Columbus as a Week 1 matchup with No. 1 Texas quickly approaches.
Why hasn’t one of these young quarterbacks stood out enough to win the starting job outright? Will whoever does win the competition be ready to take on the Longhorns despite splitting No. 1 reps through fall camp?
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Ryan Day Slow Playing Ohio State’s QB Competition Is A Bit Worrisome
Ryan Day and the Ohio State Buckeyes don’t yet have a firm starting quarterback for 2025.
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Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Ryan Day watches players warm up during the first football practice of the season at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center on July 31, 2025.
Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Ryan Day watches players warm up during the first football practice of the season at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center on July 31, 2025. / Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
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There’s an old saying when it comes to quarterback competitions in the game of football that goes like this: If you’ve got two quarterbacks, you really have none. That’s likely not the case for the No. 3 Ohio State Buckeyes, because the two quarterbacks they have battling in fall camp are former stud recruits, but there has to be a little bit of consternation coming out of Columbus as a Week 1 matchup with No. 1 Texas quickly approaches.
Why hasn’t one of these young quarterbacks stood out enough to win the starting job outright? Will whoever does win the competition be ready to take on the Longhorns despite splitting No. 1 reps through fall camp?
Those are legitimate questions, and perhaps legitimate concerns, but head coach Ryan Day is certainly approaching the battle between Julian Sayin and Lincoln Kienholz with a laissez-faire attitude.
“There were positives on both ends. There were negatives on both ends. I won’t predict when we’ll make this decision,” Day said Monday when discussing the quarterback competition, according to Stefan Krajisnik of cleveland.com.
To be fair to Day, the Buckeyes are well within their rights to evaluate who the best quarterback is for the job. And even if they decide to go one way, they could always change their mind at any point in the season.
That’s also what fall camp is for, though each and every day that goes by is one day closer to arguably the biggest game of the season that’s not against the Michigan Wolverines.
