Ohio State left Bloomington with a 19-15 win over Indiana on Oct. 17, and Ryan Day still came out of the weekend with a list of calls he wanted the Big Ten to answer for.
Day addressed the officiating at his bye-week press conference this week, and most of his frustration centered on Jeremiah Smith. He said contact on the receiver before the ball arrived should have drawn pass interference flags on more than one throw, and that the Buckeyes sent those plays to the conference for review.
“We turned in several plays in that game,” Day said.
“Quite honestly, there was accountability taken. But sometimes you feel like it’s a day late and a dollar short. I think these guys are trying. I think they mean well. But we know these are big decisions that change people’s lives,” Day said.
Ryan Day is hoping for better officiating from the Big Ten going forward after turning in numerous examples of missed calls from last week’s game against Indiana.
“Quite honestly, there was accountability taken. But sometimes you feel like it’s a day late and a dollar short. I think these guys are trying. I think they mean well. But we know these are big decisions that change people’s lives,” Day said.
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Why is Ryan Day pressing the Big Ten after a win?
Indiana cut a 19-7 deficit to four points on a 19-yard touchdown pass from Josh Hoover to Nick Marsh with 10:30 left. On the Hoosiers’ last drive, Marsh caught a wide-open throw near the front corner of the end zone, but his left foot came down on the white paint, and the go-ahead score was ruled out of bounds with 1:02 remaining. Ohio State ran out the clock from there in the first top-five game ever played at Memorial Stadium, a win that also gave the Buckeyes some payback for Indiana’s victory over them in last December’s Big Ten title game.
In a game settled by a foot on the sideline paint, the plays Day turned in all involved the receiver Ohio State leans on most. Smith finished with four catches for 68 yards, including a 38-yard touchdown on fourth-and-1 early in the fourth quarter.
Julian Sayin hurt his right arm on that touchdown throw, and Day said this week that he is now out indefinitely. Freshman Luke Fahey finished the Indiana game in relief and will compete with Tavien St. Clair for the job during the bye, with Fahey currently ahead.
With a first-year passer taking over, the contact Smith sees at the catch point becomes an even bigger part of what Ohio State can do through the air. Getting those plays on the Big Ten’s radar now, during an open week, is the most direct lever Day has before the stretch run.
The Buckeyes are 6-1 and 4-0 in conference play, and they return from the bye on Oct. 31 to host No. 19 USC at Ohio Stadium.
“Hope isn’t a strategy, but I’m hoping it gets better,” Day said.
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