Day: Won’t call plays; no O’Brien to BC upgrade

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior Citizen WriterFeb 7, 2024, 10:42 AM ET

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• College football press reporter.
• Joined ESPN.com in 2008.
• Graduate of Northwestern University.Ohio State football coach Ryan Day validated he’s giving up offending playcalling for the 2024 season, although the status of his carefully picked follower, Bill O’Brien, will be figured out in the coming days.Last month, Day employed O’Brien as Ohio State’s offensive coordinator as part of a plan to turn over playcalling to the previous Penn State and Houston Texans coach. Day has actually been included with the Buckeyes’playcalling since signing up with the personnel in 2017. However O’Brien is among the leading prospects for the head-coaching job at Boston College. He spoke with for the job in addition to 4 other prospects Tuesday in Atlanta, a source informed ESPN’s Andrea Adelson. Day said Wednesday that he has”no upgrade “on O’Brien’s status with BC however that O’Brien was in the structure working for Ohio State.Editor’s Picks 2 Associated O’Brien, who matured near Boston, invested last season as the New England Patriots’offensive planner. Boston College,

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  coach Jeff Hafley to the Green Bay Packers, is expected to make a hire by the end of the week, according to sources.”It isn’t simply among those circumstances where you get one guy and put another guy in there and proceed, “Day said of the possibility that O’Brien leaves.”It doesn’t work that way. However yes, we spoke with various individuals for that position and we have contingency strategies in place. Hopefully, we do not have to go down that roadway, though. “Day fought with the choice to quit playcalling and joked Wednesday, “I have not done it yet, so we’ll see.”But the truths of how college football has altered needed him to pivot. He said O’Brien”checked all those boxes”for what he looked for in a replacement. “I know that is a perfect situation moving on,”he stated.”Do I wish to? No. I do not. I like the football part of it. “As the Boston College choice looms, O’Brien is set to supervise a quarterback room that swelled in current weeks with the transfer additions of Kansas State’s Will Howard and Alabama’s Julian Sayin, ESPN’s No. 9 general recruit in the 2024 class. Howard started 27 games at Kansas State and has just one year of eligibility left. Ohio State also revives Devin Brown, who pushed Kyle McCord for the beginning job last year, as well as Lincoln Kienholz and another decorated inbound freshman, Air Noland.Day expects a”strong competition “at quarterback, beginning in spring practice.”Will came here to play football, so I hope that’s his mindset, and I hope all the guys have that mentality, “Day said.” He’s got to discover the offense and start.”