Big Ten Media Days: Ohio State’s Ryan Day on repeating ‘We're looking to attack’

LAS VEGAS– After winning the College Football Playoff national championship last season, Ohio State coach Ryan Day appeared at the Big Ten Media Days here and was focused on the 2025 season that lies ahead.

The 46-year-old Day is back for his seventh full season as the Ohio State head coach. He has posted a record of 70-10 with two Big Ten titles and last year's national championship.

Day has nine returning starters from last year's team that went 14-2 and rolled through four national top-10 teams by double-digit margins in the CFB Playoff. That group includes three players who were announced as preseason honorees by the Big Ten in wide receiver Jeremiah Smith, safety Caleb Downs and linebacker Sonny Styles. Smith and Downs earned some All-American honors last season.

We have video of Day's comments below.

Below we have Day's full comments from the podium.

COACH DAY OPENING STATEMENT

"I just want to start off by recognizing Commissioner Petitti's work and what he's doing in terms of the new landscape here in college football, making sure that the Big Ten are leaders, and I think it's a challenge that he's taking on and doing a great job of, so I want to thank him for all his hard work there.

"I want to thank Buckeye Nation for all their support currently, but even over the last year, and I said it before, it takes everybody, and we have some of the best fans in the world, and I certainly don't take that lightly, all the support that we have and the support that they give to our team.

"I want to thank our families, families of coaches, families of players, wives, all of our support staff who work so hard behind the scenes to give us an opportunity to go do what we love. They're a big part of what we are, and they're the rock and foundation of our program.

"The last year, the National Championship was certainly the cherry on top, but to think back on our team, this past year, we had 1,000 APR score, we had over 95 guys with 3.0 GPA, so we're very proud of continuing to make sure that guys understand that when they come to Ohio State, they're there to win championships, but they're also there to be students, and they're there to be well-rounded in everything that they do.

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