Ohio State head coach Ryan Day discusses the possibility of playing Michigan other than during the regular season finale, given that the schools could theoretically play 3 weeks in a row with the new College Football Playoff schedule.
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00:00 team, but at the same time I think the rivalry has been excellent. I think it's good for
00:04 college football to see Penn State and Ohio State play.
00:08 [unintelligible]
00:12 I just think that the tradition
00:16 is so strong and it's been going on for so long I think
00:20 it's something that has to happen for Ohio State.
00:24 I think we've got to play the game every year.
00:28 [unintelligible]
00:32 I think it's worth a long discussion about where
00:36 that game should be placed. I think if it was the same
00:40 way as it was this past year we'd be playing back to back games and then
00:44 who knows maybe even playing again in the playoffs. I just think
00:48 that needs to be taken into consideration. Not that we should move it, but I think it's worth talking about.
00:52 -Brian, just real quick on that idea. That's a big deal
00:56 if that would happen, moving that game. What would be or are the
01:00 difficulties of playing a team like that back to back? What you're saying that
01:04 could be if that happened, what would be the negative about that?
01:08 -The game could not
01:12 have an impact on a whole bunch
01:16 in terms of if both teams are in the Big Ten playoff or
01:20 Big Ten championship game already then
01:24 that could have minimized the game. That's my concern. Even if you played it
01:28 week 11, week 10, no matter what it's gonna matter.
01:32 If you know you're playing them in the Big Ten
01:36 championship game already it could be something that we haven't
01:41 experienced before, that's all. Again, I think
01:45 it's worth a discussion. -Has there been any discussion to your knowledge yet about any of that?
01:49 Or you're just saying there should be? -I know that they're talking about it. I just
01:53 don't think that any hard decisions have been made. I don't think they're gonna be made here
01:57 real soon. I just want to be part of those conversations.
02:01 -Theoretically you could play them three times in a row with the 12 team
02:05 here. That would diminish
02:09 the original win, wouldn't it? -I think as we're
02:13 talking it through, you're ultimately gonna want to get into the final. We're getting
02:17 way ahead of ourselves right now. You want to be in the
02:21 top four so you have a bye in that first week. It would matter,
02:25 but just not the way that you and I know the game.
02:29 It's gonna be a new experience.
02:33 Let's just talk about this upcoming year. We got a long way to go before we get there.
02:37 -Are you more
02:41 concerned about your starting right tackle than you are your starting right tackle?