Summer camp for the Ohio State Buckeyes football team is still months away.
But the quarterback competition for the program has already started. Through spring practices, sophomore signal-caller Julian Sayin is emerging as an early favorite to earn the starting job.
But quarterback explained to On3’s Spencer Holbrook on Wednesday that he isn’t getting caught up in who the public sees as potentially leading the quarterback competition.
“I don’t listen to the outside noise,” Sayin told Holbrook. “I’m just focused on getting better every day, getting ready for Friday’s practice, just improving on practice three.
“I think, kind of like I said before, I’m really just focused on the fundamentals and improving every day and just getting better.
Taking what Coach Day, Coach Mick, and Coach Fessler are bringing to us in the quarterback room.”
Sayin initially signed with the Alabama Crimson Tide as part of the 2024 recruiting class.
But he transferred to Ohio State after Nick Saban retired. Sayin appeared in four games for the Buckeyes last season. The quarterback completed five of 12 attempts for 84 yards with a touchdown.
Early in the quarterback competition but man the way the ball just jumps off the hand of Julian Sayin is just different.
Five-star freshman quarterback Tavien St. Clair is Sayin’s top competition to start for the Buckeyes. Signal-caller Lincoln Kienholz is also returning for the Ohio State quarterback room.
On3 projects Sayin’s NIL value to be $1.1 million entering the 2025 season. That value should only increase if Sayin wins the starting job.
The Ohio State football team’s defensive line coach addressed his future.
The Ohio State football program has had Larry Johnson as their defensive line coach for over a decade now. He’s the only coach on staff (besides Mickey Marotti) who was on staff when the Buckeyes won the national championship in 2014. He’s now won two national titles with the Bucks.
There have been rumors swirling that Johnson still hasn’t decided whether or not he is going to coach this year. Rumors were swirling that if he did come back for this season, it would be his final season. Johnson is someone who has been great at what he does for a while.
Friday morning was the first time that the coaches have been heard from since winning the national championship. Johnson was asked about his future with the team. His answer will make one segment of the Buckeye fanbase happy and one sgement very unhappy.
Johnson doesn’t seem ready to hang it up anytime soon. In fact, he gave an interesting answer when asked about his future with the Ohio State Buckeyes.
Johnson seems like he is going to coach for as long as he can. It might take Ryan Day telling him to go away for him to finally retire. Will that happen next year? It’s unclear. What is clear is that he will be coaching for the Buckeyes this season. He’s still in charge of the defensive line.
A large part of his future could come down to how well he gets along with new defensive coordinator Matt Patricia. If he gets along with Patricia, he might try to stay even longer than just a year. If he doesn’t, this will likely be the last year that he coaches.
At some point, the Buckeyes are going to need a succession plan. They have to get someone who is younger and won’t be negatively recruited by other programs for his age. It’s honestly a bit surprising that he didn’t want to go out on top after winning a national championship.
In an unexpected move, Ryan Day has resigned from his position as the head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes football team. The announcement, which has sent shockwaves through the college football world, came early on February 12, 2025, following a string of disappointing seasons that saw the Buckeyes fall short of their championship aspirations.
Day, who took over as head coach in 2019, had a successful start, leading Ohio State to a 13-1 season in his first year and guiding them to the College Football Playoff. Under his leadership, the Buckeyes consistently remained at the top of the Big Ten, with multiple conference championships and top-five finishes in the AP Poll. However, the team’s performance in recent years failed to live up to expectations, and an increasing number of fans and analysts called for change.
Sources close to the program suggest that internal pressure from university officials and booster groups may have played a role in Day’s decision to step down. Despite strong recruiting classes and a potent offensive scheme, Ohio State fell short of winning the national title, with key losses to rival Michigan and early exits from the playoff race becoming focal points of criticism.
In his statement, Day expressed gratitude for the opportunity to lead such a storied program and hinted that he was stepping away to explore new opportunities in the coaching world. The university has yet to announce a successor but is expected to begin a national search for a new head coach immediately.
This surprising resignation marks the end of an era for Ohio State, which now faces an uncertain future as it seeks to regain its championship form.