Heading into the Ohio State Buckeyes’ season-opening showdown with the Indiana Hoosiers on Saturday, head coach Ryan Day said the plan was to play both Kyle McCord and Devin Brown at quarterback. But that’s not really how it worked out.
While Devin Brown did get in the game in the first half, he played just three snaps before Kyle McCord was brought back into the game, and Brown did not play again until late in the fourth quarter. It was a decision that had many fans asking questions, and Ryan Day provided a little clarity on the move during his postgame press conference.
“I would have liked to see Devin play a little bit more, but we went three-and-out there (on Brown’s first series in the game) and I was worried that we weren’t going to be able to get into a rhythm,” Day said according to Eleven Warriors. “We already felt a little clunky early on. Missed on some short-yardage situations, didn’t convert on some third downs.
“I didn’t want to run the risk of putting ourselves in a bad spot by continuing to move those guys in and out. But going in, really wanted to play Devin some more, would like to do that moving forward.”
We’ll have to see if Brown is given more opportunities in the future.
