If you watched Ohio State take on Rutgers Saturday night, there’s no doubt your head is still spinning. Not because it was a thing of beauty, but because we may have seen the most trick plays we’ve ever seen unloaded by one team ever in a game.
move over Boise State vs. Oklahoma 2007 Fiesta Bowl.
The reality is that Scarlet Knights head coach Greg Schiano knew that his team had to unload the barrel with everything he had in the playbook to hang with the Buckeyes, and he sure did.
We saw an offensive lineman score a touchdown, a lateral width of the field throwback for a touchdown on a punt return, multiple two-point tries, and several elaborate onside kick attempts.
It’s the latter that got Ohio State head coach Ryan Day talking at the postgame press conference. When asked whether he had seen that many trick plays deployed by one team in a game before, he had a quote of gold.
“No, no that was … especially the onside kicks,” Day said. “It was like a New York sidewalk. They were going back and forth, and back and forth.”
To truly appreciate the moment, you almost have to see his reaction and quick wit response when the topic came up. You can watch below thanks to a snippet we grabbed.
Ryan Day with a great quote here when reacting to a question about all the trick plays Rutgers used in the game. Said the onside kicks were "like a New York sidewalk." https://t.co/fvHZBX4xRl
— Buckeyes Wire (@BuckeyesWire) November 8, 2020
The quote was so true. I’m not sure how the Scarlet Knight packed that many onside kick formations and plays into one gameplan, but you have to tip your cap. I’m still coming to grips with what I saw last night.
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