The Ohio State Buckeyes will have a new starting quarterback this season after the departure of C.J. Stroud, who was selected as the No. 2 overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft. But just a couple of weeks before the start of the college football season, the Buckeyes have still not decided who their next quarterback will be.
Ohio State has held a lengthy competition between quarterbacks Kyle McCord and Devin Brown throughout the offseason, but head coach Ryan Day revealed on Monday that he is still not ready to name a starter.
“No starting quarterback announcement yet. Ryan Day said neither Kyle McCord nor Devin Brown has won or lost the job yet. ‘Our staff feels confident with both of them.’ He said he asked the staff this weekend who they thought should start, and it was ‘split right down the middle,'” Dan Hope of Eleven Warriors said in a tweet.
“If I sat here right now, I think that both deserve to play,” Ryan Day said, according to Hope.
It’s certainly an interesting situation for the Buckeyes, and the college football world had plenty to say about it on social media.
Brown truthers, we might be up pic.twitter.com/CkwzhtRMgC https://t.co/vfc351wTtP
— B1G_Ryan (@B1G_Ryan) August 21, 2023
Clear that Devin Brown has fully taken advantage of how Ohio State is structuring practices and has made up any ground that could have been lost by his hand injury late in spring practice. https://t.co/h57JTFpNEG
— Adam Rittenberg (@ESPNRittenberg) August 21, 2023
I don't have an issue with this, but I am concerned that McCord couldn't separate given the leg up. #GoBucks https://t.co/Pf0Z8Ca5do
— Joshua Keatley (@JoshKeatley16) August 21, 2023
If it’s split down the middle shouldn’t the HC make the decision https://t.co/hcN5u1mQDX
— Sr (@Jon_2x_) August 21, 2023
https://twitter.com/Buckeyes_OTBOTO/status/1693649514995794072?s=20
— ohio state basketball enjoyer (@BrodieKnowsBall) August 21, 2023
Whoever ultimately earns the job will have some lofty expectations after the success of Ohio State quarterbacks in recent years. He will certainly have some big shoes to fill.
[Dan Hope]