Ryan Day pulled a smart tactic from the Nick Saban playbook to keep Ohio State one step ahead of the college football world.

SportsLine college football expert Thomas Casale shares his best Ohio State Buckeyes futures pick for the 2025 season

Asked at Big Ten media days whether Locklyn or his agent, Pete Roussel, requested for Ohio State to increase the $200,000 it contributed towards his Oregon buyout in order to settle the case, OSU coach Ryan Day said, “I know that there’s been conversation there but I don’t know the latest update on it.”

While fans have been focused on the 2026 recruiting cycle, the Ohio State Buckeyes and head coach Ryan Day will find out their fate with a highly-rated recruit in next year's class later this week.

Ohio State head coach Ryan Day reveals the Buckeyes' new recruiting pitch after securing a national championship.

Ryan Day led Ohio State to a national championship in January. However, just a few months after, there were rumors of Day having a feud with Buckeyes athletic director Ross Bjork amid the team's recruiting process. Former Ohio State guard and current insider Nevada Buck quashed rumors of any potential feud between Day and Bjork on Saturday.

Ryan Day admits what the challenge is that Ohio State is facing with the Texas Longhorns right around the corner originally appeared on A to Z Sports. We are now less than six weeks away from the Ohio State Buckeyes opening their season by hosting Arch Manning and the Texas Longhorns.