Ohio State 54, Iowa 10
October 22, 2022
Ohio Stadium — 104,848
Ohio State head coach Ryan Day
On the offense…
“It’s an interesting game when you start off with the ball in plus territory. When you look up at the end of the game, you’d think the score would be different, but it was a very, very good job up front to take away so many things in the middle and force you to really throw the ball. We didn’t do as good of a job of executing running the ball early on, but we knew that it was going to take time to crack it with just the way that they are. I thought we played really good football there in the second half and got a good balance going.”
On Zach Harrison’s breakout…
“I think he was one of a few guys who played with that type of energy, but Zach is playing some of his best football right now, and on our defensive line, you’re going to play with an edge so you can feel it out there. You can see how fast we’re playing. Zach has really come along and practiced really well; his leadership has been great, and I think you guys would agree he is playing his best football right now.”
On the remaining Big Ten schedule…
“It’s very important; the challenges are going to get bigger and bigger. We need to be balanced across the board; we need complementary football, we need special teams, you know, we need everything. This is a very good team coming in here; we had a lot of respect for this team coming in and they played well, especially on defense, and so for us to win like this, it’s good, but there’s still a lot to improve on and a lot to grow from.”
Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud
On the win vs. Iowa…
“It was amazing to just see our fans coming on out, having fun out there with my brothers, playing in front of 104,000.”
On Ohio State’s offense…
“The first half was kind of weird. When you start out a couple times on the 30 and 40-yard line, it’s hard to get the rhythm here. We just have to execute better. It’s good to get it under our belt because the second half of the season gets very tough and you have games like that where you’re not hot early on. You have to get going and so once we got it going, I feel like we became the dynamic offense that we are.”
On the in-game coach-player communication…
“Coach Day asks us what we see out there, what kind of leverage the receivers are getting, where the corners are, how the safeties are playing. He’s asking me what I thought, what I’ve…
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