The Ohio State Buckeyes picked up a 19-15 road win over the Indiana Hoosiers on Saturday, but they lost star quarterback Julian Sayin to an arm injury in the process. With Sayin sidelined, head coach Ryan Day is turning to true freshman Luke Fahey, and one former Ohio State coach isn’t sure that it’s the right call.
Speaking on his podcast this week, Urban Meyer called it “perplexing” that Day went with Fahey instead of second-year quarterback Tavien St. Clair, a former five-star recruit who has been in the program for more than a year.
Sayin Goes Down
Ohio State went to Bloomington on Saturday for a rematch of last season’s Big Ten Championship Game and held on for the win, but it may have come at a steep price. Sayin was sacked and fumbled midway through the fourth quarter, though the Buckeyes recovered. He headed to the locker room favoring his right arm and later returned to the sideline wearing a sling.
“I don’t have a ton of details, but he’ll probably be out several weeks,” Day told reporters after the game, via On3. “We’ll have to come up with a plan there.”…