Presser Bullets: Ryan Day Says Ohio State Has ”A Lot of Things To Improve” After Arkansas State Win, Says “The Potential's There” For Marvin Harrison Jr.

Make it back-to-back home wins for the Buckeyes to start the season.

It was never really in doubt on Saturday as Ohio State throttled Arkansas State, 45-12, in Columbus. The Buckeyes might not have covered the 43.5-point, but it was a dominant effort on both sides of the ball for the scarlet and gray.

Ryan Day discussed the win with media members at a postgame press conference after the game, and here's a bullet-point breakdown of everything Day talked about in the aftermath of Ohio State's Week 2 victory over the Red Wolves.

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Day says "the middle of the field was available" against Arkansas State, which bailed out to stop the run against Ohio State.
"We gave them two possessions on penalties. One of them was a turnover." Day says it's going to be "a huge emphasis point this week."
On the Buckeye defense: "It was kind of a bend don't break style today, based on what they were doing."
Day says the Ohio State offense didn't finish as strong as he wanted it to.
On Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Julian Fleming: "We just want to make sure they're 100% before starting a game. ... They're getting closer."
Day says Marvin Harrison Jr.'s route-running is "very mature. ... the potential's there." Day says it's important that the Buckeyes "win the outside," and Harrison did that for Ohio State.
Day says there's "no concern" that Mike Hall's injury will be a long-term situation.
"Part of only having 54 plays is because we had a couple three-and-outs." Day says "I think you can see the potential, for sure."
"What you don't want to do is take winning for granted ... I know there's gonna be a lot of things" to improve in the week to come.
Day says the Buckeyes "want to be able to control the game" with the run, and got too pass-heavy in 2021.
"The good news is, we've already played a top-five opponent so we've already proven ourselves in some ways."
Day says the Buckeyes are trying to get Cade Stover more involved in the passing game, and says Mitch Rossi and Gee Scott Jr. "deserve to be a part of the offense."

Six players also met with reporters after the game: C.J. Stroud, Marvin Harrison Jr., TreVeyon Henderson, Steele Chambers, Cody Simon and Josh Proctor. You can hear what they had to say in the videos below.