COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State head football coach Ryan Day addressed the media Tuesday from the Woody Hayes Athletic Center.
The Ohio State Buckeyes will kick off its 130th season of collegiate football Saturday with a noon game against the Florida Atlantic Owls at Ohio Stadium.
The game will be the first meeting between the two schools.
Watch Day's press conference in the video player above.
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- Head coach Ryan Day starts his head coaching career with a 3-0 record after earning wins over Oregon State, Rutgers and No. 15 TCU as the team’s acting head coach in 2018.
- SEVEN TEAM CAPTAINS: DE Chase Young, a junior from Hyattsville, Md., DE Jonathon Cooper, a senior from Gahanna, Ohio, SAF Jordan Fuller, a senior from Old Tappan, N.J., junior LB Tuf Borland from Bolingbrook, Ill., RB J.K. Dobbins, a junior from La Grange, Texas, WR K.J. Hill, a senior from Little Rock, Ark., and WR C.J. Saunders, a senior from Dublin, Ohio.
- 39 WINS IN LAST 42 SEASON OPENERS: Ohio State has won 19 consecutive season-opening games dating to the 1999 loss to No. 12 Miami, 23-12, in the Kickoff Classic at the Meadowlands.
- TOP 5 PRESEASON AGAIN: Ohio State is ranked No. 5 in the Associates Press preseason poll. The team is also ranked No. 5 in the Amway coaches’ preseason poll.
- 17 SEASONS WITH 11-PLUS WINS: Ohio State ranks third all-time with 17 seasons of 11 or more wins.
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