Ohio State injury update: Ryan Day provides updates on offensive, defensive line health
COLUMBUS — Ohio State held multiple starters and major contributors out of action in the road win at Purdue last weekend.
Buckeyes coach Ryan Day said he expects them to all go through a full week of practice ahead of the Week 12 game in primetime against UCLA on Saturday night (7:30 p.m., NBC).
The full availability report won’t be public until 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, two hours before kickoff against the Bruins, but there’s optimism that the Buckeyes will be back near full strength for the 10th game of the season.
The unsettling news: Day did specify that Ohio State has no update on star wide receiver Carnell Tate, who dressed for action but did not play in the game against Purdue. Day said after the game on Saturday that Tate suffered from tightness and was held out for precautionary reasons.
The good news: he used the term “expecting a full week” when speaking about starting right tackle Phillip Daniels, who missed the Purdue game despite traveling and dressing for action. He also used that verbiage about rotational right guard Josh Padilla, who didn’t travel with the team.
“We’re expecting a full week from Josh,” Day said. “We’ll see how today goes, but he and Phil both, we’ll kind of see as the week goes on, but we’re expecting a full week of work out of those guys.”
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He also added that starting three-technique defensive tackle Tywone Malone is expected to have a full week of practice as well.
“Tywone, we felt like it was just — could he have played? Yes,” Day said, “but we decided to hold him. We’re expecting a full week of work out of him, too.”
Of course, Day didn’t specify any player’s availability for the matchup against UCLA. Much like the game at Purdue, the Buckeyes are expected to win easily, and they could hold out players who could play but won’t necessarily be needed for the No. 1 team in the country in a home game.
Ohio State’s next two games against UCLA and Rutgers, both at home, serve as opportunities to try new wrinkles and lineups. But it’s also a huge chance for the Buckeyes to rest some of their banged-up stars who could play but will be needed more against Michigan in the final week of the regular season — and in a potential top-five showdown a week later in the Big Ten Championship Game if the Buckeyes beat their rival.