Ryan Day Won't Say If Phillip Daniels Gets His Job Back

Menace2Sports with Zach Smith · Oct 1, 2026 · 1h 29m

Phillip Daniels is healthy again, and Ryan Day still won't commit to giving him his starting job back.

Ohio State heads to Kinnick Stadium this Saturday to face No. 14 Iowa, and the biggest question up front isn't about scheme, it's about who starts at right tackle. Phillip Daniels was Ohio State's starter before a injury knocked him out, and Gabe VanSickle stepped in and played well enough that Ryan Day is now calling it a "good problem to have." We break down Day's actual comments on the competition, what it means that he said Gabe "hasn't done anything to say he doesn't deserve to play,"…