Ryan Day responds to Charles Huff trying to lure Ohio State players away with biscuits
In the NIL era, coaches are always trying different tactics to lure players to their schools across the country. On Tuesday, Marshall head coach Charles Huff decided to have some fun and offer up some Tudor’s biscuits to any Buckeye player that wanted to transfer to Huntington to join the Thundering Herd.
Ryan Day on Charles Huff joking with his players
In his Wednesday evening session with reporters, OSU head coach Ryan Day had nothing but praise for Huff and he enjoyed the joke.
“Yeah. Yeah. Somebody sent that. First of all, again, I have a lot of respect for him. I think he’s very thorough in his approach. I think he does a really good job in communicating. Runs a really good program. I’ve got a lot of respect for him. But I thought the way he handled that was great. Sometimes as coaches we take ourselves too seriously. You know? And I just thought he was having a great moment there,” Day explained.
“But listen, those guys are gonna come here to play. You know?” Day continued. “And he’s gonna get those guys ready. And I know that for a fact. They’re a good team and he’s a good coach, good staff, good players. And they’ve got a lot to come in here and prove. Every day you want to prove somebody right and prove somebody wrong. And they’re gonna come in the same way. We’ve gotta be ready for that.”
Charles Huff offers up biscuits to Ohio State players
You have to hear the pitch for yourself to believe it. It starts innocuously enough, as a plea for fans to have some patience, it seems. Then… well, listen for yourself.
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“I feel good about the track we’re on, trust me,” Huff said. “I know where we are, but I feel good about the track we’re on. And I feel good about the players we have. Would love to have some of those guys from Ohio State, too. So, if they want to transfer on down we’ve got a Tudor’s biscuit NIL all-you-can-eat.
“So, if any of those guys that run really, really fast at Ohio State like Tudor’s biscuits, I promise you, all you can eat, all day if you transfer here. But yeah.”
You can watch the pitch from the Marshall head coach below.
In Huff’s defense, Ohio State has had some exceptionally talented young players enter the ranks in recent years. And being able to peel off a Jeremiah Smith or two would certainly do wonders for the program.
Marshall — and head coach Charles Huff — will get an up-close look at Smith this weekend when the two programs meet at noon on Saturday. Biscuits not included.
On3’s Thomas Goldkamp also contributed to this article.