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Ohio State coach’s quarterback son commits to Big 10 rival

Nypost · · 227 words · By Dan Martin
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“The son of the Ohio State football coach, R.J. Day, announced his commitment to Northwestern for the Class of 2027 on Sunday.”
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Multiple independent sources (AOL, Saturday Down South, and National Football reports) confirm that R.J. Day, son of Ryan Day, committed to Northwestern for the Class of 2027.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2022 United States Senate election in Ohio was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Ohio. Republican writer and venture capitalist JD V…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024 United States presidential election in Ohio was held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, as part of the 2024 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ryan Patrick Day (born March 12, 1979) is an American football coach and former college football player. He is the 24th and current head football coach at Ohio State University, a position he has held…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Day
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“Northwestern plays in the same conference as Ohio State”
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Wikipedia confirms that both Ohio State and Northwestern are members of the Big Ten Conference.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2018 Big Ten Football Championship Game presented by Discover was played on December 1, 2018 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. The eighth annual Big Ten Football Championship Game, it…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2020 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented Ohio State University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Ryan Day, and played their home ga…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_footb…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Ohio State Buckeyes football team will represent the Ohio State University as a member of the Big Ten Conference (B1G) during the 2026 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They will be led by…
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“R.J. Day, a 6-foot-1, 205-pound quarterback from — not surprisingly — Columbus, Ohio, has started for three years at St. Francis DeSales HS”
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There is a contradiction regarding his height and experience. ABC7 Chicago reports him as 6-foot-1 and a three-year starter, while Yahoo Sports reports him as 5-foot-11 and a junior who set records in just two years under center.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Columbus Blue Jackets (colloquially known as the Jackets) are a professional ice hockey team based in Columbus, Ohio. The Blue Jackets compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of th…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ohio ( oh-HY-oh) is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Canadian province of Ontario to the north (through Lake Erie), Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The School of the Air (Ohio), or Ohio School of the Air (OSOA), is a radio program established in October 1928 and began live broadcasting on January 7, 1929. The Ohio Department of Education operated…
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“the younger Day had other offers from Purdue, Syracuse, Cincinnati and South Florida”
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Multiple sources (AOL, Saturday Down South, and other web results) confirm offers from Purdue, Syracuse, Cincinnati, and South Florida.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Syracuse Orange football team represents Syracuse University in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as members of the Atlantic Coast Conferen…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 65 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament that determined the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's b…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 6, 2023. The regular season ended on March 17, 2024, with the 2024 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament beginning with the …
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“Northwestern has eight quarterbacks on head coach David Braun’s roster.”
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The specific detail that the roster contains exactly eight quarterbacks is mentioned in one web search result from a National Football report; other sources confirm the coach but not the specific roster count.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Northwestern Wildcats football team will represent Northwestern University as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 2026 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They are led by fourth-ye…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — David Braun (born April 2, 1985) is an American college football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach for Northwestern.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The American Heart Association (AHA) Paul "Bear" Bryant Awards are an annual awards banquet that is hosted each year in January, in Houston, Texas, by the AHA. There are two awards. One of them—the Pa…
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“the offensive coordinator for the Wildcats is Chip Kelly”
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Confirmed by Wikipedia and multiple news reports that Chip Kelly is the offensive coordinator for Northwestern.
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web search NEUTRAL — Charles Edward Kelly is an American football coach who is the offensive coordinator for the Northwestern Wildcats. He came to prominence as a college football head coach for the Oregon Ducks from 2009…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Kelly
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web search NEUTRAL — LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — Former Las Vegas Raiders offensive coordinator Chip Kelly is returning to the college ranks. Kelly was announced Tuesday as the new offensive coordinator for the Northwestern Wildca…
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web search NEUTRAL — - Wednesday dawned a new day for Northwestern football. Wildcats head coach David Braun introduced Chip Kelly as the team's new offensive coordinator. One of the most renowned offensive minds in colle…
https://www.fox32chicago.com/sports/takeaways-from-northwest…
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“who served in the same role for Ryan Day at Ohio State when the Buckeyes won the title in 2024.”
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Multiple sources (Pro Football Rumors and other web results) state that Chip Kelly was the offensive coordinator at Ohio State and won a national championship there in 2024.
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web search NEUTRAL — Charles Edward Kelly is an American football coach who is the offensive coordinator for the Northwestern Wildcats. He came to prominence as a college football head coach for the Oregon Ducks from 2009…
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web search NEUTRAL — Former Ohio State offensive coordinator joins Pete Carroll's staff in Las Vegas.Kelly never won a Super Bowl while with the Eagles or 49ers, but his national championship offense at Ohio State average…
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web search NEUTRAL — Kelly recently won a national championship as Ohio State’s offensive coordinator after a six-year stint as UCLA’s head coach.Chip Kelly, offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach (Ohio State): Team has…
https://www.profootballrumors.com/players/chip-kelly
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“Kelly, the former head coach at UCLA and Oregon”
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Wikipedia and other sources confirm Chip Kelly's tenure as head coach at both Oregon and UCLA.
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web search NEUTRAL — Charles Edward Kelly is an American football coach who is the offensive coordinator for the Northwestern Wildcats. He came to prominence as a college football head coach for the Oregon Ducks from 2009…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Kelly
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web search NEUTRAL — Dan Raley. Fisch noted how each of the four recent CFP semifinalists had former head coaches serving as coordinators. The roll call: Ohio State offensive coordinator Chip Kelly, previously the head co…
https://www.si.com/college/washington/football/walters-intro…
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web search NEUTRAL — I am starting to develop a theory about the Chip Kelly offense at UCLA, and it’s not a flattering one for the supposed offensive genius. We know Kelly likes to run the football, and that his offensive…
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“was also the offensive coordinator at New Hampshire when Ryan Day was the team captain from 1998-2001.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm or deny the relationship between Chip Kelly and Ryan Day at New Hampshire from 1998-2001.
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“Most recently, Kelly was the OC with the Las Vegas Raiders before he took the job with Northwestern.”
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Multiple sources, including KSNV, explicitly state that Chip Kelly was the offensive coordinator for the Las Vegas Raiders immediately before joining Northwestern.
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