Exhibit 31.2
                                                 Exhibit 31.1

                  Ryan's Restaurant Group, Inc.
                     Chief Executive Officer
                    Section 302 Certification


I, Charles D. Way, certify that:

1. I  have  reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Ryan's
   Restaurant Group, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
   statement of a material fact or omit to state a material  fact
   necessary  to  make  the  statements made,  in  light  of  the
   circumstances  under  which  such statements  were  made,  not
   misleading with respect to the period covered by this  report;

3. Based  on  my knowledge, the financial statements,  and  other
   financial information included in this report, fairly  present
   in  all material respects the financial condition, results  of
   operations  and cash flows of the registrant as of,  and  for,
   the periods presented in this report;

4. The   registrant's  other  certifying  officers  and   I   are
   responsible   for  establishing  and  maintaining   disclosure
   controls  and  procedures (as defined in  Exchange  Act  Rules
   13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

   a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused
      such  disclosure  controls and procedures  to  be  designed
      under  our supervision, to ensure that material information
      relating  to  the  registrant, including  its  consolidated
      subsidiaries,  is made known to us by others  within  those
      entities,  particularly during the  period  in  which  this
      report is being prepared;

   b) Evaluated  the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure
      controls  and procedures and presented in this  report  our
      conclusions  about  the  effectiveness  of  the  disclosure
      controls  and  procedures, as of  the  end  of  the  period
      covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

   c) Disclosed  in  this report any change in  the  registrant's
      internal  control  over financial reporting  that  occurred
      during  the  registrant's most recent fiscal  quarter  (the
      registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual
      report)  that  has  materially affected, or  is  reasonably
      likely  to  materially  affect, the  registrant's  internal
      control over financial reporting; and

5. The  registrant's  other  certifying  officer(s)  and  I  have
   disclosed,  based  on our most recent evaluation  of  internal
   control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors
   and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors
   (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

   a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
      design  or  operation  of internal control  over  financial
      reporting  which are reasonably likely to adversely  affect
      the  registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and
      report financial information; and

   b) Any   fraud,   whether  or  not  material,  that   involves
      management  or other employees who have a significant  role
      in   the   registrant's  internal  control  over  financial
      reporting.

Date: August 6, 2004


/s/ Charles D. Way
Charles D. Way
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer