CHICAGO — Ryan Day said he doesn’t like to compare himself to Urban Meyer. Who would? Meyer, the former Ohio State coach who retired after last season, never lost more than two games in a single year during his tenure with the Buckeyes. In fact, OSU dropped a total of just nine contests since Meyer’s hiring in 2012. He won three Big Ten titles and a national championship in 2014, and he led Ohio State to a major bowl game in every season, with the exception of his first year – when the Buckeyes went 12-0 while on a postseason ban. Day, his successor, spent just three games as a head coach – while Meyer was on administrative leave to begin last season – before taking over one of the most prestigious and successful programs in the country. “You don’t replace a legend,” Day said at Thursday’s opening session of…
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