September 23, 2024

Ohio State’s game plan picked apart Michigan last year, now can Don Brown get revenge vs. Ryan Day?


COLUMBUS, Ohio — In 2013 and 2014, Ryan Day and Don Brown were the coordinators at Boston College, Day on the offensive side and Brown on the defensive side, and in those two seasons together, Day learned something. How to beat Brown. With Day as Ohio State’s offensive coordinator and Brown as Michigan’s defensive coordinator, Day did that last season in a 62-39 win as the Buckeyes piled up 567 yards against the defense statistically rated No. 1 in the nation. The Wolverines haven’t forgotten. Jim Harbaugh made shirts for his team in the offseason that prominently displayed the score of that loss. Part of remembering is changing. Brown has done that. Sometimes we exaggerate how much past relationships matter in a game today. For instance, I don’t think it’s any kind of huge edge for Ohio State that former Michigan assistants Al Washington and Greg Mattison are on the…

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