INDIANAPOLIS — Ohio State coach Ryan Day mapped everything out months ago. He expected to finish the Big Ten season with three straight top-10 games. He anticipated seeking an unprecedented third straight outright league crown. And he believed the Buckeyes would return to the College Football Playoff for the first time in three years. More Badgers coverage Now, as No. 2 Ohio State prepares for Saturday’s conference championship game, Day wants the Buckeyes to do follow the same script he’s been preaching all season. “You can see the finish line,” Day said Friday, shortly after arriving in Indianapolis. “The goal and visual has been accelerating through that finish line, not pulling up here. That’s what great athletes do, that’s what great teams do — they accelerate at the end.” Why would the Buckeyes (12-0, 9-0, No. 1 CFP) do anything different this time against No. 10 Wisconsin? They have the…
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