COLUMBUS, Ohio — Did last season’s final two games bring clarity to Ohio State football coach Ryan Day’s progress, or create more ambiguity? The was no progress hiding within a second consecutive loss to Michigan. Instead, that setback reverberated deep into the program and triggered months worth of changes and adjustments. At the same time, a toe-to-toe loss to eventual repeat national champion Georgia proved the Buckeyes have not slipped from the standard Day inherited four-plus years ago. It took Bulldogs coach Kirby Smart six seasons to win his first national championship. He only made the playoffs once in his first five. Day’s accomplishments through his first four seasons have exceeded those of the man now building a mini-dynasty. Recommended Buckeyes stories Day, though, still made a course correction. He began the process of ceding play calling duties to his new offensive coordinator, Brian Hartline. The extent of that transition…
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