COLUMBUS, Ohio — Everything and nothing is changing for the Ohio State defensive coaching staff. A new face has emerged, with Billy Davis moving in as linebackers coach, and a new title has been claimed, with Greg Schiano dropping the “co” and now standing as the only assistant with a defensive coordinator title. But the operation is mostly the same. “It’s not different. Really it wasn’t Luke (Fickell) and I bouncing (off of each other), it was all four of us — always,” Schiano said during the first week of spring practice. That won’t change. Fickell is gone to Cincinnati, and his co-defensive coordinator title hasn’t been assumed by anyone else on the staff. On paper it’s Schiano’s show. In reality the operation of putting together the Buckeyes’ defense will remain the collaborative effort among the defensive line, linebackers, cornerbacks and safeties coaches that it’s always been. So what’s the big…
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