Ryan Day essentially began to take over the Ohio State program in 2017. While the hire of former Indiana HC and longtime spread guru Kevin Wilson was the splashier hire, the Buckeyes ended up installing Day’s offense and promoting him to play-caller for 2018 and then HC for 2019. Day made the mesh passing concept central to Ohio State’s offense, after it’d been the zone running game and QB option under Urban Meyer’s previous OCs. Taking over as HC, Day also inherited a problem defense. The Buckeyes slipped from seventh in defensive S&P+ in 2017 to 26th in 2018, with notable failures against spread offenses. Teams inflicted enough big plays to knock the Buckeyes to 118th in IsoPPP, which measures explosiveness. Co-DCs Greg Schiano and Alex Grinch departed, with Schiano joining his pal Bill Belichick while Grinch took on another fixer-upper defense in Oklahoma. CB coach Taver Johnson found a…
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