SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — No one involved can clearly recall exactly how Ryan Day ascended to the throne at Ohio State. Not that the offensive coordinator didn’t deserve to replace Urban Meyer after the upheaval and uncertainty of 2018. As acting coach, Day, then 39, had already kept a season and a program from running into a ditch during a three-game audition. It was the in-the-moment dizzying chain of events when Meyer called it quits (again) in December 2018 that remain unclear. “I don’t even really remember,” said Day, Ohio State’s 25th coach. “The season was kind of that way. … There was the press conference, then bowl practice, then recruiting, then the Rose Bowl. “Then, the next day, it’s … here we go …” Three days separated the Big Ten Championship Game and the biggest day of Day’s professional life. In one lightning strike of a press conference, Meyer retired…
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