At Ohio State, successful eras can stack on top of one another — but that certainly doesn’t mean it will be a smooth transition for new boss Ryan Day. After all, Day is now walking in the hallowed footsteps of Urban Meyer, who retired the day after the Rose Bowl win over Washington. Day inherits an OSU squad that is missing the likes of defensive end Nick Bosa and record-setting quarterback Dwayne Haskins, among other key personnel, but he showed the coaching chops to keep the program on a high plane last year while Meyer served a very public three-game suspension. Day also has shown that he will go wherever necessary to find coaches who improve his staff. Case in point: the addition of co-defensive coordinator Greg Mattison and linebackers coach Al Washington, who arrived from Michigan. The newcomer under the largest spotlight, though, is quarterback Justin Fields, who transferred…
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