When Ohio State coach Ryan Day gets rolling, he can throw out cliches with the best of his profession. Day talks all the time about toughness and execution, words spoken so often in his business they can lose their significance. He also breaks out new terms like his offensive line being, “the tip of the spear,” and having a, “white-belt mentality,” which means saying focused on accomplishing the first step in a process as a discipline that leads to the ultimate goal. And then Day will stress the importance of avoiding penalties, eliminating turnovers and other such fundamental elements of winning to which he applies his own coat of paint called a, “Plan to win.” It can all be viewed as eye-rolling coach-speak or the brilliant simplicity he’s kept his Buckeyes focused on in their ascent to 7-0 and No. 3 in the country entering a Saturday noon kickoff against…
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