COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ryan Day took an opportunity with the departure of Jeff Hafley that he hadn’t taken before. Strategically, maybe he had to. But it was a step toward the kind of thing that Urban Meyer used to say all the time over his seven years at Ohio State, and the kind of thing Day had not said as much over his one season. It was the kind of thing that made it clear there’s an Ohio State way of doing business. And the Ohio State way is what the head coach says. In everything. So who really controls Ohio State’s defense, one that had Hafley and Greg Mattison running it as co-coordinators this season? It’s Day. The first-year head coach with an offensive background said that a couple times Monday during a news conference in preparation for the Dec. 28 Fiesta Bowl. It came on the heels of…
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