MIAMI GARDENS, Florida — Three observations ahead of Ohio State against Alabama in the College Football Playoff national championship game. 1. Ryan Day took over at Ohio State knowing full well immediate national championship expectations accompanied the position. The Buckeyes expect perennial playoff contention. Yet the combination of back-to-back highly ranked recruiting classes in 2017-18 and the arrival of Justin Fields clearly opened the window even wider. If Ohio State beats Alabama in Monday’s College Football Playoff national championship, Day will join a surprisingly long lost of coaches who won a national championship in only their second season. None of those coaches had to navigate a global pandemic — one that affected his team’s schedule and roster and day-to-day operations. Day has a sense of the degree of difficulty involved because he lived it. He is willing to wait for perspective on what the Buckeyes have accomplished. “Certainly very, very…
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