9:53 PM ET After seeing two games of defensive mistakes and a lack of significant change, Ohio State coach Ryan Day handed play-calling duties over to secondary coach Matt Barnes on Saturday against Tulsa. Kerry Coombs, the Buckeyes’ defensive coordinator, had been calling plays from the sideline to start the season, but after the 41-20 win over Tulsa, Day told reporters they made the change earlier in the week to give the defense its best shot at success. “We just we took a hard look at it and had a lot of hard conversation and tried to figure out what gives us the best chance to move forward,” Day said. “This is kind of the rhythm and the structure that we feel like, right now, is best suited for the defense. [Coombs] is a professional. He’s an Ohio guy from the state of Ohio, he’s got a lot of pride,…
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