10:00 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN COLUMBUS, Ohio — Punt to win. In Ryan Day’s football life, that phrase hasn’t exactly held a prominent place. Consider that Day played quarterback for Chip Kelly at New Hampshire, oversaw the nation’s highest scoring offense last year at Ohio State and has earned a reputation as a fourth-down swashbuckler. But three times on Saturday, Ohio State punted on the types of fourth-and-short situation where Day may have felt compelled in the past to take a gamble. Most notably, Ohio State punted on a fourth-and-2 from their own 38 while trailing Notre Dame, 10-7, in the third quarter. Day chuckled after the game when the punting decisions came up, admitting he thought back to Ohio State’s 35-28 home loss to Oregon last year. Ohio State went 2-for-5 on fourth-down conversions in that game, spending the game scrambling — and failing — to get out of…
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