The number of programs that would gladly trade places with Ohio State is all of them, with the current exception of a couple heavyweights in the SEC. Over the course of modern history, the Buckeyes stand alone as college football’s recession-proof brand, immune to significant downturns and always on the cusp of contention. It’s a pretty good place to be, including this year as Ohio State enters the final week of the regular season 11-0 and ranked No. 2. Yet if the Buckeyes lose Saturday to No. 3 Michigan for the second year in a row, it will seem like a crisis for Ryan Day, a coach who will suddenly occupy one of the hottest seats in America despite winning 90 percent of his games. And nobody understands that more than he does. “We’re evaluated by the big games,” Day said this week, responding to a question about whether four…
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