© Provided by Sports Illustrated The Buckeyes coach made a rather conservative decision that left some fans scratching their heads. No. 3 Michigan had No. 2 Ohio State on the ropes in the second half of a winner-take-all edition of The Game on Saturday afternoon. Still, Ryan Day opted to make a handful of conservative decisions that had much of the college football world in disbelief. After the Buckeyes held a narrow three-point lead at halftime, the Wolverines came out in a fury in the third quarter and managed to take a two-score advantage by the time the fourth quarter came around. Nevertheless, Day opted multiple times to punt the ball with his team trailing, much to the surprise of those watching. Though the choice to punt the ball away on the Michigan 45-yard line with six minutes remaining in the third quarter seemed excusable at the time, Ohio State punted again early in…
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