COLUMBUS, Ohio — Back in July 2019, something funky happened in ESPN’s FPI calculations as it related to Ohio State football. That formula gave OSU the fourth-best odds among all Big Ten East teams to win the league championship. Probably had something to do with uneven crossover scheduling with the West or the coaching transition or a young defense coming off a historically bad season. Regardless, ESPN’s computer gave Penn State, Michigan and Michigan State a better chance to win the Big Ten championship. That new coach, Ryan Day, seized an opportunity. The two-time running champion not considered among the three most likely teams in its division to win another? Day brought that ranking up in multiple interviews. Ohio State — the team that every year brings in the Big Ten’s highest-ranked recruiting class, routinely sends quarterbacks to New York as Heisman Trophy finalists and has not lost multiple league…
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