Ryan Day didn’t leave much room for misinterpretation. The Buckeye head coach was definitive and direct when asked about his tolerance for giving up big plays on defense in 2023, and the urgency in his answer conveyed just how fresh the wounds are from the end of this past season. Jim Knowles talked all season about expecting to give up a handful of explosive plays in a given game, but Day was firm in refuting the sustainability of that premise – at least for a championship-caliber college football program. “No, no. I mean, we can’t give up big plays like that,” Day said during a Feb. 1 press conference. “That hurt us in the last two games. I mean, there’s no secret there. Too many big plays. And if we’re gonna win those games, we can’t give up big plays like that. Was that the only problem? No. But I…
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