COLUMBUS, Ohio — The fact pulled from the Ohio State football game notes seemed to smack coach Ryan Day across the face. In one of the first questions at his Tuesday press conference, Day was reminded of OSU’s 3-5 record in West Lafayette since 2000. “Geez,” Day blurted out, as if he knew the Buckeyes’ history at Ross-Ade was bad, just not that bad. Day vividly remembers the most recent example. That was his offense, as a coordinator, that on Oct. 20, 2018, stumbled in the red zone early and eventually put up a bunch of empty yards in a 49-20 implosion. It lives on as one of the great victories in Boilermaker history, both for knocking off an undefeated No. 2 team and for the connection to Tyler Trent, the late Purdue student and cancer patient. At Ohio State, it lives on as the last truly season-wrecking…
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