no my friend it isn't follow the history Day has non with that type of offense and went full thicko backing up and running into michigan's wall. There are non so blind as those who refuse to see. You proof otherwise He has benefitted from advantages of a program that recruited itself .He was at New Hampshire and followed chip around the League for a few seasons.Then rode URBZ coatails into the gig, He never recruited the trenches well as did his 2 predessors and OSU's deep pockets kept this team together and the extended season saved his skin
Nubbz- you need to stop reading and believing the crap you read by amateurs on forums. Virtually everything you posted here is wrong, or twisted.
Day coached, successfully, at New Hampshire, Temple, Boston College, Florida, and in the NFL at Philadelphia and San Francisco.
Urbz was DESPERATE to upgrade his offense after escaping UM in OT in 2016 ( OSU couldn’t pass) and then getting BLOWN OUT BY CLEMSON in the CFP ( OSU couldn’t pass).
Urbz pursued Day because Day had earned a reputation as an offensive guru.
Day rewarded that decision by putting 62 points on UM in his first year calling plays, and 54 in Ann Arbor in his first year as HC ( 2019). We all know what would have happened in 2020. Coattails my ass.
The guy is 69-10! He has already defeated 5 of the 12 teams in this year’s playoff. What are you saying? He screwed up against Michigan, but the wins over Indiana, Penn State, Tennessee, Oregon and Texas were flukes? Or give credit for those wins to Knowles and Chip? ( who hired them)?
And this narrative about “ the trenches”? Who is substantially better than OSU in the trenches? I would say on the defensive side, Maybe UM but that’s it. Who recruited JT? Sawyer? Tyliek? Not to mention Caleb Downs, Cody Simon and the rest of the nation’s #1 defense? Ryan Day did.
On the offensive line, who recruited Josh Simmons, projected 1st LT in the draft? Seth- projected top center? Is it Day’s fault they got hurt? And can’t you give credit for taking a patchwork of inexperienced backups and making them good enough to DESTROY Tennessee and Oregon and beat Texas. Hell, it’s been brilliant.
And the Michigan game. That’s a whole different conversation. But if you remember Ohio State throwing out of their own end on 3rd and long- from their own 10 yard line- that is not a scared play call. It is very AGGRESSIVE. Of course it backfired, got intercepted and gave UM their only TD. And on their next possession Howard literally got knocked out ( as we have now learned). So yeah- it’s my firm belief Day and Kelly got conservative at that point. But it was not their original intent. Just look at their first drive. Throwing it all over the yard. Can’t really blame them at that point. Hell- they were a couple of chip shot missed FGs from being heroes.
I don’t think their playoff offense is much different. Maybe a tad more aggressive since there is no tomorrow. But the Texas defense showed, you still have to take what the other team is giving you.
