Ryan Day is an aggressive play-caller
Watching this game, I couldn’t help but wonder what former Ohio State head coach Jim Tressel was thinking every time Ryan Day went for it on fourth down. Day not only dialed up a fourth-down call in his own territory, but he eschewed a field goal attempt already up by two scores on fourth and goal from the one-yard line.
Those both worked out, but there’s no way in any kind of an alternate reality that Tressel would have given it any thought on what conservative approach he would take. It would have been a punt in one instance, and a field goal in another.
Fans love it, and frankly, so do I. More often than not in almost any sport, the aggressor tends to win most matchups, and to say Day is aggressive in his play-calling would be like calling Muhammad Ali a great boxer.