Ohio State vs. Penn State: 5 reasons the Buckeyes win

Ohio State and Penn State are set to square off in a top ten college football matchup in the Big Ten. Here’s why we think the Buckeyes win.

Ryan Day, more unpredictable than Urban

One of the things I believe has contributed to the lopsided scores in 2019 is the fact that new head coach Ryan Day doesn’t have as many predictable tendencies as what Urban Meyer had. For all the winning the former OSU coach experienced in Columbus, he did tend to fall in love with the Q-run when the tough yards were needed.

That’s not to take anything away from one of the greatest coaches in college football history, it’s just part of what Meyer’s DNA was.

He also had a bucket of plays that he most trusted in key situations. I think some coaching staffs that went against Meyer’s teams began to figure that out a bit. In fact, it’s quite a testament to he and his staff that the wins still piled up despite it all.

Ryan Day is a new man and the rest of the league doesn’t quite have a fix on his play-calling patterns now that he’s fully calling the shots. Remember, Meyer had the last say on plays if he wanted to pull that trump card.

No, Day will throw it on running downs, run it on passing downs, and run multiple plays out of the same formations. I’m sure he’s got some trusted plays he likes to go back to, but it’s more of a guessing game now when you’re going against this Ohio State offense than what it was in the past.

James Franklin and crew will have a hard time counteracting the thinking of what’s going on over on the Buckeye sideline. More so than in past years.

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