For the vast majority of college football programs, a change at head coach signals a massive shift. It is usually a sign that large-scale transformations must be made in order to flip the script and return to relevance within the CFB landscape. In most cases, a new head coach will be given a pretty forgiving grace period to make adjustments and develop their new team into a contender. None of these things are true at Ohio State, where Ryan Day will step into one of the toughest jobs in Division I athletics.
For starters, Day is inheriting some enormous shoes to fill, as Urban Meyer retired one of the most successful coaches in Ohio State and college football history.