A lot can change in five years of college football.
Only three current Buckeyes (Mitch Rossi, Jerron Cage and Bradley Robinson) remain from the program’s 2017 roster. All but four members of the Ohio State coaching staff (Ryan Day, Larry Johnson, Kevin Wilson and Tony Alford) have turned over since then, including the head coach.
Day was a first-year co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the Buckeyes half a decade ago, the last time Ohio State prepared to play Iowa, and now he runs the show as the fourth-year head coach in Columbus. Despite all those changes, Day hasn’t forgotten about what happened in the programs’ most recent meeting.