It took Ryan Day three weeks to match John Cooper's postseason win total in Columbus.
Plenty of reasons why that crazy sentence is a) true b) full of caveats c) wildly impressive d) morbidly inspiring, and e) traumatizing for anyone over the age of 38 all at the same time. Strip it all down and you have math, exceptions, evolution and resilience.
The bowls had been a sneaky element to a polishing any college coaching legacy. For every prestige bowl game throughout history where teams left everything on the field in an attempt to win one the big, gaudy trophies - there are several more tacky consumer product-sponsored consolation prize December junkets which often failed to inspire greatness.