At most schools, a head coach with a 53-8 record would have rock-solid job security. But most college football programs aren’t Ohio State.
The Buckeyes have been one of college football’s best teams year in and year out in Ryan Day’s five seasons as OSU’s head coach. They’ve won at least 11 games in all of those seasons that weren’t shortened by COVID-19, and they’ve never lost more than two games in a season.
But the Buckeyes have never finished the year as the best team in college football under Day, which is the standard of expectation at Ohio State.