Column: The future at Ohio State depends on innovation, upcoming hires

Graphic by Patrick MayhornOhio State is going to have to change under Ryan Day to survive. That’s a pretty jarring statement, given that there obviously wasn’t too much intrinsically wrong with a program that has won 47 games in the last four seasons, lost just six times, won two Big Ten titles and is looking to add a third bowl win in that time frame tomorrow against the Washington Huskies. That certainly doesn’t look like a program that has to change to survive, even as it endures a coaching transition from Urban Meyer to Day.

It isn’t necessarily even the fault of Ohio State that it needs to change to survive. It isn’t a indictment of one of the best programs in the country, just a…