Ryan Day will probably have trouble sleeping at night as Ohio State closes in on the start of the 2021 season.
That’s because the Buckeyes begin the upcoming season with a pair of legitimate challenges — a Thursday night road game at Minnesota and a marquee non-conference game against Oregon — and Day knows a loss in even one of those games could derail Ohio State’s national championship hopes. With the current four-team College Football Playoff format, the only way Ohio State can be certain it will make the field is if it wins every game it plays.