Ryan Day needed to do a little tinkering with tradition. And he found the perfect solution before Ohio State packed its bags to go to Seattle for a time zone battle. Instead of the usual Friday fly-in, the Buckeyes hopped on a plane Thursday, giving themselves an extra day in the Pacific Northwest before their Big Ten opener at Washington. The move didn’t go unnoticed.

Dillon Davis summed it up perfectly in an X post on September 30. “ Ryan Day said the plan to go out to Seattle on Thursday worked well. He said the team watched the UVA/FSU game together on Friday night, and there was a great sense of camaraderie throughout. ‘It reminded me of last year and the playoff, which was sort of the plan,’ he said .” That’s the nugget Ryan Day wanted out there, a subtle reminder that Ohio St

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