Ryan Day and Ohio State were down bad last season after their fourth consecutive loss to Michigan, a 13-10 this time. Although still dazed and miserable, the head coach had taken it upon himself to transform the team and turn around the situation, which he did, of course. But how he was in those days didn’t go unnoticed by the person closest to him. And now, it’s out in the open for all.

In a revealing excerpt from Bill Rabinowitz’s new book, Buckeye Brotherhood , Nina Day shared what used to happen during the Buckeyes’ playoff run. “He became maniacal. It was every second of every day. Even in the middle of the night, he would be up typing notes.”

What drove the head coach into this near-obsessive state is perhaps the context: Michigan arrived as an unranked team, barely bowl‑elig

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