ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- Ryan Day didn't need to overthink himself to finally snap the four-game skid that had consumed him. He just needed to be himself.

Pressure tends to bring out the best or worst in coaches. For Ohio State , a dangerous mix of those two resulted in a bizarre identity crisis: a four-game losing streak in "The Game" but a 52-1 record against every other Big Ten team.

On Saturday, Day ditched the overcorrections and went back to what works. Michigan had no counter.

"I don't think there was any doubt when we walked into the stadium what was going to happen," Day declared after the 27-9 victory.

A year after Ohio State tried to reinvent itself for one opponent and prove a point against Michigan by abandoning a high-flying offense to play bully ball, the coach kept it

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