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The Coach of One of College Football’s Best Teams Really Might Get Fired Now

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John Sutter : Ohio State coach Ryan Day was the most successful failure in college football.

He says the Buckeyes lost to Michigan for the fourth year in a row .

Sutter says the new 12 -team College Football Playoff makes this an unprecedented situation.

Ohio State cannot beat Michigan , but expanded playoff decouples one job from another, he says.

Ohio State has the most built-in advantages of any program in the sport.

The Buckeyes ' payroll is among the top handful in the country.

Coach Day would cost tens of millions of dollars to fire, but Ohio State can afford anything when the optimization of its football program is at issue.

The problem is that Ohio State cannot fire Day right now.

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