Nick Saban has interesting insight on Ohio State HC Ryan Day calling plays again for Buckeyes

The Ohio State Buckeyes are one of the favorites to win the College Football Playoffs. If they do so, they'll become the second program to win back-to-back titles in the CFP era (the other being Georgia) and only one of four programs to win back-to-back since the BCS era, which started in 1998.

It's a big goal for the Buckeyes, but they're more than capable of doing it. They've got a Heisman Trophy finalist at quarterback in Julian Sayin and arguably the best wide receiver in college football in Jeremiah Smith.

They also have a defense that gave up just 8.2 points per game this past season, which led the country.

What they don't have is offensive coordinator Brian Hartline, though. Hartline was recently named Alex Golesh‘s successor at USF (Golesh is now at Auburn), which means that head coach Ryan Day will call plays for the Buckeyes in the CFP.

Day was the offensive coordinator at Ohio State under Urban Meyer, so even though he's taking on a new responsibility in such a big spot, it's worth noting that he does have the play-calling experience.

According to legendary head coach-turned-college football analyst, Nick Saban, that experience should make this change no big deal for Day and the Buckeyes in the CFP.

“It’s Ryan Day’s offense, and you know, they sort of transitioned last year a little bit with the coordinator they had,” Saban said on Tuesday on "The Pat McAfee Show." “They took some of that stuff and Ryan Day applied it. I don’t think it’s going to be a big issue, because he’s an offensive guy and he’s used to calling plays. He’s called plays a lot before. I don’t think it will be a problem."