COLUMBUS, Ohio — Sunday’s news of Chip Kelly leaving Ohio State football to serve as the next offensive coordinator for the Las Vegas Raiders may have caught some by surprise. But for Kelly and OSU coach Ryan Day, it was a realistic move in a year-long plan.

The Ohio State Buckeyes lost defensive coordinator Jim Knowles to the Penn State Nittany Lions. Now, they have lost offensive coordinator Chip Kelly as well. Ru

Day hired Kelly, 61, as offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach after Bill O’Brien left after only three weeks to become head coach at Boston College. Kelly had stepped down as UCLA’s coach and was pursuing NFL jobs when O’Brien left.