October 17, 2024

Ohio State coach Ryan Day had 'no choice' but to beat Michigan football


CLOSE Jim Harbaugh explains what went wrong in another meltdown vs. Ohio State, a 56-27 loss at Michigan Stadium, Nov. 30, 2019. Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — Maybe it was sheer joy that caused his eyes to well. Perhaps it was the realization that he had arrived at a signature moment in his life. No, Ryan Day said. It was relief that caused him tear up in the aftermath of Ohio State’s 56-27 victory over Michigan football on Saturday. The pressure he felt over the previous 11 months to deliver this kind of result dissipated once the final seconds ticked away in Ann Arbor. The ball of stress in his body deflated as he left the sideline to shake hands with Jim Harbaugh at midfield. “People say, ‘What if you don’t win the game?’” Day said Tuesday at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center. “There’s no choice. You…

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