As the head coach of the Ohio State football team, Ryan Day is held to a higher standard than most other coaches. The Buckeyes’ 2022 season, which resulted in an 11-win season and a loss in the College Football Playoff to the eventual national champion Georgia Bulldogs, is a perfect example of that. © Tim Capurso 6/19/23 Day didn’t beat Ohio State’s hated rival, Michigan football, which meant that he had failed in the eyes of the team’s fans. And, in a particularly eye-opening comment, Day revealed in a recent interview with Heather Dinich of ESPN that when you lose to Michigan at Ohio State, “there’s damage control.” It’s the nature of the beast for Day, who has now lost two straight games to Michigan- unacceptable to Buckeyes fans- and has overseen an Ohio State football team that hasn’t won a national title since Urban Meyer paced the sidelines. When…
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