How Ohio State fans are reacting to OSU loss to Michigan: 'Lou Holtz was right'

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Sat, Nov 25, 2023, 11:17 PM·2 min read

Nov 25, 2023; Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; As fans rush the field, Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Ryan Day is escorted off the field following the NCAA football game against the Michigan Wolverines at Michigan Stadium. Ohio State lost 30-24.

While former Ohio State football players were vocal about their disappointment in the Buckeyes' latest loss to Michigan, OSU fans were furious.

Ohio State left Ann Arbor Saturday with a 30-24 loss to Michigan: the Buckeyes' first of the season. With the loss, Ohio State will not play for a Big Ten championship.

Lou Holtz was right. Soft. We saw that especially at the end of the game where a back up coached *ichigan ran 7 of 8 of the final minutes off the clock. And that is a reflection of Ryan Day as a head coach. For $10 million/year, that's not good enough. Embarrassing.
— Tom Budinger (@budinger_tom) November 25, 2023

Each of Ohio State coach Ryan Day's three losses to Big Ten opponents have been against Michigan, which has its first three-game winning streak against the Buckeyes since 1995-97.

Here's how Ohio State football fans are reacting to the Buckeyes' latest loss to Michigan.

Ohio State fans are looking closely at Ryan Day's tenure

If you’re still defending Ryan Day’s tenure at Ohio State, that’s totally fine. You just value wins over Northwestern and Maryland more than you do the rivalry vs. Michigan. To each his own.
— Ben Axelrod (@BenAxelrod) November 25, 2023

Did Ohio State change its approach solely for the Michigan game?

Ryan Day totally shifted the focus of his program away from his calling card passing offense and toward physicality and defense for the sake of exactly one game, suffered through a season of extremely uninspiring results, and then still lost the one game
— Patrick Mayhorn (@patrick_mayhorn) November 25, 2023

The Lou Holtz jokes continue

Lou Holtz just wants to know where Ryan Day is right now. pic.twitter.com/pZikvikObf
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) November 25, 2023

'How were they not a championship team?'

Gonna look back at this OSU team when TreVeyon is a great NFL RB and Marv/Emeka/Stover making a huge impact in the NFL and say “how were they not a championship team?!” Your answer? Kyle McCord. Unfortunate.
— Michael Marino (@MarinoMLB) November 25, 2023