Expectations are extremely high for this Ohio State football roster and rightfully so. The Buckeyes may have the most talented roster in all of college football and are favored to win the Big Ten, but one black cloud hangs over Ryan Day and it is named Michigan.
It is no secret that Day has been on the losing end of The Game the last three years. With all of the heavy hitters returning and an influx of transfer talent coming in to this roster, no one questions who has more talent between the two Big Ten powers. We haven’t even mentioned the fact that Jim Harbaugh has left The Team Up North along with a few impactful coaches and a huge chunk of the national champion roster. Day has never had a better situation and one ESPN talking head thinks if he loses again he should be fired.
Earlier on ESPN’s “First Take,” Paul Finebaum said “Nobody has a record like him. Except you can’t choke the biggest game of the year and to me, if he can’t beat Michigan this year when he’s got probably the best team in the country, along with Georgia, after Harbaugh leaves, after all those great players depart after a national championship, he ought to be gone. It’s as simple as that.”
Most fans of Day cling to his 56-8 record, which Finebaum mentions above, but it is hard to argue that nothing meaningful has been won by the Buckeyes in the last three seasons. I truly believe that this is the season that Day turns it around, but it is hard to disagree with Finebaum given the circumstance.
Paul Finebaum was not impressed with Ryan Day talking about the Michigan rivalry on Get Up today.
"I have no idea what he's talking about, he's lost that game three years in a row…. you stunk in all three games." pic.twitter.com/wQfC9p1dPl
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) July 23, 2024
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