Kyle McCord reacts to Ohio State losing to Michigan football

He wasn’t (and isn’t) the problem in Columbus. #GoBlue

At Ohio State, quarterback C.J. Stroud was beloved despite never beating Michigan football. That’s in large part due to leading a vaunted offense that was often firing on all cylinders — even in The Game. But his replacement, Kyle McCord? He never stood a chance.

Because after losing to Michigan in 2022, OSU head coach Ryan Day, again, shifted more towards attempting to be a more physical, downhill running team. That meant sacrificing the pass game. And Kyle McCord just wasn’t quite the dynamic quarterback that Stroud was.

But he was more than serviceable. However, after he threw two interceptions in a 30-24 loss in Ann Arbor, McCord was essentially run out of town in favor of Will Howard, the Kansas State transfer.

McCord ended up at Syracuse, where, on the same day that his former team lost — again — to Michigan, he beat Miami — who had the quarterback that Ohio State wanted most, Cam Ward.

So after the game, McCord was asked about, well, all of the above. And he simply said, with a smile, ‘Everything comes full circle!’

 

Despite him being a former Buckeye, Michigan fans tend to have a soft spot for McCord because of him being run off the team. This will certainly ingratiate them to him that much more.