Paul Finebaum absolutely roasts Ryan Day for Ohio State failures vs. Michigan

Oh wow. Sucks to be Ohio State! #GoBlue

Once upon a time, in the not-so-distant past, ESPN SEC and college football analyst Paul Finebaum was the biggest Michigan football hater. But after Jim Harbaugh proved him wrong by winning three consecutive Big Ten championships, as well as a national championship, Finebaum has refocused his energy on someone else.

Ohio State and Ryan Day.

Day was featured on ESPN on a segment on ‘Get Up!’ and proclaimed that his elder players returned in order to beat the Wolverines and that they’re focused on righting the ship by taking down their rival in The Game.

“I think probably one of the biggest struggles that we have is that when you lose a game like that you have to wait a whole nother year to get back into that game,” Day said. “And, for our guys who decided to come back — we had 12 guys that made the decision to come back — it was one of the big reasons why they decided to come back.

“But what we have to do is build every day and grow every day and count on the work that we’re doing on a daily basis. That’s going to matter as we get to the end of the season. And what we can’t do is get too far ahead of ourselves and start to focus too much on that and get distracted. That’s just the bottom line. But when you come to Ohio State, you got to win that game.”

Fine sentiment, but Finebaum was having none of it, Day sounding like a frontrunner. After listening to Day’s comments, Finebaum went ham.

“Molly, I have no idea what he’s talking about. I mean, he’s lost that game three years in a row and he’s talking about how his players are motivated to come back and play well,” Finebaum fumed. “I heard that three years ago, two years ago, and last year, and you stunk in all three games. I mean, what are you talking about?

“And here’s the problem with talking about Ryan Day. You look at his record and I’m sure Doggy will quote it and Stephen A. will quote it. It’s gaudy. Nobody has a record like him. Except you can’t choke in 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. I mean it’s as simple as that.

“That’s the biggest game of the year in the Big Ten. And I realize that Ohio State played for national championship a couple of years ago against Alabama — only lost by 28 points — they’ve been to the playoffs.

“But that program hasn’t won a national championship since 2014, when Urban Meyer was there. So, quit making excuses. Ryan Day quit acting like your players have given up something to come back. Three years ago, they came back two years ago, they came back and one year ago, they came back and it’s been the same result. 0-vs.-the last three games against Michigan.”