Football is not a gentleman’s game like tennis or golf, but we do run across some things from time-to-time where coaches feel the need to extend the olive branch to the opposing team.
If you watched Ohio State obliterate Nebraska again on Saturday, you know full well that the Buckeyes simply outclassed and outmanned a Cornhuskers squad that is just a shadow of its once-proud self from a couple of decades ago. The first half was more than competitive, but the proverbial wheels fell off Big Red’s attack once the two teams jogged out of the locker room.
All told, the Buckeyes outscored Nebraska 35-3 over the last twenty minutes, but it was the last seven of those that Ryan Day felt obligated to issue an apology to Scott Frost about.
Ryan Day at the postgame podium now.
Issues an apology to Scott Frost for going for a touchdown at the end of the game with Jack Miller. “At the end of the game there, if I could do that again, I would have taken a knee.” pic.twitter.com/ARYYRAUrzy
— Dan Hope (@Dan_Hope) October 24, 2020
“I will say this, you know I just want to say it publicly, and I’m going to text Scott (Frost),” Day said. “You know, at the end of the game there, if I could do that again, I would have taken a knee. I feel bad about that at the end of the game. I had a younger quarterback into the game and I didn’t feel like we had the personnel to take the knee and I probably should have done that so I just want to publicly apologize for that to Scott.”
It would be interesting to see what Frost has to say about this. However, if I’m a Nebraska fan, I think I’d be a little embarrassed and put off by an opposing coach apologizing for running up the score. That’s where this program is right now after being one of the all-time blue bloods of the sport.
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