At the conclusion of Ohio State’s 52-17 drubbing of Nebraska, Ryan Day said in his post-game press conference that he was going to apologize to Nebraska head coach Scott Frost for a touchdown in the final minutes when the game was already in hand. Day made a point to specifically call the situation out without being asked about it.
“At the end of the game there, if I could do that again, I would have taken a knee,” Day said.
Not only did Day make a public apology, but he also said he was going to text Frost and apologize personally as well, which apparently he did. The Nebraska head coach responded today when asked about the condolences.
Frost owned it and basically took responsibility for the final score.
“If we want the score to be different, we need to play better. That’s the bottom line,” said Frost.
It isn’t often you see an opposing coach making apologies for the score. And there are many Buckeye fans who were none too happy about the issued apology. However, there is something to be said for good sportsmanship. My guess is that if Coach Day had to do it over, he probably pulls the starters a series or two earlier to give the backups more time and then takes a knee in the final minutes.
Scott Frost on Ryan Day apologizing for the Buckeyes scoring a late touchdown of a blowout win.
"If we want the score to be different, we need to play better. That's the bottom line."
Amen. #Huskers pic.twitter.com/cpr0ZvDAgx
— Andrew Ward (@AndrewWardKLKN) October 26, 2020
Hindsight is 20/20 and it sounds like there are no hard feelings from the Cornhusker sideline. At least not publically, but I imagine that internally, it might be used for motivation down the road.
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