The day after: Digesting Ohio State’s gut wrenching Cotton Bowl loss to Missouri

That one was hard to swallow, but the sun rose today and the Buckeyes will soon too.

Not many fan bases would be disappointed by a 10-2 season, but the expectations for Ohio state football are just different.

After getting embarrassed in the Cotton Bowl by Missouri, the 14-3 loss magnifies the issues surround the Ryan Day led Buckeye program. As someone who is normally looking at Ohio State with Scarlet and Gray color glasses, this loss made me take off the blinders.

The struggles that have plagued Ohio State over the last three years once again reared its ugly head, losing a big game on the national stage made it so much worse.

I have plenty of thoughts on Friday night’s Cotton Bowl loss. Let’s start off with the direction that Day has led this program.