Ohio State head coach Ryan Day is aware of that he is on the new seat in Columbus. Certain, he has a 66-10 general file at Ohio State, and he as soon as once more may have the Buckeyes within the School Soccer Playoff. These issues are all good.
Good shouldn’t be ok at OSU, although. What actually issues is thrashing Michigan. The Buckeyes might go winless each season exterior of “The Sport” in opposition to Michigan, and that head coach would all the time be beloved.
It is the other for Day. He has a 1-4 file in opposition to the Wolverines and has misplaced 4 straight. Unranked Michigan simply beat his No. 2-ranked group on the Horseshoe this previous weekend in a significant upset, and Day is actually feeling the stress from that.
“I don’t assume I have to have a gross sales pitch, however I can say I really feel their frustration,” Day recently said (h/t On3) when requested to speak in regards to the dropping streak and the frustration surrounding it inside Columbus. “I don’t know what else to inform you. I don’t know what else to inform you. There’s no strategy to defend dropping 4 years in a row.”
That appears like a coach who’s defeated. He is actually out of phrases.
The fact of the scenario, although, is that OSU might nonetheless go on to win a Nationwide Championship this yr. Which may be the one factor that saves Day’s bacon with the Ohio State trustworthy, and that is the one factor now that he and his group can concentrate on.
“However I do know this — we’re gonna play actually arduous on this [Playoff] recreation. We’re gonna swing as arduous as we presumably can,” Day mentioned. “We’ve an important group of men. That is gonna transfer on to this subsequent problem. And we’ve bought to go assault it with the whole lot we presumably have. That’s about it.”
The loss to Michigan dropped Ohio State from No. 2 to No. 6 within the CFP rankings. That is an enormous distinction in seeding in a 12-team playoff, so it will likely be fascinating to see who OSU finally ends up matched up with. Both approach, the Buckeyes’ backs are in opposition to the wall.
