The No. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes entered Week 13 with a lot at stake. Not only were bragging rights at stake against the No. 3 Michigan Wolverines, but also a spot in the Big Ten Championship Game and the College Football Playoff. Michigan won in the past two years and was looking to make it three in a row. The last time Ohio State lost three games in a row to Michigan was from 1995-97 when John Cooper was the head coach.
Ryan Day is now the most recent Buckeyes head coach to lose three consecutive games to the Wolverines.
On Saturday, Ohio State lost 30-24 to Michigan. Despite a late comeback attempt in the final seconds of the game, Buckeyes quarterback Kyle McCord threw his second interception of the game, which allowed the Wolverines to kneel out to kill the clock. Now, they are moving on to Indianapolis, Ind., to take on the Iowa Hawkeyes in the Big Ten Championship Game and will undoubtedly earn a spot in the College Football Playoff.
As for Ohio State, they will now sit and wait things out to see if they will sneak into the Playoff or miss out and play in another bowl game. Buckeyes fans weren't happy about Day's performance on the sidelines and basically gave him permission to interview for the Texas A&M head coaching opening, while viewers decided to troll the usually boisterous head coach.
Ohio State fans, social media trolls Ryan Day after losing third-straight game to Michigan
Lou Holtz just wants to know where Ryan Day is right now. pic.twitter.com/pZikvikObf
ā RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) November 25, 2023
ryan day walking back to the locker room. pic.twitter.com/FcdNLHHEMh
ā Kyron Samuels (@kyronsamuels) November 25, 2023
Ryan Dayā¦. Love you bro but gotta go. This is why youāre paid millions. Cant get paid 9āms and lose 3 straight.
ā Maurice Clarett (@ReeseClarett13) November 25, 2023
Ryan Day after losing to Michigan for the third year in a row pic.twitter.com/XURHAPOLoB
ā Trevor Woods (@WoodsFootball) November 25, 2023
Another year, another Ryan Day loss to Michigan pic.twitter.com/PmuFDXlCh2
ā Cover 3 Film Room (@Cover3FilmRoom) November 25, 2023
āBut who is Ohio State going to get other than Ryan Day?!?!?! š¤š¤š¤ā
ā Ben Axelrod (@BenAxelrod) November 25, 2023
I donāt know. Maybe literally anybody who isnāt afraid to go for it on 4th and 1 from the 46-yard line in 2023.
Ryan Day couldn't win with this. Fire him pic.twitter.com/g0CXoGbNJN
ā Casey (@cbrownie_45) November 25, 2023
It came down to QB's, and what we all knew about McCord was the difference.
ā Jake (@JSamulakCLE) November 25, 2023
I just canāt accept three straight Lās to Michigan and one against an interim coach.
Fire Ryan Day.
Ryan Day gotta go. He can not win a big game. Every game he was supposed to lose or be questionable HE LOST.
ā tyreke johnson (@Im_showtime_) November 25, 2023
buckeye fans deserves a winner. @OhioStFootball
Losing to Michigan is not part of the job description as Ohio State head coach. This year, the Buckeyes were seemingly at an advantage. The team scored big wins over two Top 10 ranked teams in Notre Dame and Penn State. But against Michigan, there was no Jim Harbaugh coaching, as he served his second three-game suspension of the season, this time for the program being alleged of conducting a sign-stealing scheme. With that, offensive coordinator Sherrone Moore filled in. And on Saturday, Moore outcoached Day.
Ohio State fans have become accustomed to dominating the head-to-head series against their hated rivals in this century. Urban Meyer was 7-0 against Michigan. Jim Tressel was 8-1 in 10 meetings (one win vacated). Day is now 1-3 against Michigan.
Day has a good overall coaching record, now sitting at 56-7. Yet those losses included three to Michigan, one to Georgia in last year's Peach Bowl game, and one to Alabama in the 2021 CFP National Championship Game. Day doesn't have any national titles to his credit as head coach.
Ohio State fans aren't happy with Day considering the circumstances of this game. Now, it will be interesting what his next steps are.