Ohio State brought back a ton of talent, invested in NIL and added key transfers with the goal of beating Michigan. Ryan Day failed again.

Jim Harbaugh broke Ohio State by convincing Ryan Day that he had to be tough. It’s that simple. Ryan Day thinks he has to be tough and tries to play that way on a big games. Instead of just being Ohio State. Ryan Day will never be able to beat Michigan because of the mental block

As police pepper sprayed both Michigan and Ohio State following a postgame melee stemming from flags being planted on the field, all Ryan Day could do was just ... stand there. If anything, Day’s staring at the chaos unfolding around him without any awareness was an embodiment of what he had become as head coach at Ohio State.