Day has an idea of what would be 'fun'—and the Michigan Wolverines sure won't like it.
For college football fans, one of the most fun weekends is rivalry week, when the embers of enmity between longtime college football adversaries will flicker once more. In terms of FBS rivalries, there's none bigger than Ohio State and Michigan.
the rivalry, how fun is it to be a coach and prepare during the Ohio State-Michigan week? Well, Buckeyes coach Ryan Day on Tuesday was asked that very question. Let's just say he has a different idea of "fun" than Michigan coach Sherrone Moore would.. "And that's what we wanna do on Saturday. So, we're preparing to do that and that's it. Like, there's nothing funny about this at all. There's not, but the fun part is winning. So, we'll save the fun for being in the locker room and celebrating after the game..."If it was surprising that Day is taking a business-like approach to this year's iteration of The Game, it shouldn't be. By any measure, Day, who owns an 81-10 record and one national championship during his eight years in Columbus, is one of the very best coaches in college football. But his 1-4 career record against the Wolverines hangs over his tenure like a dark storm cloud. And last season's loss was equal parts vexing and constructive. The Buckeyes, then ranked No. 2 in the nation and sporting just one loss, entered last year's game against unranked Michigan with the upper hand. But the Wolverines stymied the Buckeyes' offense and stunned Ohio State with a 13-10 win, then the two teams infamously got into a postgame brawl after aBut the Buckeyes, stung and motivated by the loss, rattled off four straight wins to capture a national title.And that loss may have lit a fire under Day, as Buckeyes wide receiver Brandon Inniss indicated when he told reporters that Day has had a ""We’re all a sum of our experiences," Day said. "You learn from things, and you grow from things, and you try to do everything you can, again, to put your guys in a situation to be successful. That’s it. We’re gonna rely on our experiences going into this week. We all grow. We do things well. We have our failures, but you got to grow from them. That’s it. "This team right here is a different team. They have a great look in their eye. That’s the most important thing here. That’s the focus."Tim Capurso is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. Prior to joining SI in November 2023, he wrote for RotoBaller and ClutchPoints, where he was the lead editor for MLB, college football and NFL coverage. A lifelong Yankees and Giants fan, Capurso grew up just outside New York City and now lives near Philadelphia. When he's not writing, he enjoys reading, exercising and spending time with his family, including his three-legged cat Willow, who, unfortunately, is an Eagles fan.
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