Ohio State is seriously going to be loaded in ‘24. They should be the early NC favorites along with UGA.
If Day doesn’t beat Michigan at home this year, he may never beat them again.
It’s actually funny that what you said is the narrative- but you’re right. In many circles it is.
IMHO- Day has only lost one game to Michigan that he should have won.
In 19, he smoked them. ( and let’s not forget- he was also responsible for the offense for the two seasons prior to that which also smoked Michigan.)
In 20- UM wimped out- but we all know how that game would have gone.
In 21- Michigan was just plain better. OSU had Coombs as DC, and teams ran on them all year, including Oregon, in Columbus. Michigan just pushed them around.
In 22- this is the one where Day clearly froze up and choked. OSU was a better team, Corum was out, and the game was in Columbus. The players also followed the coaches lead and you could see it clearly. So many self inflicted errors. How Ohio State played ( loose and aggressive) in their next game v Georgia validated it.
-In 23, Michigan was clearly the best team in CFB. Hands down. OSU had a very tall task to try to go into Ann Arbor and get a win, against a better team. They came VERY close to pulling it off. But Michigan was not only better- they played a near flawless game. Few penalties, and zero turnovers. Day’s margin for error that day was zero. I don’t look down on him for not beating UM that game. Nobody would have that day.
If you actually think about it- how many games has Day lost where he had the better team? ( and you can’t seriously count Missouri because their offense was a shell of the offense that won 11 games)
I can only think of 2. 2022 Michigan and 2019 Clemson( and the refs worked hard to get Clemson that game). And- he avenged loss by blowing Clemson out the next year and badly injuring their program.
So yes- that is the narrative. But it is more based upon perception than reality. That, and an unrealistic fan base.
