If He Had To Answer Honestly, What Is One Question To Ask Ohio State HC Ryan Day?

Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Ryan Day is 1-2 against the Michigan Wolverines in his four-year tenure.

The Ohio State Buckeyes have three goals every year: beat Michigan, win the Big Ten Championship and win the national championship.

Ask anyone in Columbus what the biggest thing head coach Ryan Day needs to do in his fifth year at the helm, and they'd likely say it involves the first goal in beating the Wolverines, something the Buckeyes haven't done the past two seasons.

The standard at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center isn't 10- or 11-win seasons. It is winning "The Game" and hoisting the College Football Playoff championship trophy in Houston on the night of Jan. 8, 2024.

So, as The Athletic's Cameron Teague-Robinson posed, the most important question for Day if he has to answer with 100 percent honesty: What really has changed in the past two years against Michigan?

"The Buckeyes won eight straight before losing the past two matchups by a combined 37 points," Teague-Robinson said. "Ohio State switched defensive coordinators in part because of the way Michigan ran all over it in 2021, and then Michigan did it again in 2022. Jim Harbaugh has improved Michigan’s program, but Ohio State still has elite talent, so is it a mental thing with Day, who is now 1-2 in The Game as a head coach? Or is Ohio State just not built to win that type of game right now?"

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