r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • Sep 13 '26

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Texas Defeats Ohio State 24-23

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Ohio State 10 10 3 0 23
Texas 0 3 0 21 24
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u/A_MASSIVE_PERVERT Purdue Boilermakers Sep 13 '26

Ryan Day coaches like such a coward for someone with that much talent on his roster

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u/Emergency-Watch5157 Sep 13 '26

Drives the Formula One car not to crash it

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u/gsrobin Arkansas Razorbacks Sep 13 '26

Maybe Leclerc could learn something from him then

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u/sea_foam_blues Illinois Fighting Illini Sep 13 '26

Ryan Day could never be as handsome or quick at one lap pace as Sharl.

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u/Asymmetrical_Anomaly Florida Gators Sep 13 '26

Who is Sharl

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u/Blookydook Florida Gators • Marching Band Sep 13 '26

That’s how they pronounce Charles in France because their language fucking sucks

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u/UTuba35 TCU Horned Frogs • Marching Band Sep 13 '26

"LAY-CLAIR! cough cough cough"

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u/dessertcactus0 Sep 13 '26

Chuck LeCluck

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u/UTuba35 TCU Horned Frogs • Marching Band Sep 13 '26

After that, he's permanently been "Chuck" in our household.

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u/BrandonsRedAura Sep 13 '26

Il y a un crapaud diabolique dans mon jardin.

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u/Blookydook Florida Gators • Marching Band Sep 13 '26

Oui oui moi surrenderé alles mons baguettes or whatever

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u/Acceptable_Emu_7825 Australia Outback Sep 13 '26 edited Sep 13 '26

Charles is a French name

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u/PleasantWay7 Sep 13 '26

It’s just Shar actually.

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u/sea_foam_blues Illinois Fighting Illini Sep 13 '26

Sharl Lekler, the Monegasque Formula One driver.

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u/jazzzzz Georgia Bulldogs • Cincinnati Bearcats Sep 13 '26

Sharl Eclair, aka Charlie Donuts

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u/JTWasShort42-27 Michigan Wolverines • Iowa Hawkeyes Sep 13 '26

Chuck

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u/speedracer13 South Carolina Gamecocks Sep 13 '26

Drives for Ferrari alongside Lewis.

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u/dagreenman18 UCF Knights • Team Chaos Sep 13 '26

Hey. He’s depressed, French, and drives for Ferrari. HES DOING HIS BEST. LEAVE MY GUY ALONE.

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u/PM_ME_UR_SEGFAULT Michigan • Michigan State Sep 13 '26

I felt personally attacked by this

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u/Kaiathebluenose Miami Hurricanes Sep 13 '26

Charles just crashed last week lol

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u/Maxjes UConn • Notre Dame Sep 13 '26

Just a Football Inchident

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u/sumdude51 Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 13 '26

Best metaphor I've heard

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u/Luke92612_ Michigan Wolverines • Salad Bowl Sep 13 '26

3rd base

I don't know's on that.

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u/sumdude51 Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 13 '26

I'm pretty sure who's on first?

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u/Luke92612_ Michigan Wolverines • Salad Bowl Sep 13 '26

Yeah and what's on second

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u/sumdude51 Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 13 '26

I dont know

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u/Luke92612_ Michigan Wolverines • Salad Bowl Sep 13 '26

No no, that's third base

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u/sumdude51 Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 13 '26

Are we showing our age here? 🤣

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u/sumdude51 Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 13 '26

Yes but that doesn't really hold up to scrutiny because year in and year out he recruits championship level teams.

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u/CarterAC3 Michigan • Grand Valley State Sep 13 '26

Odd as hell that people think he would ever go to the NFL

It'd just be like when Sark was briefly an NFL OC

College football is full of dudes who look like geniuses until they have to face the real geniuses in the NFL

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u/Growly150 Baylor Bears • Cincinnati Bearcats Sep 13 '26

But occasionally in the NFL you get to coach against people like Josh McDaniels.

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u/CarterAC3 Michigan • Grand Valley State Sep 13 '26

Josh McDaniels may suck as a head coach but he's easily one of greatest OCs ever.

Put him in college and he's scheming circles around everyone

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u/Growly150 Baylor Bears • Cincinnati Bearcats Sep 13 '26

I'm just saying, not everyone is a genius in the NFL, there are others there too who take their foot off the gas.

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u/MightyParticular2332 Sep 13 '26

Let him go to BC so he can stay in New England lol

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u/decoy777 Ohio State Buckeyes • The Game Sep 13 '26

He takes his foot off the gas in the 2nd half time and time again. It's really annoying. All gas no breaks until clocks say 00:00 or 00:0-1 if against michigan...

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u/Money-Bandicoot9690 Auburn Tigers Sep 13 '26

lance stroll of cfb play calling 

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u/UNC_Samurai ECU Pirates • North Carolina Tar Heels Sep 13 '26

Day’s not a nepo baby

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u/radesadecade Michigan Wolverines • Liberty Flames Sep 13 '26

Or saving tires on a push lap.

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u/njrcollects Michigan Wolverines • Miami Hurricanes Sep 13 '26

There's an Ibrahimovic quote that applies perfectly here: "You bought a Ferrari, but you drive it like a Fiat."

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u/esports_consultant Rose Bowl • Harvard-Yale Sep 13 '26

For a long time, driving a Formula One car not to crash it could have been considered a fairly prudent strategy.

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u/Beautiful_Idea6200 Georgia Bulldogs • William & Mary Tribe Sep 13 '26

What a great analogy. Please flair up I'm sure you've got some dawg in you!!

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u/load_of_chode Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 13 '26

Literally the same reason we lost to Michigan in 2024. Ryan Day doesn't coach to win, he coaches not to lose.

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u/IReviewFakeAlbums Michigan Wolverines Sep 13 '26

When they settled for so many field goals, it felt inevitable. Even before the last FG attempt

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u/BuckeyeForLife95 Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 13 '26

The 2019 Clemson game is truly The Definitive Ryan Day experience.

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u/Hanestein Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 13 '26

Idk, I think the Georgia and 2024 Michigan games were

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u/BuckeyeForLife95 Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 13 '26

They all fall from the same tree of coaching incompetence, Clemson was just the first one.

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u/BetterThanOCharleys Ohio State Buckeyes • Findlay Oilers Sep 13 '26

2024 michigan game is a whole different thing. This is definitely 2019 Clemson and 2022 Georgia all over again. Just come out and dominate for a half and hope that was all that’s needed.

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u/sumdude51 Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 13 '26

Texted my brother this was gonna happen.

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u/KnoxvilleBuckeye Ohio State • Tennessee Sep 13 '26

And the one time we did not settle for a field goal the fanbase raked them over the coals.

Yeah it sucks.

But we still have 10 more games. Indiana, Oregon, and tTUN….

GG Texas.

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u/BobStoops401K Oklahoma Sooners Sep 13 '26

And sometimes is also stupid. Like why go for it in chip shot range when up 10-0? Take the 3 points there and they win (all else held equal)

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u/Bmw5464 Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 13 '26

I’ve been saying this in the sub for the last 15 minutes lol. The game was still super close at that time. We had only scored off some pretty flukey turnovers at that point. Getting the extra cushion was the right play.

Also punted from Texas 38-39 I believe. Felt like that could have been a good spot to test his long kick ability.

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u/Gold-Vacation2799 Sep 13 '26

You can't mess with the time-space continuum this way.

Change the score at that point and the butterfly effect changes something else later on.

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u/therealtoddmcshay California Golden Bears Sep 13 '26

I disagree, that was not a bad idea to go for it. What was a horrible thing was not to go for a short pass which was killing Texas the plays before that. The run game was ok before that.

Then he commits the same error again on a critical down in that 4th quarter by going for a deep pass on 3rd down, which should have been a pass interference since before that they were calling things, instead of again, going for a short pass

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u/Captain_Nipples Oklahoma Sooners • Summertime Lover Sep 13 '26

If its the PI that Im thinking of... the play shouldn't have even happened. There was a very obvious false start on that play, and another one one or two plays before that which weren't called

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u/OkSpeed5766 Sep 13 '26

I couldn’t believe those weren’t called

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u/Janus67 Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 13 '26

I fully expected to see a flag thrown with an everyone but the center call

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u/NotMittRomney Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 13 '26

the decision to go for it there is good

the decision to run behind 13P into a wall — which they’ve done consistently for years with zero success — on a down where they had to get two full yards is absolute malpractice

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u/Greatness143 Ferris State Bulldogs Sep 13 '26

It was a bad idea going for it considering who his OC is: Arthur Smith. Trusting an Arthur Smith play call on 4th down is not known to be smart in 2026. This is coming from a Steelers fan.

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u/Wagnerous Michigan Wolverines • Paul Bunyan Trophy Sep 13 '26

Yeah I thought that was a bizarrely terrible decision. Such a boneheaded call.

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u/Tyrion_toadstool Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 13 '26

Im ok with going for it there, but I don’t love deep handoffs on 4th and 2. That just seemed like a bad play call.

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u/Fletch71011 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Sep 13 '26

Analytics say to go for that every time.

He coached a terrible game, but that's just using hindsight on that call. You absolutely go for it.

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u/BobStoops401K Oklahoma Sooners Sep 13 '26

Looks like momma's wrong again

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u/Jayharris52 Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 13 '26

Cuz Day’s an idiot. He hired an idiot in Arthur Smith doesn’t that tell you dumb he is now?

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u/RossiRoo Michigan Wolverines Sep 13 '26

Yeah that day was fun too!

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u/dirtyjc13 Texas Longhorns Sep 13 '26

The Tom Herman masterclass

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u/MyPupCooper Sep 13 '26

He expects the talent to win out. It usually does, but not always. If OSU doesn't make a big mistake they usually win - and he coaches expecting that.

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u/CrimsonOOmpa Alabama Crimson Tide Sep 13 '26

"You play to win the game!!!"

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u/Shallow-Al__ex /r/CFB Sep 13 '26

This is why John Harbaugh had to go for the Baltimore Ravens.

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u/Superfluous_Play Notre Dame • Army Sep 13 '26

You guys had no business letting us even sniff a comeback in the natty game.

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u/plutoisaplanet21 Michigan Wolverines Sep 13 '26

That was harbaughs problem too he just finally got a defense in 2024 that made it work

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u/SlugsPerSecond Alabama Crimson Tide Sep 13 '26

He finally let his horses run in the 2024 CFP and then just stopped doing it

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u/RockoPanda Clemson Tigers Sep 13 '26

They weren’t his horses, not really. Caleb Downs and Quinshon Judkins were developed by other coaches. Howard was a three-year veteran at a different place

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u/scsnse Michigan Wolverines • Cornell Big Red Sep 13 '26

I know I'm going to sound like a troll rn, but dare I say that 2024 team won in spite of Day

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u/WWF80sKid Michigan • Little Brown Jug Sep 13 '26

For some reason so many coaches do that… 🤦🏼‍♂️

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u/Own-Sandwich6437 Indiana Hoosiers Sep 13 '26

If he had prime college version of Adam vinatieri, I actually would get his strategy in 2nd.

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u/DuckDuckBangBang Illinois Fighting Illini Sep 13 '26

Mike MacDonald said on Hard Knocks this year that changing this mindset is what made him the coach he is. The difference is huge.

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u/cardmanimgur Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 13 '26

That's the most infuriating part. After we lost to Michigan in 2024 by playing like cowards, I felt like he said "fuck it" and we started just playing to win and being super aggressive. Beat the pants off teams in the title run, and then went right back to conservative ball. So frustrating.

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u/--RandomInternetGuy Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 13 '26

The second half of the Georgia game was the absolute epitome of this

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u/sharkbait_oohaha Georgia • Florida State Sep 13 '26

Same reason you lost to us

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u/tdoger Oregon Ducks • Colorado Buffaloes Sep 13 '26

It could be worse

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u/Melodic-Slice-3826 北星学園大学 (Hokusei Gakuen) Pirates Sep 13 '26

He won the natty though. hard to argue against his ways.

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u/NS-13 Michigan Wolverines • Lehigh Mountain Hawks Sep 13 '26

Yall did what?

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u/yesacabbagez UCF Knights Sep 13 '26

I have said this for years. He was saved because James Franklin did the same shit but with a worse team.

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u/ads7w6 Sep 13 '26

He was saved because the expanded playoffs allowed him to blow two games and still get into the bracket.

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u/JDraks Michigan Wolverines • College Football Playoff Sep 13 '26

Yeah, we shift the expanded playoff back 1 year and he's somewhere else as a HC or OC rn

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u/Theretrulywascake West Virginia • Ohio State Sep 13 '26

And saved by Chip Kelly not having to recruit.

Even with the expanded playoffs he'd choke to Oregon if it weren't for Kellly

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u/Slickwats4 Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 13 '26

franklin just out-franklin’d him.

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u/emoney_gotnomoney Texas A&M Aggies Sep 13 '26

Ryan Day is the James Franklin of Dan Lannings

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u/juicius Michigan Wolverines Sep 13 '26

And Dan Lannings is Ryan Day of the James Franklin of Dan Lannings.

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u/turdbugulars LSU Tigers • Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Sep 13 '26

Deep

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u/Exact_Tumbleweed2005 Sep 13 '26

Ryan Day is the Ryan Day of Ryan Days. Dude is the most bipolar coach iver ever seen.

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u/010Horns Texas Longhorns Sep 13 '26

I can think of one thing Day has done that Franklin and Lanning haven’t…

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u/NS-13 Michigan Wolverines • Lehigh Mountain Hawks Sep 13 '26

Beat michigan once?

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u/size0618 Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 13 '26

Always has tbh

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u/KirbyDumber88 Georgia Bulldogs Sep 13 '26

Peach Bowl flashbacks

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u/Buckeye_CFB Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 13 '26

Both games Ohio State lost because we couldn't get a stop on defense

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u/jerpyderpy /r/CFB • Billable Hours Sep 13 '26

that 2nd timeout made it so obvious that osu was playing scared to lose

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u/FtWorthHorn Texas Longhorns Sep 13 '26

Funniest part is that’s what got Sark in trouble in the first half.

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u/storyscholar Michigan Wolverines Sep 13 '26

And I love that for them.

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u/JB92103 Cincinnati • Oklahoma State Sep 13 '26

Unpopular opinion: If Curt Cignetti was their coach, they would be going for a three-peat right now.

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u/BuckeyeForLife95 Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 13 '26

It's only unpopular in the sense that most people wouldn't even consider that a possibility, but it's very obviously true.

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u/JonnyAU Auburn Tigers • Michigan Wolverines Sep 13 '26

Not sure how unpopular that is. If Cignetti was at Ohio State, he would have a dynasty that would make Saban's Bama look just kinda good.

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u/ThreeLeggedMarmot Michigan Wolverines Sep 13 '26

Dude dyes his beard.

Soft AF

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u/misterurb Navy Midshipmen • Oregon Ducks Sep 13 '26

Would a coward pierce his nipples? I don’t know! 

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u/JonnyAU Auburn Tigers • Michigan Wolverines Sep 13 '26

I had a dream I was abducted and tied down and they were going to dye my beard. My first thought was not "my wife's gonna hate this", because she absolutely would, but "Oh no, I'm gonna look like Ryan Day!!!"

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u/ThatRunwayBehindUs Washington State • Ohio State Sep 13 '26

Cheaters need to stfu

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u/AutomaticAccident Kalamazoo Hornets • Michigan Wolverines Sep 13 '26

So you're not mad?

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u/ThatRunwayBehindUs Washington State • Ohio State Sep 13 '26

Nah - long season ahead and single games dont matter until the playoffs...  Where we will be, again...

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u/AutomaticAccident Kalamazoo Hornets • Michigan Wolverines Sep 13 '26

Not if you play like that again

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u/ThatRunwayBehindUs Washington State • Ohio State Sep 13 '26

Could play that same game and waltz into the playoffs - there are things to correct certainly, but im not worried at all

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u/I_Enjoy_Beer Penn State Nittany Lions • Rose Bowl Sep 13 '26

The B1G curse James Franklin has carried has now transferred to Ryan Day.  Excellent.

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u/guff1988 Notre Dame • Indiana Sep 13 '26

Imagine getting out coached by sark. Fucking diabolical

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u/Pyro1934 Georgia Bulldogs • College Football Playoff Sep 13 '26

That's actually mind boggling lol.

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u/KrakenPipe Michigan Wolverines Sep 13 '26

He really is Fat LaFleur

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u/after12delight Michigan Wolverines Sep 13 '26

Dude needs an MCDC coaching clinic

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u/lambiam Michigan Wolverines Sep 13 '26

You coukd say he was born on third base…

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u/ItsMeRyman Michigan Wolverines • Team Chaos Sep 13 '26

Soft, you could say

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u/The_Homie_J Michigan Wolverines • Ohio Bobcats Sep 13 '26

I thought he had evolved after systematically dismantling us last year

Turns out, he just let Sherrone Moore lose and didn't actually learn to lean on his wide talent advantage

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u/AgentOrange24 Sam Houston • Texas Tech Sep 13 '26

He was born on third base, can’t get that mentality out of mr Day.

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u/WirlingDirvish Michigan Wolverines • College Football Playoff Sep 13 '26

He’s terrified of getting tagged out at home, so he sits in third while they load the bases and get the force out. 

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u/MySabonerRunsOladipo Indiana Hoosiers • Billable Hours Sep 13 '26

Ryan "George B. McClellan" Day

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u/Duh_moneyyy Sep 13 '26

Keep it like that. Born on 3rd baby

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u/08mms Michigan Wolverines • Chicago Maroons Sep 13 '26

I’m glad OSU found their Lloyd Carr

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u/dimmyfarm /r/CFB Donor • Sickos Sep 13 '26

Only scores from 3rd if it's a home run?

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u/AeolusA2 Michigan Wolverines Sep 13 '26

It's who is at his core

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u/the_thinwhiteduke Auburn Tigers Sep 13 '26

for someone with that much real beard

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u/CurryGuy123 Penn State • Transfer Portal Sep 13 '26

It's so wild cause the team looks like an absolute machine from the first play and then looks flat.

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u/midnightdiabetic Michigan State Spartans Sep 13 '26

I feel like when they lose its because they lose the line of scrimmage. While that's crazy for a team of their caliber in general, there are ways to get around it like calling screens, getting the ball to guys like JEREMIAH SMITH faster... I just don't understand

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u/TickleMyIvory Michigan Tech • Michigan Sep 13 '26

Seriously there is no reason he shouldn't just put the pedal to the floor for 60 mins.

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u/philleferg Arkansas Razorbacks • Oklahoma Sooners Sep 13 '26

Honestly, he should be at Arkansas. Not Ohio State.

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u/Imma_P0tato Ohio State Buckeyes • Ohio Bobcats Sep 13 '26

That is why that playoff run was so magical. It was amazing to see him NOT coach that way.

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u/invisibleman4884 Texas A&M Aggies Sep 13 '26

I think he's literally so arrogant that they didnt prepare for being down and needing to move down the field without time outs. They did this same shit 2 years ago. Used the middle of the field. The clock ran out.

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u/orthaeus Texas • Southwestern (TX) Sep 13 '26

That's one thing you'll never get from Sark. He'll call plays with balls.

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u/TroyMatthewJ The Game • Georgetown Hoyas Sep 13 '26

if Saban or Kirby had last yrs team they cook every team.

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u/RockoPanda Clemson Tigers Sep 13 '26

His players that he recruits are not built for fourth quarters in their development at OSU. He has zero wins against ranked opponents that are one score fourth-quarter football games that Caleb Downs doesn’t start

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u/supersafeforwork813 Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 13 '26

I think we saw the talent on the roster…it was Jeremiah. N that’s kinda it….we can see team later in season when/if he trusts more players but they intentionally threw to Innis 2 times, Bell once n #3 (he a transfer idk his name) twice….

Also bucks had 3rd n long all damn game….they just stopped getting them in the 2nd half