Dear Ohio State

Dear Ohio State, 


What did I just watch?


You got your brains beat in for 30 minutes in the second half after, almost, completely dominating the first half. 


Stroud was throwing the ball downfield to start the game and it was working, so why’d you stop? 


Marvin Harrison Jr, Julian Fleming, Emeka Egbuka, ever heard of them? Maybe throw them the ball more than six yards down the field. Egbuka was running free in the first half and then got CLAMPED coming out of the half. 


Ryan Day also decided to play the field position game, punting on 3rd and 6 from the Michigan 43. Hey Ryan, your defense could not do a thing against JJ McCarthy or Donovan Edwards. Ronnie Bell looked like a hall of famer with how much respect he was getting from the refs.


Your safeties and cornerbacks were useless out there. They could’ve gotten kids from their local high school junior varsity program that could put up a better fight than what your secondary did. 


You started playing soft. In the second half, Michigan slowed the pace down (just like they wanted to do by the way) and started dominating on the ground. Isn’t the strength of this defense the defensive line? I hope not after this game. The Michigan offensive line was getting three to four yards of push off the snap almost every play. 


Ryan Day should be ashamed of how he managed this game. Getting outscored 28-3 in the second half is NOT the path to victory. Do you think once the Wolverines started scoring on every possession Day thought to not keep trusting his defense. Listen, I get it, they've been excellent all year, but you got to know when to make adjustments. That’s what separates great coaches from good coaches and right now I would not even call Ryan Day a good coach. 

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