Running CFB playoff thread

[tapintoamerica]

Sure. That said, what happens to an X coach that has a very solid winning record but loses four out of five to Y, where

X = Alabama and Y = Auburn

X = Texas and Y = aTm

X = Georgia and Y = Georgia Tech

This board can name these pairings all afternoon.

True. But what seems unique about this Ryan Day angst is that he has beaten nearly everybody but Michigan.
In an overwhelming majority of cases, I suspect that coaches who lose four of five to the hated rival are probably losing enough other games to compel concern.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

As much as I dislike Ohio State, I'm willing to root for them just to upset their fandom.

 

[Neutral Corner]

I can't root for OSU, but if Day won the natty and then blew town I'd be good with it.

I never thought that I'd find myself pulling for Notre Dame, ever.

 

[dixiehack]

I just think we don't talk enough about how Ryan Day has a spray paint beard.

 

[Hermes]

I just think we don't talk enough about how Ryan Day has a spray paint beard.

Between him and the paint on Marcus Freeman'schairline, it's the Just For Men Bowl.

 

[Songbird]

Marcus Freeman is a terrific guy. I want Notre Dame to win for him.

Ohio State is fine. Don't get the hate for Ryan Day like I don't get the hate for Joe Buck.

Day is 69-10 with 2 Rose Bowls, Sugar Bowl, Cotton Bowl ... and very possibly the 2025 national title.

This is before this year's team: Ryan Day - Head Coach - Football Coaches - Ohio State

Ryan Day has guided the Ohio State Buckeyes to a 56-8 record in his five seasons as head coach (2019-23). His record includes a 39-3 record against Big Ten Conference competition, back-to-back Big Ten championships in 2019 and 2020, and Sugar Bowl (2020) and Rose Bowl (2021) victories. During his tenure he has guided Ohio State to 16 consecutive victories, and 23 consecutive wins in Big Ten games, and his Buckeyes are one of only three programs in the nation to qualify for the College Football Playoffs three times since 2019.

Day's teams have been among the best offensive teams in the nation, ranking in the Top 3 nationally in scoring three times and Top 10 in total offense four times. Ohio State was No. 1 in the nation in both total offense and scoring offense in 2021.

Additionally, Ohio State was No. 1 nationally in total defense and passing defense in 2019, and the 2023 team was No. 1 in passing defense, No. 2 in scoring defense and No. 3 in total defense.

In the classroom, his Buckeyes have set program records for number of OSU Scholar-Athletes (61 in 2020-21) and Academic All-Big Ten Conference honorees (46 in 2021). In December 2023, the football program received its highest Graduation Success Rate score (87).​

 

[dixiehack]

Ryan Day won me over when it came out a few years ago that one of his players let him know he was feeling suicidal. Day told the player to take all the time he needed and got him hooked up with a psychologist. Compare that with lunkhead Urban Meyer, who would have probably told the kid to get back out there or lose his scholarship. Or heck, maybe have pushed him out the window himself.

I did a Google search to refresh my memory and his commitment to mental health started way before Harry Miller.

https://www.columbusmonthly.com/sto...wife-nina-champion-mental-health/69792755007/

In August, Day and his wife, Christina "Nina" Day, announced a $1 million donation to the OSU Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine through their newly established Nina and Ryan Day Resilience Fund. The fund, which focuses on young adults, will be used to fight the stigma of mental health challenges, create more and easier-to-access resources for treatment of mental health issues and initiate research into resilience, an individual's ability to bounce back in the face of adversity, stress and trauma.

The Days' advocacy for mental health and well-being isn't just a pet cause; it's a deeply held conviction borne by personal trauma and firsthand experience. Day was 8 years old when his father died by suicide at a time when discussing mental health was taboo and shameful. He has said that it took a great deal of time to accept and understand that mental illness caused his father's death.

At the same time Day was taking over head coach duties, OSU was launching its sports psychology and wellness services program. "It coincided extremely well with coach Day's emphasis on mental health," explains Jamey Houle, lead sports psychologist with Ohio State Athletics.

He recalls in the early days of the program, the warm reception his team received when they visited the football complex. "Coach Day just walked right up to us, introduced himself and said that he was so grateful that we were there. He was like, 'C'mon … sit down with our guys, get to know 'em. We want you around more. Come out to practice. We want you on the sidelines. We really want you around,'" he says. "There was zero hesitation. There was zero ego. He just walked right up, introduced himself, and we felt right at home."

It's a good read about a damn good man.

 

[BTExpress]

 

[MileHigh]

The SEC got to the national title game! The officiating crew, which did the Fiesta Bowl, has the game.

 

[DanOregon]

Seemed like one of the more biting Shorts. Do they normally call out specific players by name? The Ewers reference? I think what makes the Shorts work is that the brunt of most of the jokes is how obsessed the fan bases are.

 

[BTExpress]

Seemed like one of the more biting Shorts. Do they normally call out specific players by name? The Ewers reference? I think what makes the Shorts work is that the brunt of most of the jokes is how obsessed the fan bases are.

Players' names get mentioned. In that video after Vandy upset Alabama and Alabama was climbing into the coffin, Hope was reminding him that "Ryan Williams is still only 17!!!" and doctors working on Missouri were saying that "We need more Luther Burden targets or he's going to drop out of the top 25 entirely."

But truly critical? Not really that I can remember. But we're in an NIL world now, so . . . let 'em have it.

 

[Batman]

LSU wide receiver (or former LSU wide receiver) Kyren Lacy arrested on felony hit-and-run and negligent homicide charges, and then bonds out less than two hours later.

https://www.wafb.com/2025/01/13/lsu...harges-negligent-homicide-felony-hit-and-run/