Following Ohio States 30-24 loss to Michigan on Saturday, numerous college football fans were left wondering about the whereabouts of Lou Holtz.
In the postgame interview after the Buckeyes secured a 17-14 victory against Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, Ohio State coach Ryan Day specifically addressed the former OSU assistant and Notre Dame head coach. This came in response to Holtz questioning the team’s toughness, with Day expressing, “I’d like to know where Lou Holtz is right now.”
Losing to Michigan three years in a row is not good,” Holtz said to former ESPN staffer Mark May according to ABC15 Arizona. “What a long ride home it must be. They aren’t real happy. Three years in a row we have lost to the University of Michigan.”
May responded by echoing Holtz’s thoughts, saying “(Day’s) got to be in hot water.”
Holtz then began to reminisce, remembering a similar meeting with Michigan in 1968: the year Holtz was on Woody Hayes’ coaching staff at Ohio State. Following Ohio States
During my coaching tenure at Ohio State under Woody Hayes, we faced Michigan under similar high-stakes circumstances: the winner earning a trip to the Rose Bowl and the opportunity to contend for a national championship,” remarked Holtz. “Fortunately, we emerged victorious, scoring late in the game against Michigan, opting for a two-point conversion, making it, and winning 50-14. When asked why he went for two, Woody replied, ‘Because they wouldn’t let me go for three.'”
In a September appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show,” Holtz asserted that Notre Dame was a superior football team to Ohio State. He then turned his attention to Ohio State coach Ryan Day, stating, “You look at coach (Ryan) Day — and I coached at Ohio State under Woody Hayes. We won the national championship when I was there. I’m proud of that. However, he has lost to Alabama, Georgia, Clemson, Michigan twice. And everybody (that) beats him does so because they are more physical than Ohio State. And I think Notre Dame will take that same approach.”