Instead of a smooth ride through the tunnels at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Monday night, Ohio State coach Ryan Day found himself in a precarious situation. Day and several others were on a golf cart that crashed while trying to make a turn that it just absolutely could not make — which made for a pretty hilarious scene after their national championship victory.
Tressel, of course, was speaking from experience through the lens of what current coach Ryan Day and his family go through on a weekly basis in Columbus. "The next day they're saying you're horrible and you're really not.
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Trailing by three touchdowns, Notre Dame really needed to get something going, but immediately faced fourth-and-2 from their own 33-yard line on their first drive of the half. As the Fighting Irish lined up to punt the ball was snapped to backup quarterback Steve Angeli who threw the ball Jordan Faison, who was unable to make the catch.
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A golf cart carrying Ohio State coach Ryan Day and some players crashed into a wall in the aftermath of the national title game.
He and the Buckeyes had lost to rival Michigan for the fourth straight time, and to add salt to the wound, they were 20.5-point favorites. However, the Buckeyes didn't let the loss deter them from their ultimate goal, which was to win a title.
Thankfully, the golf cart carrying the Ohio State delegation to the media room following their win over Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff championship game wasn't going very fast when it crashed into the wall. Everyone on the cart was perfectly fine. Day's face during the incident, though, said it all.
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