Ryan Day: ‘The most romantic thing I’ve done for my wife is beat Notre Dame’

Ryan Day is proving romance certainly isn’t dead, at least not in the college football world.

Evidently, Day leading Ohio State to victory over Notre Dame was more than a resume-builder for the College Football Playoff. Essentially, it served as an aphrodisiac in the Day household.

“The most romantic thing I’ve done in the last few months was beat Notre Dame last Saturday night,” Day laughed, as the crowd cheered at an event. “That’s the truth. You can ask her, I guarantee it. There ain’t no night out that she wants more than to win that game, I can promise you that right now. So that was a good night.”

Lou Holtz and the rest of South Bend isn’t going to want to hear that. First they lose a golden opportunity to get a victory over the Buckeyes, and now Day is parading around, bragging about what the win did for him off the field. That’s got to sting a little.

At least Notre Dame won’t have to face Ohio State anytime soon. Ryan Day will have to find a new path for romance at home. Maybe dinner and a movie will suffice moving forward. Or possibly ending his skid against the Michigan Wolverines.

Urban Meyer weighs in on Ryan Day firing back at Lou Holtz after win at Notre Dame

Meanwhile, following a heated back-and-forth in the media between former Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz and current Ohio State coach Ryan Day, at least one person fully believes Day was well within his right to voice his displeasure over the whole thing.

After Holtz noted that Ohio State wasn’t a very physical team ahead of last week’s Notre Dame game, Day took exception following the win. He called Holtz out by name. And former Ohio State coach Urban Meyer said he was absolutely within his rights to do so.

“If someone criticizes Ryan Day for fighting for his team and fighting for himself, dude, you’re an idiot,” Meyer said. “I hate to be so prompt, but I get so angry sometimes when someone’s going to criticize Ryan Day for saying what’s on his heart, but media or some other buffoon can say (whatever) — I’m not saying coach Holtz is a buffoon, I love coach Holtz — that’s between those two.”

Meyer seemed to be in the camp of live and let live on the Urban’s Take with Tim May program on Thursday.

“Let Ryan Day say what he wants to say and move on. If you don’t like it, that’s fine,” Meyer said. “But do you understand Ryan Day, they just won a game that his life would be different if they lost that game. And someone sticks a microphone in his face, probably four minutes after it happened. He is allowed to say what he wants to say. And you respect that, because he did it.”