“The Game” between Ohio State and Michigan is always among the most heated in college football, and that was certainly the case around last season’s monumental game. After Ryan Day reportedly threatened to “hang 100” on Harbaugh and Michigan during a heated 2020 Big Ten coaches conference call—before that year’s game was canceled due to COVID-19—the Wolverines scored a decisive 42–27 victory in 2021, the team’s first over Ohio State in seven tries under Harbaugh.
After the game, Harbaugh took what certainly appeared to be a pointed snipe back at Day, saying, “Some people are born on third base and act like they’ve hit a triple.” Harbaugh took over at his alma mater after the team failed to find its footing under both Rich Rodriguez and Brady Hoke after Lloyd Carr stepped away from coaching following the 2007 season. Day, meanwhile, took over for national championship-winner Urban Meyer with the Buckeyes.
