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Kyle Koster

Ryan Day Assigns Blame for Ohio State's Disastrous Slow Start vs. Miami

Miami delivered the last college football stunner of 2025 by upsetting heavily favored Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl, 24-14. The Hurricanes now await the winner of Ole Miss-Georgia in the College Football Playoff semifinals and the Buckeyes are onto a long offseason of wondering how one of the more dominant regular season teams in recent memory stumbled so dramatically at the end.

Ryan Day, much-maligned yet still just one year removed from winning a national championship, did not spark much offensive success after taking over play-calling duties from Brian Hartline and once again will be subjected to much scrutiny after Ohio State's lackluster showings against Indiana in the Big Ten championship game and Miami on New Year's Eve.

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