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Legendary college football head coach Steve Spurrier gave his thoughts on the Lou Holtz-Ryan Day quarrel this week following Ohio State’s win over Notre Dame. The former SEC leader sided with Holtz while throwing a bit more shade Day’s way.
Spurrier was asked about the comments made by Dr. Lou on a recent podcast, saying, “He didn’t say anything terrible.”
The Head Ball Coach has always been one to speak his mind, even on controversial topics throughout the sport. He appeared on the Another Dooley Noted podcast this week to chime in on this recent beef.
“He didn’t say anything terrible,” Spurrier responded. “Ohio State’s lost some close games. They’ve been out-muscled. [Day] didn’t necessarily clobber Notre Dame. He was very fortunate.”
He then dug the knife in a bit further by quipping that he should be thankful to have left with a last second road victory rather than upset by someone else’s opinion.
“If we had won a game like that where we scored on the one-yard line with two seconds left, we’d be saying a lot of thank you Lords instead of ‘we’re tough, we’re mean’… Either team could’ve won that game.”
The response comes following Holtz’s remarks about Notre Dame being a better, tougher football team than Ohio State.
“[Day] has lost to Alabama, Georgia, Clemson and Michigan twice,” he said before game. “And everybody that beats him does so because they are more physical than Ohio State. I think Notre Dame will take that same approach.”
Taking those comments to heart, Day blasted the national championship winning coach in his postgame interview.
“I’d like to know where Lou Holtz is right now. What he said about our team, I cannot believe.”
In that rant, Day emphasized his team’s toughness and physicality, repeating the terms more than a half-dozen times on camera. One Reddit account used that stat to epically troll the Ohio State head coach by comparing it to his team’s inability to consistently convert in one-yard situations.
Seemingly the opposite of being more physical than your opponent, though the Buckeyes did convert when it mattered most.
Holtz doubled down on his position after the fact, leaving this saga unresolved. We now have an outside opinion on the feud, and it’s likely how most of the college football world feels about Day’s outburst.