This weird beef between Ohio State Buckeyes coach Ryan Day and former Notre Dame Fighting Irish coach Lou Holtz is getting out of hand. It all started in 2023,

Ohio State coach Ryan Day vs. former Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz is the real rivalry fans should be paying attention to ahead of the College Football Playoff National Championship between the Buckeyes and Fighting Irish.

The last time Notre Dame and Ohio State squared off, Lou Holtz was at the center of the matchup following comments made about Ryan Day – and the ensuing reaction. As the two teams get ready to square off in the national championship on Monday, the legendary Fighting Irish coach took another jab.

During Sunday's media availability, eight days before Notre Dame and Ohio State meet in the national championship game, Day was asked if he had spoken at all to Lou Holtz since the infamous viral moment and if things had been at all patched up between the two.

Ohio State and Notre Dame will square off in the College Football Playoff national championship on Jan 20 in Atlanta.

Lou Holtz famously called out Ryan Day for OSU's lack of toughness. Day then fired back at the former ND coach, who thinks Irish will win the natty.

It has been a roller coaster of a few months for Ryan Day and the Ohio State Buckeyes. In mid-October, they went into Eugene as the No. 2 team in the nation to play No. 3 Oregon, and OSU walked away with a tough loss.

Ohio State winning the College Football Playoff National Championship would be the start of Ryan Day's redemption arc. Not the conclusion.

The Ohio State Buckeyes have a chance to win the national championship on Monday night, and there's no one who would rather accomplish the feat than the team's head coach Ryan Day. Day has done almost everything that a head coach can do in college football.