Ex-Notre Dame football coach trends after Ryan Day’s latest loss
Ex-Notre Dame football coach Lou Holtz was once again all over social media after Ryan Day’s Ohio State squad lost to Michigan again.
Most college football followers know that earlier this year, Ryan Day and Lou Holtz had one of the weirder feuds around. On Saturday afternoon, that feud didn’t exactly get reignited, but it certainly took center stage again.
This time around, the feud didn’t trend on social media because the legendary Notre Dame football coach said something that upset Day. It wasn’t trending because Day said something that was rather offensive to Fighting Irish fans.
This time, Lou Holtz was trending because some Notre Dame fans enjoyed watching Ohio State and their coach lost to Michigan again and bring up his grandstanding and peacocking when the Buckeyes narrowly defeated the Golden Domers earlier this season.
It’s not all that often that Notre Dame and Michigan fans are banding together. Especially in a season when the Wolverines are caught cheating and stealing signs (including the Irish’s signs) and their coach has to be suspended. However, on Saturday evening, the two groups did seemingly partner up.
Ragging on Ryan Day and using Lou Holtz to do it was simply too attractive an opportunity for everyone.
Ex-Notre Dame football coach trends again
Some of the memes that popped up on social media were relatively low key. Some might even say mild.
Lou Holtz just wants to know where Ryan Day is right now. pic.twitter.com/pZikvikObf
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) November 25, 2023
Lou Holtz watching ryan day pack up his office pic.twitter.com/r7z8XoKe5l
— Harvey Specter 🇰🇪 (@realjaycollins) November 25, 2023
Other Notre Dame football fans were quick to point out that when Holtz questioned Ohio State’s toughness, it appears that he was right.
LOU HOLTZ WAS RIGHT
— Mark (@MarktheNomad) November 25, 2023
All kidding aside, Lou Holtz was talking about these moments when questioning Ohio State's toughness. Are you going to let your rival run the clock out on you or get a stop when the entire season is on the line?
— Ari Wasserman (@AriWasserman) November 25, 2023
Few things more embarrassing than making Lou Holtz seem correct
— Jason Kirk (buy my novel) (@JasonKirk_fyi) November 25, 2023
Other social media users just enjoyed making fun of the situation, OSU’s loss to Michigan for the third straight year, and pointing out that the feud existed at all.
Ryan Day can't leave for Texas A&M. Lou Holtz would talk so much shit if he does.
— Max Olson (@max_olson) November 25, 2023
This game was for Lou Holtz and you can't convince me otherwise.
— Boat Shoes Woodson (@BoatShoeWoodson) November 25, 2023
Even Michigan Wolverines players were taking shots at Day’s players in a way that seemed to agree with the former Notre Dame football head coach.
It seems Michigan WR Roman Wilson and Lou Holtz agree on one thing: Ohio State isn't tough.
— Alejandro Zúñiga (@ByAZuniga) November 25, 2023
“You want to act hard. When we’re out there, they’re not hard. I see the film: You’re not tough.”https://t.co/L9fG3Etp6S