Notre Dame legend fuels ongoing feud after firing shot at Ohio State and Ryan Day

While there's no love lost between the Notre Dame football team and Ohio State, especially after the Irish lost to the Buckeyes in the National Title Game, one of the weirdest twists in this rivalry is the feud that's sparked up between former ND coach Lou Holtz and current OSU coach Ryan Day.

Earlier this week, Holtz took another shot at Day and Ohio State. This time, after the Buckeyes knocked off No. 1-ranked Texas last weekend in the most hyped matchup of Week 1.

"I don't think Ohio State's a great football team," the former Notre Dame coach said. "I know they're schedule is very, very good, but when you're at home and you're outgained by well over 100 yards, you just can't look at it and say, 'OK, we're great. We won the game.' Everybody looking in, they are 1-0, and that's the objective they had going into that game. But they're not a great football team. I would not be overwhelmed about facing Ohio State."

The Notre Dame legend's latest comments are the third time in the past three seasons that Holtz has fired a shot at Ohio State. It all started in 2023, before the Buckeyes played at Notre Dame, when he went on the Pat McAfee Show and stated Ohio State wasn't physical or tough enough to beat the Fighting Irish.

Those statements led to a famous NBC interview with Day after the Buckeyes won 17-14 in South Bend, where Day called out Holtz specifically

Last winter, Holtz posted on X before Ohio State played the Notre Dame football team in the 2025 College Football Playoff national championship game that if the Fighting Irish didn't win, it was only to "preserve Ryan Day's job." So far, there hasn't been a reaction to the latest barbs from the Buckeyes' head man.