Ryan Day and his Ohio State coaching staff didn’t want a repeat of what happened last year.
Following the Buckeyes 27-9 win over the Michigan Wolverines, the entire Michigan team defended the Wolverines’ “M” logo at midfield. But apparently there was never going to be a flag planting because the Ohio State coaching staff wouldn’t allow it.
Once the clock ran out in the snow-filled Big House, a pair of Buckeyes players did possess a flag as they made their way toward the “M” logo at midfield. They were quickly turned away by the coaching staff, who directed the team to go and celebrate in the locker room. A number of Ohio State coaches, including Day, stood around Michigan’s logo as they pointed their players in the opposite direction.
“We’re going to win with humility,” Day said in his postgame interview with sideline reporter Jenny Taft on the Fox Sports broadcast. “I’m just happy for a lot of people right now. It means a lot.”
Although Michigan players planted a flag at Ohio Stadium last year, they refused to let the Buckeyes do the same.
“We can’t let that happen,” Wolverines running back Bryson Kuzdzal said after the game via WXYZ Detroit’s Brad Galli. “We didn’t know if they were going to, but we weren’t going to let that happen.”
The defending-champion Ohio State Buckeyes completed their perfect season at 12-0 and will play the Indiana Hoosiers in the Big 10 Championship Game next week.
