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Once upon a time, in the not-so-distant past, ESPN SEC and college football analyst Paul Finebaum was the biggest Michigan football hater. But after Jim Harbaugh proved him wrong by winning three consecutive Big Ten championships, as well as a national championship, Finebaum has refocused his energy on someone else.
Ohio State and Ryan Day.
Day was featured on ESPN on a segment on ‘Get Up!’ and proclaimed that his elder players returned in order to beat the Wolverines and that they’re focused on righting the ship by taking down their rival in The Game.
“I think probably one of the biggest struggles that we have is that when you lose a game like that you have to wait a whole nother year to get back into that game,” Day said. “And, for our guys who decided to come back — we had 12 guys that made the decision to come back — it was one of the big reasons why they decided to come back.
“But what we have to do is build every day and grow every day and count on the work that we’re doing on a daily basis. That’s going to matter as we get to the end of the season. And what we can’t do is get too far ahead of ourselves and start to focus too much on that and get distracted. That’s just the bottom line. But when you come to Ohio State, you got to win that game.”
Fine sentiment, but Finebaum was having none of it, Day sounding like a frontrunner. After listening to Day’s comments, Finebaum went ham.
“Molly, I have no idea what he’s talking about. I mean, he’s lost that game three years in a row and he’s talking about how his players are motivated to come back and play well,” Finebaum fumed. “I heard that three years ago, two years ago, and last year, and you stunk in all three games. I mean, what are you talking about?
“And here’s the problem with talking about Ryan Day. You look at his…
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Author : Wolverines Wire
Publish date : 2024-07-24 02:11:02
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