It should be noted that Holtz was an assistant at Ohio State during the 1968 championship season under Woody Hayes so he has a little Scarlet and Gray in him as well.

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.

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.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State coach Ryan Day and former Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz never coached against one another, but they have an intertwined past. After a come-from-behind 17-14 win by Ohio State against Notre Dame in 2023, Day took the moment to give a passionate rant during his postgame interview on NBC, with Holtz as the focus.

In September 2023, Holtz went viral for saying that "everybody (that) beats him [Ryan Day], does so because they are more physical than Ohio State. And I think Notre Dame will take that same approach," per Brad Crawford of 247Sports.

The Ohio State Buckeyes will play the Notre Dame Fighting Irish for the chance to win a national championship on January 20th in Atlanta. An interesting

Ohio State head coach Ryan Day and former Notre Dame head coach Lou Holtz don't exactly get along. Their feud dates back to the 2023 season when Holtz