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.

If Ohio State football plays on January 20 like it has since the College Football Playoff started, the Buckeyes will hoist their ninth national championship

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 the moments after Ohio State’s 17-14 win over Notre Dame in South Bend last season, NBC sideline reporter Kathryn Tappen pulled to the side Buckeyes coach Ryan Day.

Ohio State and Notre Dame will square off in the College Football Playoff national championship on Jan 20 in Atlanta.

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

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

At this point every college football fan in the world is familiar with the odd rivalry between former Notre Dame head coach, Lou Holtz, and current Ohio State head man in charge, Ryan Day. The tension between the 88-year old and Day just got a bit thicker as the former Fighting Irish coach picked his old squad to defeat the Buckeyes come Monday in the College Football Playoff National Championship game.