Ohio State fans chant “We Want Urban” at former coach after Michigan loss

Ryan Day misplaced his second-straight sport to Michigan as Ohio State soccer coach, and that led some vocal Buckeye followers to make a pitch on to the person who preceded him within the job, with City Meyer again on campus.

Meyer was serving his function as analyst on the “Massive Midday Saturday” present on Fox after Michigan’s assertion 45-23 win at Ohio State, and a few of these clad in scarlet and grey determined it was time for a training change.

As the previous coach was providing his evaluation of the sport, many within the crowd behind him began chanting, “We wish City, we wish City.”

An Ohio native, Meyer led the Buckeyes program to an 83-9 total file from 2012 to 2018, successful the first-ever Faculty Soccer Playoff nationwide championship, ending first within the division every season, and, maybe most significantly, was an ideal 7-0 towards arch-rival Michigan.

Whereas it could be a bit of early to throw within the towel on the Ryan Day period at Ohio State — he is nonetheless 45-5 total with two CFP appearances and three AP prime 10 finishes — there are various within the Buckeye State who must be involved with the general trajectory of this system towards Michigan.

Michigan gamers plant flag at midfield in Ohio Stadium

Ohio State allowed over 40 factors to its rival in two straight seasons, with each video games deciding the Massive Ten East championship and an eventual berth within the Faculty Soccer Playoff.

Particularly when his personal in-game technique got here into query by analysts, together with a first-half resolution to punt in plus-territory relatively than go for it, along with a variety of expensive defensive breakdowns and different miscues.

After the sport, John Cooper started trending on social media within the state of Ohio, a reference to the previous Buckeye coach who went 2-10-1 towards Michigan, with some worrying that Day may comply with an analogous legacy.

However whereas it is nonetheless too early to formally designate a “scorching seat” beneath Ryan Day, if his group seems to be like this in a third-straight exhibiting towards Michigan, that every one might change in a short time.

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