Brady Quinn, former Notre Dame quarterback, recently expressed his thoughts on Ohio State head coach Ryan Day’s postgame comments towards former Notre Dame head coach Lou Holtz.
Day’s aggressive speech towards the 86-year-old coach during a viral rant raised eyebrows, and Quinn found it odd and bizarre.
Day’s comments were not without context. Lou Holtz had appeared on The Pat McAfee Show at Notre Dame’s campus and predicted that Notre Dame would win their matchup against Ohio State because they were more physical.
Here’s what Lou Holtz said on @PatMcAfeeShow that Ryan Day angrily referred to after Ohio St. beat Notre Dame: pic.twitter.com/r1Ju4pwl00
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 24, 2023
This prediction fueled Day’s response after the game, where he angrily questioned Holtz’s whereabouts after Ohio State proved the prediction wrong.
"I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHERE LOU HOLTZ IS NOW. WHAT HE SAID ABOUT OUR TEAM, WHAT HE SAID ABOUT OUR TEAM, I CANNOT BELIEVE. THIS IS A TOUGH TEAM RIGHT HERE. WE'RE PROUD TO BE FROM OHIO. AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN OHIO AGAINST THE WORLD. IT'LL CONTINUE TO BE OHIO AGAINST THE WORLD." pic.twitter.com/6xUN3R2WOb
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) September 24, 2023
Brady Quinn, addressing Day’s remarks, expressed his concern about the aggressive manner in which Day went after the beloved former Notre Dame coach.
Quinn pointed out that Holtz’s health conditions and his connection to the 1988 national championship team, which was present on the field during the game, made it unseemly for Day to call him out simply for making a prediction about his former program.
“You’re talking about an 86-year-old man,” Quinn said Monday on the. “They had the 1988 national championship team down there on the field, and they were helping to hold coach Holtz up, given his health conditions and everything else.
“Did Lou Holtz say anything that wasn’t true about those previous losses? There wasn’t anything that he said that wasn’t true. It was for TV, he’s an 86-year-old man. This came off, to me, as Ryan Day looking just bizarre for taking this emotional response after a big win. To go off on an 86-year-old coach that’s no longer a part of it anymore? You trying to find him in a bar like you are trying to beat him up because of what he said? It was bizarre. It was so odd to me, man.”
However, despite the controversy, Day and Ohio State emerged victorious on the field. They will now focus on maintaining their undefeated season as they prepare to face the Maryland Terrapins.
