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By Matt Audilet

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Ryan Day and the Ohio State Buckeyes finally snapped their four-game losing streak against the rival Michigan Wolverines in this year's edition of "The Game."

The No. 1 Buckeyes dominated the Wolverines in Ann Arbor, finishing the contest with 27-9 final score.

Leading up to this year's rivalry matchup, Day hadn't notched a win over Michigan since his debut season as head coach in 2019. The Buckeyes entered last year's game as a 19.5-point favorite before ultimately suffering a brutal upset loss at home.

Day experienced a flood of criticism following his fourth consecutive loss to the Wolverines. But since that loss, his reigning national champion Buckeyes have yet to lose a single game.

Day joined the "Bussin' With The Boys" podcast on Tuesday morning, where he received a sincere apology from one of his biggest critics: former Michigan offensive lineman Taylor Lewan.

“I have said a lot of nasty things,” Lewan said. “Even after the spring tour. I’ve used the third base comment. I’ve said not a leader of men. And my opinion shouldn’t and does not matter to you. However, I will say, I was wrong. And you truly, you beat our a– and you did it with humility. You did it the way Ohio State should have probably done it last year. And you have proven me wrong and I want to formally apologize for that because it’s one thing to make comments in rivalries and stuff like that and things that I did believe at the time.

"But for you to go 16-0 since the game that happened in Columbus last year, it shows how much of a leader you are in that locker room and it’s very impressive. So, that’s the last nice thing I’ll say.”

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Day graciously accepted Lewan's apology.

“I appreciate it Taylor, I’ve got a lot of respect for you," Day replied. "It means a lot, but it’s a tribute to these guys and the program, these kids. There’s a lot of great life lessons over the last year of just life. This is life, right? This is the world we live in. This stage that we play on and you get what comes with losing games. And the only way to get it right is to get it fixed. And we certainly have got it fixed the last 12 months, but we’ve got to move on because we’ve got Indiana this week and a lot ahead of us."

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Ohio State now turns its attention toward a highly anticipated Big Ten championship matchup against the No. 2 Indiana Hoosiers, one of the only fellow undefeated programs remaining in college football. The winner of this conference title matchup will no doubt take the No. 1 overall seed into this year's College Football Playoff.

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