Inside Ryan Day's fourth straight loss to Michigan: 'Disappointed. Unexpected. Crushed.'

COLUMBUS, Ohio — First came the screaming and writhing figure of linebacker Sonny Styles, his helmet gone and his eyes scorching with pain, careening away from the fracas at midfield as members of Ohio State’s staff clamored wildly for medical assistance. "I can't see!" Styles bellowed before crumpling to the turf. "I can't see!" And from there, the sounds his body emitted became far more guttural. 

Then came Hero Kanu, a hulking defensive tackle at 6-foot-5 and 305 pounds, staggering toward the tunnel while his face reddened and tightened from the police weapon that had been unleashed in his vicinity. "Find a trainer!" someone shrieked in a voice that trembled with fear. "Trainer!" he screeched again toward anyone who would listen.

A few yards from the makeshift triage was head coach Ryan Day, his mouth slightly agape and his face hauntingly blank amid one of the ugliest postgame scenes this rivalry has ever seen. He'd been walking off the field to a hailstorm of unflattering comments — "Hey Ryan, hope you have your next job lined up," a fan yelled. "This is your last day, no doubt," another added. "F--- you, Ryan, I'm done" one more said — when a roar from however many of the 106,005 fans remained at Ohio Stadium suggested there was trouble brewing somewhere behind him.

It was on the midfield logo where scores of Michigan players lorded their 13-10 win over the Buckeyes by attempting to plant their flag, just as the Wolverines did the last time they were victorious here two years ago. Day's players took offense to the gesture and invaded the celebratory display. Edge rusher Jack Sawyer, a former five-star recruit from Pickerington, Ohio, ripped the blue Michigan flag from its pole and threw it on the ground. Reserve