Holtz, 88, reignited their feud last week on X when he wrote that, “If Notre Dame doesn’t win, it’s because we want to preserve Ryan Day’s job. I was originally going to be at the game in spirit, but now I’ll be dragging my body along as well.” He was responding to a tweet wondering if he would attend the showdown.

Former Notre Dame head coach, Lou Holtz, is at it again. The former Fighting Irish head coach loves to keep his name in the headlines any way he can, and now he’s using a beef with Ohio State’s Ryan Day to do just that.

Here's a look back at the Ryan Day-Lou Holtz feud and why the Ohio State football coach called out the Notre Dame legend in an interview in 2023

So leave it to ESPN's Pat McAfee to have a little too much fun by bringing in a Lou Holtz impersonator during a sit-down interview with Ohio State and Notre Dame coaches Ryan Day and Marcus Freeman. "Before we get you out of here, there's somebody who has a question," said McAfee, gesturing to the other side of the room.

The weird beef between the two coaches began last Fall when Holtz predicted an Irish win over the Buckeyes during their

Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz took a shot at Ohio State's Ryan Day leading into Monday's CFP championship game. Here more:

It's no surprise that Lou Holtz is picking Notre Dame to beat Ohio State for the national championship, but he took another little shot at Ryan Day in the process.

Ohio State RB Chip Trayanum plowed through the middle of Notre Dame's defensive line for a 1-yard touchdown on third-and-goal with one second left on the clock to seal the win. During a postgame interview with the NBC broadcast, Day, unprompted, went off on Holtz in a clip that went instantly viral.

Ryan Day says he hasn't spoken with Lou Holtz since the two went at it in 2023. He did during a segment on College GameDay... sort of.