Ohio State football coach Ryan Day knows that whatever his Buckeyes accomplish on the field this year won't matter if he can't beat rival Michigan. If you look at Day's tenure, he has done just about everything well.

This is the biggest week of Ryan Day's career. Here's how the Ohio State football coach has handled it as the Buckeyes prepare to face Michigan.

Ryan Day enters Saturday's game on a three-game losing skid vs. Michigan - and on the precipice of a historic fourth straight loss to the Wolverines

After three consecutive losses to Michigan, Ohio State head coach Ryan Day has had enough. Day, 45, and the Buckeyes host the Michigan Wolverines in Columbus on Saturday, November 30, hoping to break the school’s longest losing streak to their bitter rival since 1997.

Ohio State has lost its last three games against Michigan, and it has cast a shadow over the Buckeyes' otherwise great performance in that span. No one has felt that more than Ryan Day, who has been tormented by those losses to the Wolverines.

While the rivalry with Michigan has always meant something extra to Ohio State, the losses over the last three years have the Buckeyes reeling. Ryan Day and his program spent upwards of $20 million on name,

Michigan is down, and Ohio State has a Playoff bid locked up. And yet beating the Wolverines has never felt more important in Columbus.

As Ohio State hopes to beat Michigan for the first time in five years, Ryan Day admitted that the losing streak has been tough on him.

Ohio State coach Ryan Day can't afford another loss to Michigan, especially with the Wolverines now finally embracing pay to win NIL philosophy