Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith has publicly backed head football coach Ryan Day despite back-to-back losses to archrival Michigan, telling ESPN's Heather Dinich that he is his "CEO" and that they've spoken about what they "need to do better."
"My standards are high; our team standards are high," Smith said.
"So we talk about how do we get better and how do we make sure we are able to win the championships that we aspire to win? We look at each individual contest that got in the way of that, and we're trying to figure out what's the strategy to mitigate that.