Of Ohio State’s three postgame press conferences Saturday, Cody Simon’s was perhaps the most gut-wrenching.
Simon was the first of 11 Buckeye seniors to announce his return to Columbus last season, and their top on-field reason for coming back was to beat the Michigan team that had knocked them off the previous three years. But Simon stood teary-eyed in front of the mic, fingers tapping with emotion, grappling with what had just unfolded in a 13-10 home loss to the Wolverines.
“I can’t really speak to everyone else, but I just feel like I let your guys down, let all of Buckeye Nation down,” Simon said.