ESPN analyst and Ohio State alum Kirk Herbstreit took issue with First Take giving the impression that Ryan Day was done with the Buckeyes.

ESPN commentator Kirk Herbstreit defended Ryan Day during Ohio State's College Football Playoff game on Saturday, calling out fans and pundits who have called for Day to be fired. Herbstreit, amid the Buckeyes' dominant 42-17 win over Tennessee in the first round of the playoffs,

Day had been under fire after the Buckeyes again lost to Michigan to end the regular season. Many were calling for him to lose his job after that game, including ESPN star Stephen A. Smith, the centerpiece of the network's "First Take" program.

The Ohio State Buckeyes have had a crazy last month. They were set to be in the Big Ten Championship Game with a win over Michigan, closing as an almost three-score home favorite. However, they lost that game,

Though Ohio State may have just advanced in the College Football Playoffs, there is still a segment of the Ohio State fanbase who is simply over his regime, with a small but scary subdivision of that group turning to threats worthy of requiring armed security outside of his house.