Fans couldn't help but make all kinds of jokes about Lou Holtz and Ryan Day after Ohio State football's win over Notre Dame.

Lou Holtz, the 88-year-old Notre Dame Fighting Irish head coach from 1986 to 1996, is an icon on the sidelines and a CBS Sports and ESPN analyst on College Football Scoreboard, College Football Final, College Football Live, and many other programs.

Barstool Sports founder David Portnoy cast his support behind Lou Holtz after the former Notre Dame head coach reignited his ongoing feud with Ohio State's Ryan Day

Lou Holtz may not get to celebrate a Notre Dame title in Atlanta. Notre Dame is down 31-23 to Ohio State in the National Championship Game. The Fighting Irish allowed 31 straight points after opening the contest with a 15-play touchdown drive that lasted nine minutes and 45 minutes.

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 Ohio State mascot Brutus trolled Lou Holtz after Ryan Day's Buckeyes won the college football national championship vs. Notre Dame.

The Fighting Irish's last meeting with the Buckeyes became notorious not just for the on-field action but also for the pre- and post-game antics involving Day and Holtz

Lou Holtz coached Notre Dame from 1986-96. Ahead of the Fighting Irish's College Football Playoff national title matchup with Ryan Day and Ohio State, it seems Holtz' rivalry with the Buckeyes isn ...

Brutus Buckeye and Ryan Day fire back at Holtz's controversial comments after the Buckeyes secure the national title.

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