Watch: Ohio State’s Ryan Day, Rutgers’ Greg Schiano shake hands following heated end to game

The biggest buzz moment from Saturday’s Rutgers at Ohio State game wasn’t a highlight reel play but rather the interaction between Scarlet Knights head coach Greg Schiano and the Buckeyes’ Ryan Day.

Schiano and Day exchanged words in the fourth quarter of Ohio State‘s comprehensive 49-10 win over Rutgers. At issue was what appeared at the time to be a fake punt attempt from Ohio State’s Jesse Micro.

The punter was then hit out of bounds by Rutgers’ returner Aron Cruickshank, who was ejected from the game. This led to Schiano running from the sideline to separate his team from the Ohio State players.

Day and Schiano exchanged some words at the moment, but it never looked remotely likely that it was going to be anything other than that.

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After the game, Schiano downplayed the moment. The Rutgers head coach called Day a friend and said that the two coaches and their exchange of words were merely trying to protect their players.

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At the post-game handshake between the two coaches, it sounds like Day is saying “I apologize for that.”

After the exchange, Schiano patted Day on the back. Day and Schiano worked on the Ohio State staff under former Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer. Then Schiano worked for Day in 2018 as defensive coordinator when Day was the associate head coach of the Buckeyes.

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Story originally appeared on Rutgers Wire