COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State football coach Ryan Day and Indiana’s Curt Cignetti will go head-to-head Saturday when their programs meet in the Big Ten Championship Game in Indianapolis.

While the two will be competitors inside Lucas Oil Stadium, they were complimentary of each other while speaking with reporters via Zoom on Sunday in anticipation of the matchup.

“Ryan Day is a great coach,” Cignetti said. “He’ll be one of the legends of the game someday.”

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