The celebration should have been volcanic. The Ohio State Buckeyes had just snapped a 2,191-day drought against their most bitter rival and punctured the Michigan Wolverines’ four-year streak in the rivalry. Yet instead of erupting into Columbus nightlife, the No. 1 OSU found themselves strapped into airplane seats grounded beside their head coach, Ryan Day.

“The plane had a delay getting into Ann Arbor,” Ryan Day told reporters on November 30. “And then once we got there, we just had a little bit of an issue with the de-icing and then clearing the runway to take off. So, yeah, we were delayed.”

The result was a return to Columbus around 11 p.m., but late enough to force every Buckeye to sit with the weight of the win rather than sprint toward celebration. And that delay, the HC Da

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