"Michigan broke him," "He's hot garbage": CFB fans rip into Julian Sayin for throwing "horrible" INT early in Ohio State-Indiana Big Ten championship

The No.1 Ohio State Buckeyes had a horrible start to their Big Ten championship game against the No.2 Indiana Hoosiers on Saturday. In the first quarter of the game, during a third-and-6 play, quarterback Julian Sayin tried to make a pass down the field.

However, he ended up being intercepted by Indiana safety Louis Moore for a 12-yard return. With just over six minutes remaining in the first quarter, placekicker Nico Radicic put the Hoosiers in the lead with a 29-yard field goal.

Fans on social media heavily criticized Sayin for throwing an interception early in the Big Ten championship game.

"Julian Sayin looks like someone in the NFL's future 1st round mistake," one fan commented.

"Back 2 Back games with an absolute horrible INT to begin the game from Julian Sayin... can't keep giving up free points like that," another fan said.

"He committed to Nick Saban and plays for Ohio State. Julian Sayin is double trash. every qb from those situations sucks," this fan wrote.

"Julian Sayin is hot garbage," another fan said.

"When Julian Sayin plays a good defense he gets completely exposed," one fan wrote.

"Julian Sayin is folding under pressure," this fan commented.

Julian Sayin had initially signed as an early enrollee with Alabama in 2023. However, he entered the transfer portal and joined the Ohio State Buckeyes after Nick Saban's retirement in January 2024.

During his redshirt freshman campaign, he served as the backup to Will Howard. Ohio State went on to be crowned as the undefeated national champions, after which Howard declared for the 2025 NFL draft.

This season, Julian Sayin was named the starting quarterback of the Ohio State Buckeyes. Before Saturday's Big Ten championship game, he helped Ryan Day's team to an undefeated 12-0 (9-0 Big Ten) record. The quarterback recorded 3,065 yards and 30 TDs passing with five interceptions to his name.

Ryan Day gets real on offensive coordinator Brian Hartline's departure from Ohio State

On Wednesday, before the Big Ten championship game against Indiana, Ryan Day suffered a big blow to his coaching staff. Offensive coordinator Brian Hartline agreed to take over as the new coach of the USF Bulls.

He will stay with the Buckeyes for this season's playoffs before departing for his new job. After the devastating news, Day said that Hartline's decision caught them off guard.

"I think it sort of caught everybody a little off guard, how quickly it happened, it was on signing day," Day said. "That's not what Brian had in his mind when he thought about this, but this is sort of college football right now.

"We'll do a good job of focusing on winning the game this week. He's gonna be a huge part of that this week. He's gonna give us all his all this week to make sure we go win the Big Ten championship and then finish out the season the right way."

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Edited by Priyam Hazarika