As much as Ohio State's passionate supporters — and some within the media — had written off Day, his family and his team never lost hope.

Even as many Ohio State fans turned on Ryan Day, his players never wavered in their support of the coach who would lead them to the national title.

Ohio State is champions of college football. College Football Fix discusses the Buckeyes victory and more heading into the offseason.

The Ohio State football football program did what many said it couldn’t. The Buckeyes picked themselves up off the mat, in the depths of despair after losing to Michigan and went on the

Day earned the right to call himself an Ohio State legend last night by joining a table that includes Paul Brown, Woody Hayes, Jim Tressel and Urban Meyer. No matter what happens next, this will be a shining moment for which he’ll be remembered for the rest of his life.

Ryan Day became the fifth Ohio State football coach to win a national title, joining legends Paul Brown, Woody Hayes, Jim Tressel and Urban Meyer.

Ohio State coach Ryan Day, who faced criticism after the team's loss to Michigan, found his family after winning the national championship.

Ohio State coach Ryan Day made it to the promiseland and delivered the Buckeyes their first national title since 2014, but the journey was far from a fairytale, according to his family.

Ohio State is three days removed from winning its first college football national title in a decade under former head coach Urban Meyer. The Buckeyes ran the table and won all four of their College Football Playoff games,

The Ohio State University football coach Ryan Day and his family went through it after the Buckeyes' brutal loss to Michigan. "We had security at our house," Ryan's son, R.J. Day, shared with The Athletic in an interview published Tuesday,

Kirk Herbstreit wasn't able to hold back his emotions after Ohio State won the national championship and later revealed his wife was diagnosed with breast cancer.