Even as Ohio State turned around its season with three playoff wins, coach Ryan Day turned around his reputation by evolving after Michigan loss.
Day and the Buckeyes were beaten by their bitter rivals and booed off their home field less than 2 months ago. Now they have a shot at winning it all.
Ohio State fans have complicated feelings toward Day, who has lost four straight to Michigan but is one win away from a national title.
Ryan Day has had a massive rollercoaster season in 2024. So have the Ohio State Buckeyes for that matter. At the start of the season, Ohio State was widely viewed as the most talented team in the nation.
Ohio State head football coach Ryan Day will speak to the media Wednesday ahead of next week's national championship matchup with Notre Dame. You can watch the live stream of Day and Ohio State players below or at the Dispatch YouTube channel. The Buckeyes and Irish will face off at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 20 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.
The feud between legendary Notre Dame head coach Lou Holtz and Ohio State head coach Ryan Day doesn't seem to be ending any time soon. Not with the two programs playing for a National Championship on Monday.
Ohio State RB Chip Trayanum plowed through the middle of Notre Dame's defensive line for a 1-yard touchdown on third-and-goal with one second left on the clock to seal the win. During a postgame interview with the NBC broadcast, Day, unprompted, went off on Holtz in a clip that went instantly viral.
Day's Buckeyes had just lost to Michigan for the fourth straight time. How they responded to that defeat speaks volume about his coaching.
By his own admission, Jack Sawyer didn’t need any kind of elaborate pitch from Ryan Day to get him to commit to Ohio State. If the scholarship offer was there, the Pickerington native was going to don the scarlet and gray.
Ohio State winning the College Football Playoff National Championship would be the start of Ryan Day's redemption arc. Not the conclusion.
Former Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz fired a jab at Ohio State coach Ryan Day Wednesday, continuing one of college football's strangest feuds. Responding to an ESPN video questioning whether Holtz would attend the College Football Playoff National Championship Monday,