Tressel, of course, was speaking from experience through the lens of what current coach Ryan Day and his family go through on a weekly basis in Columbus. "The next day they're saying you're horrible and you're really not.
Former Ohio State coach Urban Meyer absolutely dominated Michigan during his seven seasons as the head coach of the Buckeyes. Meyer finished 7-0 against the Wolverines, becoming an Ohio State coaching legend in the process.
Ohio State coach Ryan Day faced criticism after the team's loss to Michigan. He and the Buckeyes drowned that out with a national championship win.
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.
The Ohio State football coach still has a Michigan problem, but a victory against Notre Dame on Monday night would secure the College Football Playoff title.
The program's first national championship in a decade should provide Ryan Day some relief from the Ohio State fan base. Some.
The No. 8 seed Ohio State Buckeyes are national champions after a 34-23 win over No. 7 Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff title game on Monday night. It was a thrilling ending to the first-ever 12-team playoff, and Ryan Day's Ohio State team won four in a row to hoist the trophy and become national champs.
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
The family of Ohio State football coach Ryan Day is explaining how difficult things were for them after the Michigan loss.
Ryan Day deserved to feel vindication when he won a national championship less than two months after it seemed his Ohio State job was on the line.
Thankfully, the golf cart carrying the Ohio State delegation to the media room following their win over Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff championship game wasn't going very fast when it crashed into the wall. Everyone on the cart was perfectly fine. Day's face during the incident, though, said it all.