Ohio State football is fending off schools going after its best players. Here's what coach Ryan Day said about the matter while on The Dan Patrick Show.
The numbers speak for themselves. After winning the CFP, Day is now officially 70-10 as Ohio State's football coach. Even after the Michigan game, he was 66-10. Getting fired for going 66-10 seems pretty ridiculous, man. Even if you'd have added an 11th loss there somewhere, it would've felt so dumb.
Ohio State is certainly attractive for top players, but their players are also capable of leaving for other programs that may offer high-playing NIL deals. Rumors persist that superstar wideout Jeremiah Smith has been offered $4.5 million for the upcoming season.
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 football head coach Ryan Day has been met with a new challenge immediately following the Buckeyes' National Championship.
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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. That relief only lasts so long. Day made that clear when it was suggested to him on Tuesday morning that Monday night's 34-23 national championship game victory over Notre Dame meant he would feel less pressure to win big in the 2025 season.
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.
In the days following Ryan Day walking off the field in Columbus following Ohio State's loss to Michigan to end the regular season, his family’s safety was the main priority after they received death threats from a lunatic fringe of Buckeye fans.
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.
Ryan Day and Ohio State rebounded from the Michigan loss with a historic title run, as the Buckeyes revealed the blueprint for champions in the expanded playoff era.