This has been a season unlike any other for Ryan Day emotionally. Less than two months ago, loud and influential media voices were calling for the firing of the nation’s winningest active coach in the wake of Ohio State’s fourth straight loss to Michigan.

In the semifinals of the College Football Playoff, Jack Sawyer stepped up for Ohio State on arguably the team's biggest play of the season. With Texas looking to tie the Cotton Bowl in the fourth quarter,

Ryan Day and Ohio State will play for a college football national championship against Notre Dame on Monday. His wife, Nina, is proud of how he has

Courtesy of Ryan Day/Instagram Before finding themselves at the epicenter of the college football world, Ryan Day and his wife, Nina, were just two kids playing tee-ball in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Even as Ohio State turned around its season with three playoff wins, coach Ryan Day turned around his reputation by evolving after Michigan loss.

There's no question that Ohio State's fourth consecutive loss to Michigan back on Nov. 30 sent shockwaves through Columbus. The Buckeyes, who had entered the ma

Sawyer erupted after Ohio State's stunning loss to Michigan in November, ripping the Michigan flag from Wolverines players and tossing it to the ground. Sawyer was visibly enraged, screaming on the field as a brawl ensued between the two rivals.

A Buckeyes win would give the Big Ten back-to-back national champions for the first time since 1942, when the league was called the Western Conference. Paul Brown-coached Ohio State went 9-1 that year and was the third straight national champion from the conference. Voters crowned Minnesota in 1940 and ’41.

Emotionally, this has been a season unlike any other for Ryan Day. Less than two months ago, loud and influential media voices were calling for the firing of the nation’s winningest active coach in the wake of Ohio State’s fourth straight loss to Michigan.

Before the first 12-team College Football Playoff even started, there were already plenty of people suggesting changes for determining future national champions.

Following Ohio State's 13-10 loss to Michigan, players organized a closed-door meeting filled with grief, frustration and heavy emotions. FOX Sports' Michael Cohen details that meeting and the moment the Buckeyes were reborn.