The Ohio State coach was an assistant under Meyer with the Buckeyes as well as the Florida Gators. Meyer was thrilled to see his former assistant lead Ohio State to another national title. The win over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish marked Ohio State's ninth national championship .
Ryan Day and Ohio State carried the College Football Playoff national title trophy back to Columbus following Monday night's win.
This victory will taste extra sweet for the wrongly-embattled Day, who could choose to leave Columbus with the task complete
Takeaways from Ohio State's national championship on Day, a historically great resume, Will Howard, keys to the title run and what's next.
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.
Ohio State football is on the verge of another national championship, its first since Urban ... State coach Ryan Day heard much more noise regarding the program's success than Meyer, as Day ...
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.
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.
Meyer led Ohio State to a national championship in 2014 after leading the Florida Gators to a pair of titles in 2006 and 2008. Day served under Meyer as the Buckeyes' offensive coordinator from 2017-18.
Urban Meyer knew from the moment Ryan Day walked onto Ohio State’s campus that the Buckeyes had their next head coach when he stepped down. Meyer handed the keys to the car to Day in 2019 full time and off he ran.
Ryan Day deserved to feel vindication when he won a national title less than two months after it seemed his Ohio State job was on the line.