Ryan Day on top: Fans, media react to head coach's first national title
Ryan Day has finally done it at Ohio State.
On Monday night, the coach won his first National Championship with the Ohio State Buckeyes. The team knocked off Notre Dame 34-23 and are champions for the first time since 2014.
Day had taken the Buckeyes to the College Football Playoff 2 previous times, but the team had failed to win it all in his tenure. Now, Day gets to forget that Michigan loss from earlier this season and enjoy a title.
Ryan Day, you’ve restored the feeling. God Bless#GoBucks
— Joseph Hangana (@joseph_hangana) January 21, 2025
And yall wanted to fire ryan Day 😂
— PokerTay (@Tay_AskAboutMe) January 21, 2025
Good for Ryan Day getting to shove me and every other Ohio State grad that questioned him in a locker.
Let’s go.
— Sam Vecenie (@Sam_Vecenie) January 21, 2025
Did Ryan Day just give himself an extension in Columbus
— SayNoMoLo (@AllHailKingLo) January 21, 2025
Remembe some of y’all was talking about Ryan Day being on the hot seat before the playoffs started lol
— SKG Cards (@SKGCards) January 21, 2025
Ryan Day you beautiful bastard you did it! #BuckeyeNation
— MC Niche Pimp (@JScholefield) January 21, 2025
GATORADE BATH FOR RYAN DAY 🏆🌰 pic.twitter.com/zmv7I19hai
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) January 21, 2025
Guess yall can leave Ryan Day alone now.
— 𝐃. 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐳 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 (@JacquezGreen) January 21, 2025
Ryan Day and his family deserve this moment regardless of how you feel about him. HE rallied this team. HE DID THAT.
What a feeling this is.
— 🅾️hio’s Nick (@ohiosnick) January 21, 2025
RYAN DAY YOU DESERVE IT GOAT
— ✧ (@yvnks) January 21, 2025
Turns out Ryan Day is a pretty good coach, huh?
The ridicule was STUPID. He’s elite. Always has been. And now he’s a champion.
— Zach Carlyle (@ZCarlyle) January 21, 2025
In the game, the Buckeyes gained 445 total yards of offense. The defense, meanwhile, held the Irish to 308 total yards and allowed the team to convert just 5 of 12 3rd-down opportunities.
Just last month, there was a large contingent of fans who wanted Day gone. Now, the coach has completely redeemed himself and his reputation in Columbus.
The Buckeyes ended their season with wins over Tennessee, Oregon, Texas, and Notre Dame. It was an impressive gauntlet the team easily ran through to secure their first title in a decade.