Weeks after facing immense pressure following another Ohio State loss to Michigan, Day is a win away from the college football mountaintop.

Ryan Day has had a massive rollercoaster season in 2024. So have the Ohio State Buckeyes for that matter. At the start of the season, Ohio State was widely view

Ohio State fans have complicated feelings toward Day, who has lost four straight to Michigan but is one win away from a national title.

By his own admission, Jack Sawyer didn’t need any kind of elaborate pitch from Ryan Day to get him to commit to Ohio State. If the scholarship offer was there, the Pickerington native was going to don the scarlet and gray.

The Ohio State Buckeyes were down out. They'd just lost to rival Michigan for the fourth consecutive year and, in turn, missed out on the Big Ten

Ohio State's last win over Michigan was in 2019 when Sawyer was in high school. However, this season's loss to the rival may have hurt the most for the senior defender, as it was on the Buckeyes' senior day. Plus, the game ended in a brawl between both teams after a Michigan flag was planted in the middle of Ohio State's field.

Watch: Ohio State linebacker Jack Sawyer destroys a camera after hugging Ryan Day following his fumble returned for a touchdown.

Ohio State football was able to get star defensive end Jack Sawyer back for his senior season, and the star has enjoyed every moment of it.

In the College Football Playoff game against Texas, one of the greatest plays in Ohio State football history took place. When Jack Sawyer sacked Quinn Ewers forcing a fumble, then recovered it and rumbled 83 yards for a touchdown,