For Ohio State head coach Ryan Day, few moments have embodied the passion and essence of college football more than Jack Sawyer’s game-sealing play in the Cotton Bowl. In what will surely go down as one of the most legendary moments in Buckeye history,

Ohio State head coach Ryan Day has a chance to lead his team to a College Football Playoff national championship victory on Monday night. Here’s a look back at Day’s complete history in bowl games through the years.

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.

The Ohio State Buckeyes certainly had their fair share of ups and downs throughout their journey to the national championship this season. After losing in

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

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

Ohio State and Notre Dame arrived in Atlanta on their charter flights on Friday as the teams moved closer to Monday night’s College Football Playoff national championship game.

2024 might not have been the right time for Sarkisian to win his first ring as a head coach. When Ohio State and Texas met in the Cotton Bowl during the national semifinal last month, Finebaum said that it was Ryan Day who was facing the most pressure to win now following the Buckeyes’ upset loss to Michigan during the regular season finale.

The Ohio State football football program did what many said it couldn’t. The Buckeyes picked themselves up off the mat, in the depths of despair after losing to Michigan and went on the

Ohio State, the first team to run the gauntlet of four playoff games on its way to the national title, celebrated with 30,000 Buckeyes fan on Sunday at Ohio Stadium. Fans

Takeaways from Ohio State's national championship on Day, a historically great resume, Will Howard, keys to the title run and what's next.

The Buckeyes are scheduled to open the 2025 season at home against coach Steve Sarkisian's Texas Longhorns, who will likely start former five-star quarterback Arch Manning, on Saturday, August 30 at Ohio Stadium as their title defense is set to kick off.