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 is champions of college football. College Football Fix discusses the Buckeyes victory and more heading into the offseason.

Day received death threats following a loss to Michigan in November, but on Monday night, he won a national title

Even as many Ohio State fans turned on Ryan Day, his players never wavered in their support of the coach who would lead them to the national title.

Ryan Day became the fifth Ohio State football coach to win a national title, joining legends Paul Brown, Woody Hayes, Jim Tressel and Urban Meyer.

Instead of a smooth ride through the tunnels at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Monday night, Ohio State coach Ryan Day found himself in a precarious situation. Day and several others were on a golf cart that crashed while trying to make a turn that it just absolutely could not make — which made for a pretty hilarious scene after their national championship victory.

Ohio State coach Ryan Day, who faced criticism after the team's loss to Michigan, found his family after winning the national championship.

Ryan Day deserved to feel vindication when he won a national championship less than two months after it seemed his Ohio State job was on the line.

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 coach Ryan Day made it to the promiseland and delivered the Buckeyes their first national title since 2014, but the journey was far from a fairytale, according to his family.

Day earned the right to call himself an Ohio State legend last night by joining a table that includes Paul Brown, Woody Hayes, Jim Tressel and Urban Meyer. No matter what happens next, this will be a shining moment for which he’ll be remembered for the rest of his life.