Former Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Urban Meyer, who was in Atlanta on Monday to watch Ohio State win the national championship, came to the defense of current Buckeyes coach Ryan Day.

For the first time since the Urban Meyer era, Ohio State is on top of the college football world, thanks to his former assistant Ryan Day and the mettle of the 2024 Buckeyes. While it wasn’t a sure thing,

Tressel, of course, was speaking from experience through the lens of what current coach Ryan Day and his family go through on a weekly basis in Columbus. "The next day they're saying you're horrible and you're really not.

The Ohio State Buckeyes claimed their ninth national championship in program history after beating the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 34-23 on Monday night. However, they still had a few major blemishes during the season. The first was losing to their bitter rivals, the Michigan Wolverines, 13-10 and the second was not winning the Big Ten.

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 .

Urban Meyer had his moment to call out the social media mob after Ryan Day led Ohio State to a national championship.

Verbal abuse accompanied tough loses at high-profile coaching stops, which spooked the highly-regarded head coach.

Former Florida football coach Urban Meyer, who has ties to both OSU and Notre Dame, offers prediction for CFP title game

When Urban Meyer retired due to health reasons and was replaced by Ryan Day ahead of the 2019 season, Buckeyes fans expected Day to continue that domination. Those expectations put heat on Ryan Day, according to Kirk Herbstreit.

There is a small fraternity of people who understand what it is like to face the pressure-cooker that is being the head coach of Ohio State football.

Co-defensive coordinator with Luke Fickell for Ohio State’s 2014 national champions, Chris Ash helped coach Urban Meyer’s Buckeyes go 26-2 in 2014-15.

Ohio State fans weren’t the only ones happy to see Ryan Day finally bring a national championship back to Columbus. Last week, ESPN’s Greg McElroy opened up on his admiration for the Buckeyes’ head coach.