It was bleak for Ohio State and head coach Ryan Day after a fourth-straight loss to Michigan.
That is a training demise sentence in Columbus and there have been many suppose items and far ink spilled relating to whether or not or not Day could be OSU’s coach in 2025-26 pending the outcomes of the School Soccer Playoff.
No person noticed a run for OSU, particularly after the best way the Buckeyes misplaced to Michigan, however right here they’re as nationwide champions after defeating Notre Dame, 34-23, on Monday.
Ohio State gained its ninth nationwide championship, and in keeping with school soccer “know all of it” Paul Finebaum, that will simply supply Day an opportunity at redemption.
“That is actually about loads of issues, but in addition redemption for Ryan Day,” Finebaum just lately stated on ESPN’s “Get Up” (h/t On3). “Everyone knows what the narrative was, and it was actual. I do know loads of Ohio State followers need to act prefer it was the media’s fault, however they had been in bars after the Michigan sport blaming Ryan Day and wanting him out if he couldn’t flip this factor round, however he did.”
Day did flip issues round for OSU, and in epic trend. Maybe nothing was as spectacular because the Buckeyes’ dismantling of No. 1 Oregon within the Rose Bowl, however to observe that up with a win over a sizzling Texas workforce within the Cotton Bowl proved that this Ohio State workforce may win all of it.
For Day’s sake, this title run could have saved his job for the foreseeable future.