To Urban Meyer, three things matter every season at Ohio State — beat Michigan, win the Big Ten Championship and then go on to win the national championship. Since the Buckeyes only accomplished the latter in 2024,
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.
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.
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.
Meyer led Ohio State to a national championship in 2014 after leading the Florida Gators to a pair of titles in 2006 and 2008. Day served under Meyer as the Buckeyes' offensive coordinator from 2017-18.
Meyer becomes the eighth coach from Ohio State to be voted into the College Football Hall of Fame joining other Buckeye greats Howard Jones (1910), John Wilce (1913-28), Francis Schmidt (1934-40), Woody Hayes (1951-78), Earle Bruce (1979-87), John Cooper (1988-2000) and Jim Tressel (2001-10).
Urban Meyer stood by his successor ... calls for his firing after the Buckeyes lost their fourth-straight Michigan game this season. Now, as Ohio State celebrates its first national championship ...
Meyer, who led the Buckeyes to the 2014 Championship and a perfect 7-0 record against Michigan, reflected on his time in Columbus.
Urban Meyer will join Nick Saban in the 2025 College Football Hall of Fame class. The National Football Foundation announced Saban’s selection last week and the rest of the 18-player, four-coach class on Wednesday.
Evaluating the roster talent of Ohio State and Notre Dame is a failed way to compare national championship teams.
Former national championship head coach Urban Meyer did not hold back when responding ... including a fourth-straight loss to rival Michigan, to put together a memorable College Football Playoff ...