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Ohio State coach Ryan Day celebrated his team after the Buckeyes captured the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship with a 34-23 win over Notre Dame on Monday. Despite losing a pair of regular-season games, the Buckeyes fought back from the 8-seed and blew past the competition en route to the program’s first title in a decade.
“After all the things that have been said throughout the year, these guys are going to be cemented as one of the best stories in Ohio State history and one of the best football teams ever,” Day said in his post-game press conference. “Only nine teams have ever done it and three in over 50 years. There was a point where not a lot of people had that vision, but these guys did and they saw it through. Ohio State might not be for everybody, but it’s for these guys and I’m really proud of them.”
The Buckeyes took control early during the win over Notre Dame and jumped out to a 31-7 third quarter lead. The Irish refused to go down easy and ultimately fought back to pull within eight points in the game’s waning minutes.
Facing third-and-11, though, Ohio State dialed up one of the biggest plays in program history when quarterback Will Howard found receiver Jeremiah Smith iso’d on a defensive back for a 56-yard completion. The gutsy call helped set up a 33-yard field goal to ice the game.
“We felt like we had an advantage with Jeremiah on that shot and we talked about it all week,” Day said. “We really hadn’t thrown one all game and it was like, you know what, game on the line, let’s just go. I just thought to myself, only one national championship, you only get one opportunity a year to do this, let’s just lay it on the line and put it out there and be aggressive. And that’s what we did.”
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Author : Shehan Jeyarajah
Publish date : 2025-01-21 06:38:00
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