Buckeye fans can see the College Football Playoff national championship trophy up close and personal this week in Columbus.

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. That relief only lasts so long. Day made that clear when it was suggested to him on Tuesday morning that Monday night's 34-23 national championship game victory over Notre Dame meant he would feel less pressure to win big in the 2025 season.

After Notre Dame put an impressive 18-play drive together to start the game that lasted 9:45 and ended with the Fighting Irish going up 7-0, it seemed like Ohio State was immediat