Nina Day, wife of Ohio State coach Ryan Day, received unsolicited text messages following the Buckeyes' loss to Michigan in November suggesting that her husband should commit suicide. "They told me multiple times to have Ryan follow in his father's footsteps and kill himself,

For Ryan Day and his family, the weeks after Ohio State's loss to Michigan were "as low and dark as you could possibly imagine," Nina Day said.

As much as Ohio State's passionate supporters — and some within the media — had written off Day, his family and his team never lost hope.