The Ohio State University football coach Ryan Day and his family went through it after the Buckeyes' brutal loss to Michigan. "We had security at our house," Ryan's son, R.J. Day, shared with The Athletic in an interview published Tuesday,

Ohio State coach Ryan Day made it to the promiseland and delivered the Buckeyes their first national title since 2014, but the journey was far from a fairytale, according to his family.

The family of Ohio State football coach Ryan Day is explaining how difficult things were for them after the Michigan loss.

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.

"Ryan Day’s leadership has propelled the Ohio State Buckeyes to their first National Championship since 2014, silencing critics and securing his place among college football's coaching elite. Despite facing intense scrutiny after four consecutive losses to Michigan Wolverines in The Game,

In one of college football’s great reversals of fortune, Ohio State shook off that dreadful loss to their archrivals and took advantage of the second chance the sport’s newly expanded playoff provided.

The Buckeyes won four games to claim this year's CFP national title. Despite losing to Michigan and Oregon, Ohio State entered the CFP as an at-large. The squad then defeated Tennessee, Oregon, Texas and finally the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

Ryan Day became the fifth Ohio State football coach to win a national title, joining legends Paul Brown, Woody Hayes, Jim Tressel and Urban Meyer.

Even as many Ohio State fans turned on Ryan Day, his players never wavered in their support of the coach who would lead them to the national title.

Joshua Perry was adamant that Ohio State could not de-emphasize the Michigan game due to winning this year's national championship.

The team that signed the top overall recruit in the class is Michigan. Quarterback Bryce Underwood is from the state of Michigan, and he ended up committing to the Wolverines after being committed to LSU for a long time. He ended up flipping back in November.