23, 2023, was not the finest moment for Marcus Freeman or Ryan Day. Their football teams ... and Freeman had the Northern Illinois Huskies debacle—but they’ve come a long way.

"If Notre Dame doesn’t win, it’s because we want to preserve Ryan Day’s job," Holtz wrote ... shocking Week 2 upset at the hands of Northern Illinois. The teams will settle it all on ...

Holtz, 88, reignited their feud last week on X when he wrote that, “If Notre Dame doesn’t win, it’s because we want to preserve Ryan Day’s job. I was originally going to be at the game in spirit, but now I’ll be dragging my body along as well.” He was responding to a tweet wondering if he would attend the showdown.

Ohio State head coach Ryan Day held court with the media for an hour on Saturday, two days before his Buckeyes face the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the national championship game. There were, naturally,

Either Ohio State or Notre Dame will not just be a worthy champion, but one that deserves recognition for surviving a gauntlet of four playoff games.

Ohio State head football coach Ryan Day will speak to the media Wednesday ahead of next week's national championship matchup with Notre Dame. You can watch the live stream of Day and Ohio State players below or at the Dispatch YouTube channel. The Buckeyes and Irish will face off at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 20 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.

Here are three keys and a prediction for the national championship as Ohio State looks to become the third two-loss national champion.

Ohio State head football coach Ryan Day will speak to the media Wednesday ... The Irish have won 12 in a row since an early loss to Northern Illinois, led by an imposing ground game led by ...

About the only thing that feels normal about it are the teams playing for the title: Ohio State and Notre Dame.

The dominant Ohio State offense racked up 445 yards on the Irish defense. The tease factor was laid to rest as quarterback Will Howard hit freshman wide receiver sensation Jerimiah Smith with a 56-yard bomb on a third and 11 situation with two minutes left. That play led to the field goal with 26 seconds left, producing the final score of 34-23.

Among the revelers on the field after Ohio State won the National Championship Game over Notre Dame was a man with a connection to both programs and first-hand knowledge of what it takes to get to tha

For the first time in the history of college football, a team with two regular season losses that finished the year without a conference title and ranked outsid