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.

Ohio State football beat Notre Dame on Monday to clinch its first College Football Playoff National Championship since the 2014 season. As a result, Ryan Day is getting paid. The sixth-year coach earned $1 million in incentives for the title,

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.