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.

Ohio State's AD stood behind football coach Ryan Day after the Buckeyes' loss vs. Michigan. He was rewarded with a national title.

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,

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.

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.

Ryan Day’s family and they dealt with things they shouldn’t have had to. "We had security at our house, school was re

FOX Sports/The Athletic’s CFB Insider Bruce Feldman and Rich Eisen discuss the threats made to Ohio State head coach Ryan Day and his family following the Buckeyes’ loss to Michigan this season.