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.

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,

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.

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.

The 2024 schedule of the Northern Illinois Huskies looks a lot like that of an average mid-major football team. They lost to Buffalo but beat Bowling Green. They lost to Toledo but beat Akron. Lost to Miami of Ohio but pulled out a win against Central Michigan.

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

Welcome to a new episode of Land-Grant Podcast Network’s I-80 Football Show. On this show, we travel down I-80 to talk all things Big Ten Football. After every week of action, we will catch you up on all the conference’s games and look ahead at the matchups,

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.

Canada is one of the most trade-dependent countries in the world, and 75% of Canada’s exports go to the United States.

After a devastating loss to Michigan in November, Ohio State recovered to win four in a row to win an expanded College Football Playoff.

This is The Athletic’s college football newsletter. Sign up here to receive Until Saturday directly in your inbox. After the Ohio State Buckeyes won the College Football Playoff national championship last night,

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