This has been a season unlike any other for Ryan Day emotionally. Less than two months ago, loud and influential media voices were calling for the firing of the nation’s winningest active coach in the wake of Ohio State’s fourth straight loss to Michigan.

Out of its lowest moment of the season came clarity for the Ohio State Buckeyes. Raw emotions. Honesty. Hard conversations that were long overdue. It all came spilling out in a players-only meeting on the Tuesday after Ohio State's devastating loss to Michigan in the final weekend of the regular season.

A Buckeyes win would give the Big Ten back-to-back national champions for the first time since 1942, when the league was called the Western Conference. Paul Brown-coached Ohio State went 9-1 that year and was the third straight national champion from the conference. Voters crowned Minnesota in 1940 and ’41.

A young Ohio State fan has brought together Buckeyes and Volunteers fans alike in a heartwarming effort to support his family. Clark Willmore, a 4-year-old from

Columbus, Ohio, attorney and former state Sen. Ben Espy will be remembered at a service for his decades of service to the state and city.

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Owned by Burke Racing Stable, Weaver Bruscemi, Hatfield Stables, and Knox Services, Tennessee Tom hit the board nine times this season, making $294,530. He won the James K. Hackett Memorial at Miami Valley Raceway, three legs of the Ohio Sires Stakes, and the $142,000 Ohio State Fair Stakes.

Seth McLaughlin lit a 'victory cigar' during Ohio State's blowout win over Tennessee, a nod to Alabama's rivalry tradition with the Vols.

Ohio State has been blitzing less during its College Football Playoff run but has seen an uptick in sacks during wins over Oregon and Tennessee.

Ohio State is taking a winter trip to Dallas to play in the Cotton Bowl in consecutive seasons, facing Texas on Friday in a College Football Playoff semifinal. While

Ohio State and Texas have drawn each other as semifinal opponents in the College Football Playoff. This is the fourth matchup between the blue bloods.

After a difficult loss to Michigan, Ohio State has been a buzzsaw in its first two College Football Playoff games.