Nina Day, wife of Ohio State coach Ryan Day, received unsolicited text messages following the Buckeyes' loss to Michigan in November suggesting that her husband should commit suicide. "They told me multiple times to have Ryan follow in his father's footsteps and kill himself,

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.

Ohio State football head coach Ryan Day has been met with a new challenge immediately following the Buckeyes' National Championship.