Ohio State claimed its first national title in 10 years with a 34-23 victory over Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff National Championship game.
Fifty-one days after suffering the worst loss of his career, Day guided the No. 8 Buckeyes to their first national championship in 10 years with a"The story gets to get told now," Day said."It's a great story about a bunch of guys who have overcome some really tough situations. There was a point where there was a lot of people that counted us out, and we just kept swinging and kept fighting.
Ohio State's players said Day accepted some blame for coming up short against Michigan again. But the shocking defeat might have been what the Buckeyes needed to capture the seventh national title in program history.said."Everybody spoke up and just fixed those problems that we had. The leadership on this team is like I've never seen. That wouldn't have happened a couple years ago.
And with Michigan having claimed the last four-team CFP after the 2023 season, the Big Ten captured consecutive national titles for the first time since 1940 to 1942, whentransfer who struggled in his first start against Michigan. Against Notre Dame, Howard completed 17 of 21 passes for 231 yards with 2 touchdown passes, while running 16 times for 57 yards.transfer, ran 11 times for 100 yards with 3 total touchdowns. Smith caught 5 passes for 88 yards with 1 score.
Notre Dame, which was trying to capture its first national championship since 1988, had its 13-game winning streak snapped. It was Ohio State's seventh straight victory against the Irish.
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