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Jimmy Schwabero/Getty ImagesOhio State University football coach Ryan Day His family went through that after the Buckeyes Huge loss for Michigan.
“We had security in our house,” son Ryan, Intellectual Property Dayshared with The athlete In an interview published on Tuesday, January 21. “School was really bad. I didn't leave the house much until after the Tennessee game (three weeks later). It's been tough, but you have to hang in there through those tough times because eventually things will come back around again.
In November 2024, Ohio State lost to archrival Michigan for the fourth straight time. Ryan, 45, also has two daughters, Grace and Nia With the wife Nina's day His family received threats, which led to police protecting him around the clock.
However, two days ago, Ohio State redeemed itself when it won the national title after defeating Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff National Championship.
Paras Griffin/Getty Images After Notre Dame lost to Ohio State in the College Football Playoff national championship game, head coach Marcus Freeman was blunt in his assessment of what went wrong. “You always make mistakes, but these kind of harmful mistakes when you play with a very good football team cost you points,” Freeman, 39, (…)
“I learned lessons last month that I will use for the rest of my life,” RJ explained. “I learned a lot about people’s integrity and about getting up and working every day.”
Ryan Day with his family.
Courtesy of Ryan Day/InstagramWhile Ryan's father-in-law, Stan SpiroHe had his own experience dealing with angry fans – he is the former basketball coach at the University of New Hampshire – and he couldn't believe what he saw after Ohio State lost to Michigan.
Through it all, he praised Ryan's wife, Nina, for staying strong for the family.
“She knows the ups and downs, but she's never experienced what they've had to go through over the last month and a half,” he explained. “Sure, I had my share of setbacks, but it got personal there for a while (of days). It had a huge impact on the immediate family and the kids.
RJ, a high school sophomore, also praised his mother as “incredible.”
Moments after winning the national championship, Ohio State coach Ryan Day and his star players had to walk to a postgame news conference after their golf cart crashed into a wall. The incident that occurred inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Monday, January 20, which was shortly preceded by Ohio State's victory over Notre Dame (…)
“She moved nine or 10 times on her own while my father was already working in that other state,” he said. “We call it the family rock.”
As Ohio State fans continue to celebrate a huge victory, Nina hopes her kids learn a valuable lesson after the heartbreaking loss that occurred less than two months ago.
“No matter what happens, we still have each other,” she said. “We've stuck together. The biggest thing is you learn to fail but you have to get back up again. That's the biggest thing they've learned through this whole thing: Everyone fails, but you have to get up and keep swinging.”
