Ryan Day had reason to smile on Saturday morning.
After a gloomy week in Columbus following Ohio State’s loss to Michigan last Saturday, the Buckeyes got good news on Friday night when USC lost to Utah in the Pac-12 Championship Game, likely propelling the Buckeyes back into the top four of the College Football Playoff rankings on Sunday, when this year’s playoff field will be set.
Appearing on ESPN’s College GameDay on Saturday morning, Day said “there's a lot of excitement” within the program about getting the opportunity to compete for a national championship.
Ryan Day talks about how things have changed for Ohio State after USC's loss:
"You get an opportunity to go play in this thing, you're two games away from a national championship after feeling like, a few days ago, your season was over.