BREAKING NEWS: Ryan Day Deserves Every Penny From His New Contract, Eddie George is “A Really Big Fan” of TreVeyon Henderson and Quinshon Judkins.READ MORE BELOW 👇🏽 👇🏽
THE PEOPLE. THE TRADITION. THE EXCELLENCE. Ohio State head coach Ryan Day has a new contract – one that makes him the second-highest-paid coach in college football behind Georgia’s Kirby Smart.
He deserves it.
Of course, he deserves it for his performance on the sidelines, where he has collected a 70-10 record, a national championship, four College Football Playoff appearances and two Big Ten titles, but he also deserves it for his persona in the office.
Remember Ohio State’s mantra: “The People. The Tradition. The Excellence.”
Remember Woody Hayes’ motto: “You win with people.”
This school, this program, is about people, and Day is one of the best people I’ve ever been around.
When Harry Miller wrestled with mental health issues, Day saved his life. “Sometimes it’s a matter of life and death. The structure of having a coach like Coach Day who was receptive, having a staff like the mental health staff – the stuff that was in place at Ohio State saved my life,” Miller said on ESPN in June 2022.
When Avery Henry battled cancer in 2023, Day stood beside him. “Coach Day was always by my side. I remember vividly him talking to me multiple times during my treatments and making sure I was always part of the team! Love our coaches and the thought they put into my family and me during our toughest times,” Henry posted on X this week.
Even in less dire circumstances, Day proved himself to be a man of character, such as the seasons he helped Jack Sawyer mature on and off the field. “I appreciated how Coach didn’t treat me like I was just some underachieving player. Honestly, he treated me more like a son,” Sawyer wrote in The Players’ Tribune in January. “He’d let me know when he was disappointed and when there was something I needed to work on. But he’d never try to ‘prove a point’ with me being one of those dictator types – he always made me feel like a human being. It felt like his criticisms were about my progress, not his ego.”
How about when Day donated Ohio State-Tennessee tickets to Clark Willmore, a 4-year-old fan with Sanfilippo Syndrome? Or when Day and his wife, Christina, created the Nina and Ryan Day Resilience Fund and donated $1 million to it?
Yes, he deserves it – for more reasons than one.
Ohio State has its leader, now and for the future.
Cheers, Coach.
“I’M A REALLY BIG FAN OF BOTH.” Ohio State running backs TreVeyon Henderson and Quinshon Judkins have received public endorsements from one of the school’s all-time great ballcarriers.
In an appearance on the Stripe Sports Podcast, Eddie George raved about Henderson and Judkins, who combined for 338 touches, 2,521 yards and 27 touchdowns as the Buckeyes claimed their ninth national title in 2024.
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