Nick Saban gave an impassioned defense of Ohio State head coach Ryan Day on “College Gameday” on Monday that seemed to come from an all too familiar place for the former Alabama coach. Day took severe ...

Day also expressed his pride in his team’s overcoming of adversity. He said what his ... sought to win its first title since 1988, when Lou Holtz was coach. Monday night was the school’s ...

The Ohio State University Buckeyes are national champions after defeating Notre Dame 34-23 in the College Football Playoff national championship game on Monday night. It was the first college football ...

By the wee hours of Jan. 21, Freeman may be going trophy-to-trophy with Lou Holtz — who won the ... head coach to be able to “embrace the adversity.” Some will say that it was the stunning ...

(The adversity wasn’t that bad ... So much has happened since then. Perhaps Lou Holtz will perform the coin toss.” JOHN TALTY, CBSSports.com: “Ohio State’s $20 million roster, one of ...

Despite a painful loss to Ohio State in the CFP finale, Notre Dame has set a foundation for more success under Marcus Freeman.

For Notre Dame, the adversity hit earlier. The Irish lost to Northern Illinois ... Notre Dame won the national title in 1988 under coach Lou Holtz. The Irish finished that season with a perfect 12-0 ...

How you handle adversity is pretty much how you're defined ... Day's obsession with proving Ohio State is "tough" (where's Lou Holtz?) … the Buckeyes won because of a 13 play, 88 yard drive ...

In one corner, offensive lineman Pat Coogan waxed poetic about how Notre Dame had fought its way here, to a national championship, despite injuries and plenty of adversity. In the other corner ...

ATLANTA — Ryan Day got to prove one of his biggest critics wrong in person. Lou Holtz, the last coach to lead Notre Dame to a national championship, was expected to be in attendance Monday night ...