The Ohio State Buckeyes will be looking to repeat as College Football Playoff National Champions, and Matt Patricia's defense will play a large role.

The Ohio State Buckeyes are living large after winning their first National Championship in a decade. After coming so close several times over that timeframe, the second-most successful program in terms of regular season wins since 2014 finally got over the hump.

Last year ended in a national championship, but the Buckeyes aren't trying to live in the past as they try to do it again.

Ryan Day pulled a smart tactic from the Nick Saban playbook to keep Ohio State one step ahead of the college football world.

Ryan Day addresses Jeremiah Smith’s promise on not losing to Michigan again by telling who his star wideout is behind closed doors originally appeared on A to Z Sports. Big Ten Football Media Days kicked off on Tuesday, marking the first time in a while that Ryan Day spoke at length in front of the media.

Asked at Big Ten media days whether Locklyn or his agent, Pete Roussel, requested for Ohio State to increase the $200,000 it contributed towards his Oregon buyout in order to settle the case, OSU coach Ryan Day said, “I know that there’s been conversation there but I don’t know the latest update on it.”

The Big Ten enters the 2025 college football season with back-to-back national championships after Ohio State's impressive run through the College Football Playoff. While the criticism surrounding coach Ryan Day has tempered,