You see, Ryan Day has a Michigan problem. It was only a couple of months ago that the same Ohio State fans who are celebrating this contract extension were calling for Day to be fired after his fourth-straight loss to the Wolverines, this time at home as 19.5-point favorites.

The contract, pending approval by the university’s Board of Trustees, runs through the 2031 season and would make Day the second highest-paid coach in the country behind Georgia’s Kirby Smart.

Ryan Day and the Ohio State Buckeyes agreed to a massive contract extension on Thursday morning. Day, who has been Ohio State's head coach since 2019, is fresh off a national championship. The Buckeyes ran through the first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff gauntlet,