Former Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Urban Meyer, who was in Atlanta on Monday to watch Ohio State win the national championship, came to the defense of current Buckeyes coach Ryan Day.

The Ohio State Buckeyes claimed their ninth national championship in program history after beating the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 34-23 on Monday night. However, they still had a few major blemishes during the season. The first was losing to their bitter rivals, the Michigan Wolverines, 13-10 and the second was not winning the Big Ten.

The Ohio State coach was an assistant under Meyer with the Buckeyes as well as the Florida Gators. Meyer was thrilled to see his former assistant lead Ohio State to another national title. The win over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish marked Ohio State's ninth national championship .

Former Ohio State coach Urban Meyer knows what it's like to win at the highest level and said Ryan Day could do the same recently.

There is a small fraternity of people who understand what it is like to face the pressure-cooker that is being the head coach of Ohio State football.

Verbal abuse accompanied tough loses at high-profile coaching stops, which spooked the highly-regarded head coach.

National Champion Ohio State will go down as one of the best teams in college football history according to Hall of Famer and former head coach Urban Meyer.

Tressel, of course, was speaking from experience through the lens of what current coach Ryan Day and his family go through on a weekly basis in Columbus. "The next day they're saying you're horrible and you're really not.

Urban Meyer, the third-winningest coach in Division I history who led Ohio State to a national championship, three Big Ten Conference titles and seven wins over Michigan during a seven-year tenure as head coach,

When former Florida and Ohio State coach Urban Meyer reflects on his career, he remembers the losses as much as the wins

When it comes to Monday's College Football Playoff championship game between Ohio State and Notre Dame, former Florida football coach Urban ... there," Meyer said. "The Buckeyes, Ryan (Day ...

The narrative that Ryan Day's career began on third base discounts his achievements. He got Ohio State to home plate. Day deserves his flowers.