You probably know me as “Twitter admin,” but let me introduce myself. My name is Dave. I am from Cincinnati. I’ve started two Ohio State websites (including this one) and wrote for Eleven Warriors for four years while attending The Ohio State University, where I graduated in 2021.

My first site, BuckeyesNews, ran from 2015-2017, created eight days after Ohio State’s 2014 championship. We reached 10,000 followers before my move to Columbus and Eleven Warriors. Ohio State didn’t win a championship during the BuckeyesNews era.

Jason Priestas gave me a chance in 2017. The four years with Eleven Warriors, especially being overlapped with my college career, were magical. But, Ohio State didn’t win a championship. My last game as a student was the shellacking of a loss to Alabama in the 2020 National Championship Game.

I graduated in May, 2021. The Silver Bulletin was born in November, 2021. We built a staff that would bring you #takes by the fan, for the fan. But until yesterday, Ohio State didn’t win a championship.

YOU DON’T GUARD JEREMIAH SMITH ONE-ON-ONE. 😤 pic.twitter.com/BFH5G8pvzk

— The Silver Bulletin (@tSilverBulletin) January 21, 2025

Okay, now that introductions are out of the way, I have a confession to make: I supported the beliefs of the lunatic fringe. I am not proud of it. But I admit it. Ryan Day spent his first 5.75 years as the head coach of Ohio State losing in heartbreaking fashion time and time again. We all know the losses. Two to Oregon, one to Georgia, four to Michigan, and a weird Cotton Bowl against Missouri. I supported the calls for a change in leadership. I was wrong. And I’m not the only one.

For Day to pull off four wins in a row, in a month against Tennessee, Oregon, Texas, and Notre Dame is legendary and shows incredible mental toughness. He leaned on his roster, featuring guys he recruited and re-recruited to stick around, supplemented with a veteran QB and a running back who scored three touchdowns last night. He leaned on his coaching staff, including an offensive coordinator who Day has known since he was a teenager in New Hampshire.

It all finally came together on a Monday night in Atlanta.

As Jeremiah Smith caught a 70-yard bomb to put away a championship, I was reminded of just how far this program has come since 2017, pre-Ryan Day. JT Barrett led a sputtering offense that year and Urban Meyer was preparing for his swan song. Day arrives in 2018, helps Dwayne Haskins to set every single-season Big Ten passing record, signs Justin Fields, and ushers in the new era of Ohio State football. It took a few years and some elite players after that, but Ohio State’s blueprint finally led to a trophy.

Jack Sawyer
JT Tuimoloau
TreVeyon Henderson
Jordan Hancock
Denzel Burke
Tyleik Williams
Ty Hamilton
Emeka Egbuka

All seniors who could’ve moved on. All came back to win a championship. And their legacy will be remembered forever. pic.twitter.com/efv3MB2jRb

— The Silver Bulletin (@tSilverBulletin) January 21, 2025

But I want to talk about Day just a little bit more. The man is a champion of mental health and is absolutely beloved by his players. Nick Saban, college football’s best coach of all time, came out in support of Day on multiple occasions late this season. But Day didn’t ask for it! He put his head down and went back to work. The motto he preached all playoff long was to “keep swinging.” It was his theme at Skull Session against Tennessee and we heard it every game since then. And it’s valid, that is what this team had to do. They took two very loud and hurtful punches against Oregon and Michigan. They got off the mat and knocked out four top-eight teams on their way to the first championship for the school since 2014.

And it’s full-circle for Ryan Day. The man they wanted to run out of town has turned into the Ultimate Winner.