Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Ryan Day gave the Tennessee Vols a compliment on Tuesday morning while discussing his team's win in the College Football Playoff championship game. The Buckeyes capped off an incredible post-season run by beating Notre Dame 34-23 on Monday night to claim Ohio State's ninth national championship.

With just seconds left in the National Championship game on Monday night, Ohio State’s head coach Ryan Day was shown running up and down the sidelines, launching his headset into the crowd, and his players holding him to make sure the green-soaked Gatorade bath-filled him from head to toe.

As much as Ohio State's passionate supporters — and some within the media — had written off Day, his family and his team never lost hope.