By his own admission, Jack Sawyer didn’t need any kind of elaborate pitch from Ryan Day to get him to commit to Ohio State. If the scholarship offer was there, the Pickerington native was going to don the scarlet and gray.

Ohio State fans have complicated feelings toward Day, who has lost four straight to Michigan but is one win away from a national title.

Day's Buckeyes had just lost to Michigan for the fourth straight time. How they responded to that defeat speaks volume about his coaching.

Watch: Ohio State linebacker Jack Sawyer destroys a camera after hugging Ryan Day following his fumble returned for a touchdown.

The Ohio State Buckeyes have a chance to win the national championship on Monday night, and there's no one who would rather accomplish the feat than the team's head coach Ryan Day. Day has done almost everything that a head coach can do in college football.