The Ohio State Buckeyes may be the hottest team in college football after opening the playoff with two blowout victories. Ohio State head coach Ryan Day made his feelings clear about whether the team's loss to the Michigan Wolverines helped the program heading into the College Football Playoff.

The pressure on head coach Ryan Day and the Ohio State Buckeyes became nearly overwhelming after losing to rival Michigan for a fourth straight season. Since then, his Buckeyes have responded with two massive wins in the College Football Playoff,

Following a loss at home to rival and otherwise-wobbly Michigan on the last day of November, few expected Ohio State to still be kicking heading into mid-January. Buckeyes coach Ryan Day reminded his players of as much,