Playoff spot secured, Ryan Day's shot at redemption sets up as the stuff of legend

Ryan Day's team is in the College Football Playoff.

Ryan Day's team is playing for the national championship. If they win, Day will have earned the right to run out to midfield as "Hang On Sloopy" plays. Jim Harbaugh's side beat Ryan Day 45-23 in November.

Ryan Day and the Ohio State Buckeyes are playing Michigan in Los Angeles on Jan. 9. The game is a revenge for the fans who chanted for Urban Meyer to come back during the postgame show. Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh wants the Michigan flag planted at Ohio's midfield.

Buckeyes beat Wisconsin in the Big Ten Championship to earn their place in CFP. Alabama beat Georgia for the national title in 2017. The Crimson Tide lost to their biggest rivals in regular-season finale. There is no precedent in college football history for a Michigan-Ohio State national championship game. Only the 1969 Game of the Century came close. It was a regular season game that ignored the bowls still to be played.

Ryan Day's team has secured a playoff spot. They play Georgia on Saturday. Georgia is favored by 6.5 points. If they lose to Georgia, it will be the worst possible scenario for the Buckeyes. It would be worse than losing to Michigan twice in the same season. In 1987, Earle Bruce called it “the darkest day in Ohio State football history’.