Ohio State football is on the verge of another national championship, its first since Urban Meyer ... who were defended by Meyer on his latest podcast episode. ESPN commentator Kirk Herbstreit ...

its first since Urban Meyer led the Buckeyes to the title in 2014. A 10-year championship drought is borderline unacceptable ...

ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit, whose son plays for Ohio State, became visibly emotional while discussing the Buckeyes' CFP title win ...

Much was made about the approximately $20 million Ohio State spent in name, image and likeness money to put the team together ...

"Nobody's going to turn around and say 'Well, they were just kind of handed the championship,'" said Ideastream Public Media sports commentator ... Jim Tressel, Urban Meyer and now Ryan Day.

Urban Meyer had just arrived at Florida ... given that the Tigers have a more positive trajectory than the ESPN commentator seems to believe — not that he’s paying attention of course.

Almost exactly a decade after OSU's last national championship in football, the Buckeyes face Notre Dame in Monday night's ...