SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – As the light rain drizzled onto those populating the football field at Notre Dame Preparatory High School, Ryan Day gathered his Ohio State team in a circle around him the 10-yard line.
Kneeling with their eyes on the head coach, they watched as Day dialed up the intensity to deliver a passionate speech just four days before gearing up to face Clemson in the Fiesta Bowl with a national championship game berth on the line. In the speech that lasted approximately two minutes, Day mentioned Ohio State's doubters, the need to control the line of scrimmage and said, “There’s no way we lose to them.