Former Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Urban Meyer, who was in Atlanta on Monday to watch Ohio State win the national championship, came to the defense of current Buckeyes coach Ryan Day.

The vibes are great in Columbus, Ohio with the Buckeyes fresh off of a National Championship win against Notre Dame on Monday night. Ohio State defeated Notre Dame, 34-23, to bring Ryan Day his first National Championship.

Verbal abuse accompanied tough loses at high-profile coaching stops, which spooked the highly-regarded head coach.

Urban Meyer led the Ohio State Buckeyes to a national championship in the first year of the College Football Playoff. Two days ago, his former offensive coordinator replicated the feat. Meyer addressed Ryan Day's historic win for the Buckeyes on the latest episode of his The

Tressel, of course, was speaking from experience through the lens of what current coach Ryan Day and his family go through on a weekly basis in Columbus. "The next day they're saying you're horrible and you're really not.

The Ohio State coach was an assistant under Meyer with the Buckeyes as well as the Florida Gators. Meyer was thrilled to see his former assistant lead Ohio State to another national title. The win over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish marked Ohio State's ninth national championship .

There is a small fraternity of people who understand what it is like to face the pressure-cooker that is being the head coach of Ohio State football.

Earlier this month former Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer changed his national title pick after watching star wide receiver Jeremiah Smith and the Buckeyes

The last time the Ohio State Buckeyes won a national championship, Urban Meyer was head coach. Now, Meyer is an analyst, but he still clearly has an affinity fo

Former Ohio State coach Urban Meyer, who won the 2014 national championship, defended Buckeyes fans Monday, despite calling them "nut jobs":

Meyer becomes the eighth coach from Ohio State to be voted into the College Football Hall of Fame joining other Buckeye greats Howard Jones (1910), John Wilce (1913-28), Francis Schmidt (1934-40), Woody Hayes (1951-78), Earle Bruce (1979-87), John Cooper (1988-2000) and Jim Tressel (2001-10).

Here's a look at how many national championships Ohio State football has won heading into the Buckeyes' CFP title game matchup with Notre Dame: