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Penn State Nittany Lions moving like Saquon Barkley.” When the confetti fell in Atlanta after Ohio State Buckeyes’ 2024 CFP national championship victory over Notre Dame, if you’d have cared to notice,

However, Knowles wasn’t in attendance. About an hour later, reports surfaced that Knowles is leaving Ohio State to serve as Penn State’s next defensive coordinator. The move leaves Day searching for a replacement. Here’s who he might consider as he enters his seventh season as the Buckeyes' head coach.

The Ohio State Buckeyes are fresh off winning the program's ninth national championship and have already turned their attention to defending their title in 2025. In the days following the Buckeyes' College Football Playoff Championship Game triumph,

The Buckeye Fever Podcast is back with a victory celebration episode you won’t want to miss. Dave Holmes dives into the latest Buckeye drama, from Jim Knowles’ shocking exit to Penn State to the wild fan reactions after Ohio State’s championship run. Plus, Ryan Day’s big moment on The Tonight Show.

Ryan Day is once again dealing with the consequences of success in college football after leading Ohio State to a national championship.

The departure of defensive coordinator Jim Knowles adds a challenge for Ohio State, which was already dealing with heavy roster turnover on defense.

James Franklin has picked up his first win over Ohio State since 2016. Penn State poached Ohio State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles over the weekend. While Ryan Day and the Buckeyes were busy celebrating their first national title in 10 years with a party at Ohio Stadium,

Day, who ended his sixth season as the Buckeyes head coach with his first national championship win, was a guest on "The Tonight Show" on Monday night. Day spoke with Jimmy Fallon about Ohio State's College Football Playoff run, with the CFP trophy on display in the background.

A few days after Ohio State won the College Football Playoff National Championship, Ryan Day's program took its biggest hit, losing defensive coordinator Jim Knowles to Penn State, who hired him in th

Looking ahead to the next NCAAF season, the current champions, Ohio State Buckeyes, lose a member of Ryan Day's staff, heading to a Big 10 rival.

Guerrieri represents the continuity option. He's a Knowles guy through and through, initially coming with him to Ohio State as a senior analyst back in 2022. After a year apart at Indiana in 2023, Knowles missed him so much that he convinced Day to bring him back to Columbus, where he spent this past season as safeties coach.