Ryan Day‘s job security at Ohio State became a hot topic across the college football world in the days immediately following a fourth-straight loss to bitter rival Michigan in the regular-season finale Nov.

Kirk Herbstreit wasn’t able to hold back his emotions after Ohio State won the national championship on Monday night at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, with the longtime ESPN college football analyst brought to tears while he was live on the air.

Kirk Herbstreit called it a “perfect storm of emotion” a day after he went viral for crying on an ESPN broadcast following Ohio State’s CFP national championship win over Notre Dame. The college football analyst joined “The Pat McAfee Show,” and was asked about the moment. Herbstreit revealed it was a tough personal year for his family.

That, more anything anything, has impressed ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit.

Ryan Day and Ohio State capped their memorable College Football Playoff run with a national crown Monday night.

Herbstreit — a Centerville, Ohio, native — graduated from Ohio State after playing with the Buckeyes from 1989 to 1992.