First comes the championship, then comes the celebration. Ohio State is fresh off winning the first ever College Football Playoff National Championship with a dominating 42-20 victory over Oregon. The Buckeyes returned to Columbus on Tuesday, but they will get to celebrate with their fans on Jan. 24.    

According to Harrison Hove of NBC 4 in Columbus, the official Ohio State celebration will take place at The Horseshoe with anyone and everyone welcome to attend:

As Hove's tweet notes, Columbus is going to be the hub of the sports world on Jan. 24. In addition to the Buckeyes' celebration, the NHL All-Star Skills Competition is also taking place on that date at the Blue Jackets' home in Nationwide Arena. 

The official time hasn't been announced for Ohio State's celebration. However, if it's an early afternoon event, fans will be able to attend the Buckeyes' parade and go straight from there to Nationwide Arena, where the NHL event starts at 7 p.m. ET.

Now, the big question for this celebration is if it will be able to top what Ohio State put on following the 2002 National Championship win over Miami. The most memorable part of that event was linebacker Cie Grant singing Carmen Ohio. 

This year's team did get an early start on practicing the song, performing a rendition as a team following the victory over Oregon, via Cleveland.com.

While Columbus has to wait another 10 days before officially celebrating these Buckeyes, star running back Ezekiel Elliott offered his thoughts on how the school could help everyone properly take part in this joyous moment:

The NCAA might not like seeing one of its student-athletes demand classes be put on hold for a sporting event, but some Ohio State professors may have been in agreement with Elliott, as ESPN's Kaylee Hartung suggests:

Even though players like Elliott and Cardale Jones will be focal points of the celebration, head coach Urban Meyer will be the star of the show. He's brought all those recruiting juices that made him so successful at Utah and Florida to Ohio State, finding instant success, losing just three games in three years and producing one of the most unpredictable champions in recent memory. 

There was some talk that Meyer could become an object of desire for NFL teams with this championship, but he said, "I love what I'm doing. Not right now," via ESPN.com. While that's not a 100 percent denial, the list of professional jobs is closing fast, so the Buckeyes don't have to worry for at least one more year. 

Meyer has turned into a magician. Ohio State seemed like a mess when he took over, coming off the Jim Tressel debacle with players being suspended, but he came in and fixed everything instantaneously. That's not the kind of thing you see in sports at any level. 

It's not crazy to think Meyer could run for Mayor of Ohio right now and win in a landslide. That may not be a good career move for him, but it speaks to how passionately the fans in that state feel about Ohio State football. They will get to show it in front of this team at the end of the month. 

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