Can Jim Tressel win the NC without John Cooper's talent?
i think not. he won it all in just the 2nd year after cooper was fired.
His best recruit was the gun-toting, grey goosing, thug maurice clarett. Dude was outcoached by Larry Coker of all people and was only able to win due to a horrendous call in double overtime for all to see.
Of course he hasnt won one since.
clearly it was cooper's great recruiting/talent that tressel benefitted from, that brought home the crystal.
That conservative play calling with the 3 yards and a cloud of dust mentality was exposed by Florida last year. the same offense that looked like the new england patriots against an overrated Notre Dame team the year before.
Heisman winner troy smith went from looking like steve mcnair to david carr overnight.
maybe cooper recruited more s, oh no they are sensitive that s word. sp.. spee. no can't do it.
that same mentality is why OSU has never beaten an SEC school in a relevant game.
Certainly getting to the NC game is much easier when the rest of your conference is average and slow (at best).
it just means big 10 "championships" are pretty meaningless lately in the grand scheme of things.
if not for that horrendous call the great james mcsweater-vest tressel would would have, that's right, 0
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Southern Stupidity................
Of course no one in your program is telling them they'll blow OSU out. The bulk of the sunshine blown comes from outside, typically.
