Football Press Luncheon Thread

[Buckin' A]

If you looked up words or phrases such as overreacts, flies off the handle, or makes mountains out of molehills, Hooley's picture would accompany every single one.

I couldn't think of a personality that is more a polar opposite of JT ... so yeah, maybe.

Hooley (and Mike Ricordati) spent a weeks worth of 1460 airtime railing against Henton, then another week railing JT for not cutting Henton, just this past month.

Sucks. 1460 really went into the toilet once Uncle Fitty left in 2004.

May be...just may be...the wrong bowl of Cheerios to piss in.

 

[Jaxbuck]

May be...just may be...the wrong bowl of Cheerios to piss in.

If you mean antagonizing a head coach as popular as JT in a town as football mad as Columbus in a state like Ohio...I agree 100%. Probably not the wisest course of action to take for a dime-a-dozen sportswriter/jocksniffer.

 

[JohnnyCockfight]

If you mean antagonizing a head coach as popular as JT in a town as football mad as Columbus in a state like Ohio...I agree 100%. Probably not the wisest course of action to take for a dime-a-dozen sportswriter/jocksniffer.

But not surprisingly Hooley's antics amount to a perfect recipe for landing a contributor job with espn.com.

 

[Dryden]

Transcript From Coach Tressel Weekly Press Conference - Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com

Nice shot at ESPN ...

REPORTER: Coach, there's talk of Todd Boeckman becoming a Heisman candidate; do you think he's playing at a Heisman level and what do you think he would need to do to get a chance to go to New York?

COACH TRESSEL: Who began that talk, you, Raj?

REPORTER: No, it was on College Gameday.

COACH TRESSEL: Oh, it was? Then it must be exact. [...]

 

[CleveBucks]

JT's pressers are hilarious.

REPORTER: Can you talk a little bit about the versatility of the offense we've been seeing lately? Todd's throwing short, the offensive is going long to Robo (Robiskie) and he seems to be using all the weapons on the field.

COACH TRESSEL: We've been taking notes of everything everyone's been suggesting...

REPORTER: Unlike 2002, you haven't had that heart-stopping moment --

COACH TRESSEL: Weren't you at the Michigan State game when the third fumble went down? You must have missed that. You must have gone and gotten a hot dog back there, man!

 

[BB73]

JT talks about the blocked FG, about how the assistants help at recruiting, and other things.

official.site

REPORTER: To have a field goal blocked, I know it hasn't cost you games yet, but the kickoff returns and the field goals, how much of a concern has this become?

COACH TRESSEL: A huge concern. You know, I'm concerned about the carpet. Everything's a concern to me. But we've had a couple blocked up the middle and this one in particular was off in about one three three, we need it off in one two five, we feel. There was a little push in the middle and I'm not sure we hit it high enough. It was a combination of those three things.
You talk to kickers all the time and the only thing we need on field goals is height. The ball -- you're only kicking from wherever. I'm not sure we got the height we needed. I'm not sure we had perfect protection, I'm not sure we had the exact mechanics, so they got one fingertip on the thing and it goes and that might be the difference in the conference championship. So that's a huge concern and it's something that I promise you -- [URL="https://admin.xosn.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=87743&SPID=10408&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1059342"]Ryan Pretorius[/URL] told me Sunday, he said, Coach, I didn't sleep last night. And I told him, I don't sleep most nights, so don't worry about it, but I told him when I get to his age I'll worry about sleeping. It's a concern.

Cont'd ...

REPORTER: Back to Ron Zook for a second, so many people have characterized him as a great recruiter and you just did, what is it that makes him a great recruiter? Is he a great closer with the family, is he great at seeking out talent that nobody else finds, you hear him characterized that way so often, what makes him great at his job?
COACH TRESSEL: I think it's work ethic, he goes at it and goes at it and goes at it. He's got a great staff. I think anytime anyone talks about a head coach being great at doing something, don't forget it's probably the staff that did it. I have to be honest. I used to try to explain that to Earle, we were doing all that for him. So really, he's got an excellent staff of recruiters. He himself works tirelessly, he's got a great product.

 

[Dryden]

If there is one thing you cannot question, it's JT's integrity.

REPORTER: Do you guys have a hurry-up play on offense for situations where the punt last Saturday or a close catch on the sideline where you want to get up there and get the ball snapped before the review?

COACH TRESSEL: No.

REPORTER: Is it something you've thought about at all?

COACH TRESSEL: I've heard it discussed, but, no, we don't have a hurry-up play. If the thing should be reversed, it should be reversed. We don't want to gain a fumble when it wasn't a fumble. You just go through whatever it is. I was surprised that it was reviewed, but I was surprised on Robie's catch that one time, I don't know if that was two weeks ago or was that last week? It all runs together. It was what it was, and we want a win, but we also want it to be the deal.

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

If there is one thing you cannot question, it's JT's integrity.

And his sense of humor:

You talk to kickers all the time and the only thing we need on field goals is height. The ball -- you're only kicking from wherever. I'm not sure we got the height we needed. I'm not sure we had perfect protection, I'm not sure we had the exact mechanics, so they got one fingertip on the thing and it goes and that might be the difference in the conference championship. So that's a huge concern and it's something that I promise you -- [URL="https://admin.xosn.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=87743&SPID=10408&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1059342"]Ryan Pretorius[/URL] told me Sunday, he said, Coach, I didn't sleep last night. And I told him, I don't sleep most nights, so don't worry about it, but I told him when I get to his age I'll worry about sleeping. It's a concern.