LordJeffBuck;1413358; said:How about JoPa in 1986? Back then, did anyone think that he'd be shut out for the next 20+ years?
Did anyone think that Steve Spurrier would be a one-hit wonder back in 1996?
Maybe JT and Bob Stoops break the mold, but this isn't merely a case of "statistics distorting reality" ... until it happens once, it hasn't happened.
I certainly hope that JT's window isn't closing, but history says that it is.
Tressel's been in three of the last seven BCS title games...while he has won only one, he's still getting there on a regular basis. To me, that shows he's keeping that window wide open.
Woody won two NCs in his first seven years, and then had to wait 11 more years until his next one. In fact, after going 4-5 in 1966 and 6-3 in 1967, there were many who were calling for his head, and it did appear that his "NC window" was not only closed but boarded shut. He ended up winning the 1968 NC and had the Bucks in position for 4-5 more through the early/mid '70s.
While I'm not pencilling in 2010 as a NC year like I did the 2006 season before the 2006 season even started, I think with Pryor and "Block O" as experienced juniors we should be the team to beat. Tressel's NC window is wide open and the breeze feels great...
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