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Jim Tressel (National Champion, ex-President, Youngstown State University, CFB HOF)

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osugrad21;1546358; said:
Michigan?

Save me the BCS garbage...its Michigan.

Lose sight of that game, and you are not focused at all on this program.
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I meant big non-Michigan games, Michigan being a big game doesn't need to be mentioned. :wink2:

But yes, his continual dominance against Michigan is a huge asset for him, and (regardless of Michigan's quality) something we should be careful to not forget about (like I just did, haha.)
 
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TDG;1546343; said:
I definitely don't think Tressel should be fired, though there's certainly reason to be unhappy with him at the moment. I like to think of Tressel's time here in terms of QB eras. The Krenzel era began with a win over UM and an Outback Bowl win, and ended up having a 2-1 record against Michigan, a 2-1 bowl record, and a national championship. Then we had the Smith era, which began with a win over Michigan and an Alamo Bowl win, and ended up with a 3-0 record against Michigan, a 2-1 bowl record, and no national championships. 2007 was a pretty weird transition year with Boeckman and the still-young defense, and it certainly didn't launch an era. Now the Terelle Pryor era has begun with a win over Michigan and a Fiesta Bowl loss. Now, that's a much better start than the previous two eras had, and our defense it lookin more impressive than it's been since 2005.

Now at the same time, we've not won a big game in three years, so not all is fine and dandy. But we're at the start of a new era, not the end. I think once Pryor graduates, that will be the time to re-evaluate his job status. Not now, when we've got such a young team and are still transitioning to a new QB and new RB core and all that. That's just ridiculous. It's like people haven't learned anything at all from Michigan's mistakes.
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Sorry to nitpick, but I'm all about getting your facts straight. The Krenzel era did start off with a win over Michigan, but we did not win that Outback Bowl, and it was Bellisari who lead the main comeback in that game anyways.

Also, I don't know if you can count the Alamo win as part of the "Smith era," as he did not play in that game, sure it occurred during his first year as a starter, but it was Zwick who led us to victory against the Cowboys.

Other than that, I like you're breakdown of Tressel's eras by QB, I never really thought of it like that, and ya the Pryor era has started pretty strong compared to the Krenzel and Smith eras. Now, hopefully Pryor continues to grow as much as Krenzel and Smith did in their years as the starting QB at tOSU, and he helps us bring another National Championship to Columbus.
 
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Yeah, sorry about that, I just fixed it. But yeah, in the opening bowl games of all three eras really (when you consider the major role Boeckman played in the Fiesta) there was some funny stuff going on at QB. I think the point stands because, regardless of who was taking snaps, by all three bowl games we had to some extent settled in to a style of play (for example, in the Alamo even with Zwick at QB we ran a shotgun-heavy offense with big emphasis on Ginn as a weapon, as we would do without the Smith era.)

But definitely if Pryor can improve as much as Krenzel and especially Smith did, I think his "era" could end up being the most successful of the three, and this big OOC game losing streak end up being a forgotten bump in the road.
 
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TDG;1546442; said:
Yeah, sorry about that, I just fixed it. But yeah, in the opening bowl games of all three eras really (when you consider the major role Boeckman played in the Fiesta) there was some funny stuff going on at QB. I think the point stands because, regardless of who was taking snaps, by all three bowl games we had to some extent settled in to a style of play (for example, in the Alamo even with Zwick at QB we ran a shotgun-heavy offense with big emphasis on Ginn as a weapon, as we would do without the Smith era.)

But definitely if Pryor can improve as much as Krenzel and especially Smith did, I think his "era" could end up being the most successful of the three, and this big OOC game losing streak end up being a forgotten bump in the road.
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Agreed and let's hope so!
 
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BuckeyeFan 52;1544314; said:
I'm saying they were very average, at best. I don't think it's relevant to look back at what people were saying about these guys when they were about to enter the program out of high school.
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I think it is very relevant to look back and see what people were saying about them as they were coming into the program. People were not saying they were average. People were saying they looked great. These old posts are like a time capsule. We can read them and see how people were thinking at a certain point in time. Maybe we need to look at the evaluation process of these high school players. Is the coaching staff missing something since they are recruiting "average" players?

I will restate this, I do not want to see JT fired.
 
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Tressel outshines Carroll in college football's location nation
from Tressel outshines Carroll in college football's location nation - CBSSports.com
A good article


CBSSports.com said:
This story is going to do things you didn't think possible. It will compliment Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel in a way that insults the OSU football program. It will compliment Southern California in a way that insults USC coach Pete Carroll.

How is that possible? It just is. Trust me. I know how this story ends.

And I know how it begins, too.


Jim Tressel's teams have routinely beaten the teams they should beat. (Getty Images)
It begins with a football game on Sept. 28, 2003. It begins on that day with this score: California 34, USC 31.

Cal was unranked. The Trojans were No. 3. That was the first of six losses to unranked Pac-10 teams the Trojans have suffered under Carroll, a trend that continued Saturday when No. 3 USC lost to Washington. Given how good USC has been under Carroll, that's a staggering number of losses to unranked teams.

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someone posted this story on scout...

thanks Coach Tress

Sep 24, 2009

Child Receives Authentic OSU Football Helmet
For the past two weeks a local family has taken a ride on an emotional roller coaster, but now with the help of a college football coach, they have another reason to smile.
Reporter: Cathleen Moxley
Email Address: [email protected]

For the past two weeks a local family has taken a ride on an emotional roller coaster, but now with the help of a college football coach, they have another reason to smile.

Ohio State's head football coach, Jim Tressel, has given 11-year-old Nathan Lewis an authentic, signed Ohio State football helmet.

Coach Tressel sent the helmet to Nathan's church with a note saying that he was sorry to hear about everything he and his family have been through.

It all started two weeks ago when an OSU themed helmet that Nathan's late father made was taken.

His dad, Chad Lewis, died just days later after a short battle with bone cancer.

Fortunately, the helmet was returned, and now Nathan has two special helmets.

"To think that a man who is as busy as Coach Tressel is, would take the time for an 11 year old boy that he doesn't know, but yet he showed his support and his comforting way; it means a lot," Tarri Lewis, Nathan's mother, said.

The OSU helmet was given to Nathan during Wednesday night's church service.
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Video story in link below

Child Receives Authentic OSU Football Helmet
 
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