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

[jlb1705]

marcushartman
RT @OSUsportsfromPD: Tressel's former deal gave him faculty position if wanted when done coaching, this deal chances that to assoc. AD spot 11 minutes ago via Tweetie

Interesting.

 

[Deety]

Long live Coach Tressel.

O-H!

 

[Poe McKnoe]

Long live Coach Tressel.

O-H!

 

[MaliBuckeye]

I! O!!

 

[DaddyBigBucks]

Ohio definitely needs an "I".

There's no "I" in Manfred

 

[BB73]

There's no "I" in Manfred

But there is an f-a-n.

 

[Tonyank]

Ohio State Buckeyes extend Jim Tressel's contract - ESPN

Another link

 

[UpNorthBuckeye]

[quote='BusNative;167514;8]Hmmm... Voinovich is up for re-election this year, Brown in 2012... So JT finishes after a Championship in early 2015, and starts his campaign for Class III senator in 2015-6?

He could pull [strike]75%[/strike] 85% of the OH vote as an I [/quote]


You know, you're probably right. He could start a third party, and totally change US politics. Sweeeeeeeet.

He would still be so diplomatic, everyone would vote for him.

[Reporter] So Senator Tressel, where do you stand on abortion??

[Tressel] you know, they are all great women, and we just have a lot of work to do, and we know we're gonna be in a battle right to the end.

[Reporter] What about Social Security?

[Tressel] Oh, I'm so proud of these seniors and what they've been able to accomplish!!

 

[Gatorubet]

You know, you're probably right. He could start a third party, and totally change US politics. Sweeeeeeeet.

He would still be so diplomatic, everyone would vote for him.

[Reporter] So Senator Tressel, where do you stand on abortion??

[Tressel] you know, they are all great women, and we just have a lot of work to do, and we know we're gonna be in a battle right to the end.

[Reporter] What about Social Security?

[Tressel] Oh, I'm so proud of these seniors and what they've been able to accomplish!!

I'm afraid that special interests would try to influence the election. The Society for The Advancement of Tight Ends (STATE) might try to start some shenannigans.

But I expect Tress to lead early, not make any critical gaffes while gaining a modest lead in the polls, and then quit campaining a few days before the election.

He's got my vote. If I had a vote. In Ohio. Which I don't. But I would.

 

[Buckskin86]

Tressel re-ups for two more
No new money in pact extended to Jan. 31, 2015
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
By Ken Gordon
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

The question of how long Jim Tressel will coach Ohio State football remains intriguing, even after Tressel received a two-year contract extension, which the school announced yesterday.

The extension, which Tressel and athletics director Gene Smith signed on March 9, keeps Tressel under contract through the 2014 season, expiring on Jan. 31, 2015.

There is no new money in the deal. Instead, in both 2013 and 2014, Tressel will be paid the same amount, $3.727 million, that he is due in 2012, the final year of the previous contract.

He will be paid $3.472million this season and $3.602 million in 2011.

Neither Tressel nor Smith was available for comment, but Smith said in a statement that Tressel indicated he is satisfied with his salary, which ranks him as the highest-paid coach in the Big Ten and among the top half-dozen or so coaches nationally.

"Jim has never once come to me about compensation," Smith said. "He is aware of the financial situation we all face in athletics, and I am thankful for his service and loyalty to the goals of the department."

Tressel is 57 years old and will be 62 when this deal expires. In the past, he has hinted at not wanting to coach until old age.

When his contract was last reworked, in 2008, a clause was added that stipulated that when Tressel stepped down, OSU would give him a tenured faculty position. It was the first time Tressel's post-coaching plans had been addressed.

In the deal announced yesterday, that clause was replaced with one that promises Tressel an associate athletics director position, at a salary of $150,000.

There is no penalty if Tressel steps down before the contract expires.

"I feel a responsibility to do this as long as I feel I can do it as well as I can," Tressel told The Dispatch in February. "Now, I haven't got to the point where I ask myself, 'Is my ego getting in the way? Am I giving this everything that it deserves?'"

Tressel re-ups for two more | BuckeyeXtra

Ohio state coach Jim Tressel talks football, life
by Bill Hammerstrom
Hudson Hub-Times Editor

Hudson -- "Nov. 27. That gives us 27 days in November," Ohio State University head football coach Jim Tressel told his No. 1 fan in Hudson during a reception at the high school March 8.

He then proceeded to count backward from October through March 8, coming up with a grand total of 264 days.

"I told you it was about 260 days" until the Buckeyes play Michigan, Tressel said.

The-News-Leader.com - Ohio state coach Jim Tressel talks football, life

 

[Steve19]

OK. I thought about this.

Jim, if you're reading this and you really want my vote, we're just going to have to see more. You're a relative youngster with a lot to prove.

Sitting on your arse at home or in some athletics department office isn't all that it's made out to be. You've had a good run. A few years of success, but there's lots to do. Did you notice that TSUN still leads the all-time series? Do you really want to leave with those eggnogs on top?

I'm prepared to sign off on your eventual retirement, even God rested on the seventh day. But, Jim, you're going to need to present a more substantial body of work. Stick around another decade. Put another 10 whoopings on TSUN.

You do that and I'll fly over and sit with you over coffee and sign off on this retirement thing. I promise.

:osu::osu::osu::osu:
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[BigJim]

Detroit sports radio brought up Tressel this morning (due to the extension putting him in the news). The guy, who openly hates OSU, claimed that he thinks Tressel will go down as the most successful B10 coach of all time by the time he is done.

 

[UpNorthBuckeye]

Detroit sports radio brought up Tressel this morning (due to the extension putting him in the news). The guy, who openly hates OSU, claimed that he thinks Tressel will go down as the most successful B10 coach of all time by the time he is done.

Big jim, which radio guy was it?? I missed it, and I listen to Mike Stone and/or Sean Baligian in the morning.

Baligian, I think, has a healthy respect for tOSU. Stoney and Bill whats his name probably hate OSU. but they are flakes. It's supposed to be a sports station and they talk about American Idol, politics, etc.

yes, some of them up here in wolverine country hate the Bucks. That's what makes the last 9 years so frikkin great....

Go Bucks!

 

[BigJim]

Big jim, which radio guy was it?? I missed it, and I listen to Mike Stone and/or Sean Baligian in the morning.

Baligian, I think, has a healthy respect for tOSU. Stoney and Bill whats his name probably hate OSU. but they are flakes. It's supposed to be a sports station and they talk about American Idol, politics, etc.

yes, some of them up here in wolverine country hate the Bucks. That's what makes the last 9 years so frikkin great....

Go Bucks!

It was Stoney. They were talking about it sometime around 7:45 this morning. I listen to Baligian and only turn it to 97.1 during commercials. I agree Bill is a flake -- so annoying and just plain stupid. Wish they would kick him out and build a morning sports show around Stoney.

 

[UpNorthBuckeye]

sorry I missed it! I was listening before then, and they were going on and on and on about the 911 call crap. It's like listening to Oprah sometimes. When I can get 106.5 out of Toledo/Delta area, they have Mike and Mike on, but north of Dundee it gets weak.

I should just break down and get XM radio. I know, that's a separate thread.

:)