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

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All of this talk of JT "moving on"..

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Let me enjoy the moment with JT here.
 
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jwinslow;1755863; said:
OSU will do what is best for them. If Dantonio were a stud coach and not just a so-so one, they'd gobble him up without a second thought.
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True, but I think if Dantonio had Ohio State's facilities and letterhead and not Michigan State's, he'd be a better coach. :wink2:
 
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College Sports | Inside view: Coaches answer Times' annual questionnaire | Seattle Times Newspaper

Name the college coach for whom you have the most regard.

Mack Brown of Texas led with four votes, followed by Ohio State's Jim Tressel with three and two apiece for Oklahoma's Bob Stoops and Penn State's Joe Paterno.

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Name the college coach for whom you have the least regard.

No big surprise, either that most coaches wouldn't touch this, or that three who did named Lane Kiffin of USC. Only three others got a single mention ? Brian Kelly of Notre Dame, Nick Saban of Alabama and Mike Locksley of New Mexico.
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southcampus;1755999; said:
Bad news from press conference: Nate and Chim out for week 1.
best news from press conference: Jamaal and JHall back deep on kicks, Philly Brown and JHall back deep on punts. Hell ya!
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I was hoping to see James Louis back there. But, I'm also looking forward to Philly trying to push Ginn's return records out of the way.
 
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Quick thought on Tressel's OSU-Michigan stance

From what I've seen, many people appear disappointed that Jim Tressel is not taking a strong position on the controversy over moving the OSU-Michigan game.

All I can say is that from listening to him today, he sounded like a kid who doesn't want to go to the dentist, but doesn't feel he has any power to rebel against his parents.

Clearly, he does not like where this is headed.

But Tressel values "team" and loyalty above almost everything else. In this case, he is subverting his opinion -- publicly, at least -- to go along with what his bosses feel is best. Most of us would do the same thing, in principle.
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Quick thought on Tressel's OSU-Michigan stance (Blogging the Buckeyes)

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh6M0xs8tN4"]YouTube- Jim Tressel talks about moving the Michigan game[/ame]
 
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Bob Hunter commentary: Tressel must guard against distractions
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
By Bob Hunter
The Columbus Dispatch

In the life of a college football coach, the real world can be downright obnoxious at times.

A coach wants his players to concentrate on the opponent at hand. Not next week's opponent or the opponent after that or even the opponent that awaits at the end of the season - for now - but the opponent that is staring them down today. The coach also wants to do the same thing himself. It's a shame the real world can be so rude.

The schedule says Marshall, so he wants to think about Marshall. Not the University of Miami or whether Thursday night games are better than Saturday afternoon games or, uh, a simmering conference scheduling controversy that may end up all but gutting the Ohio State-Michigan game.

A coach shouldn't have to think about that when his team is ranked No.2 nationally and the season is only three days away. And yet there Jim Tressel was, spending the first four minutes of his first weekly news conference of the season yesterday, talking in circles, triangles, rectangles and squares about the "zillion" e-mails and text messages he's been getting and how he's "going to focus on those 25 seniors and that 2010 football team and not allow myself to get distracted and so forth about all of the discussion."

I actually felt a little sorry for him while he was pouring this gunk out, in part because my thought process paralleled that of one of my colleagues, who surreptitiously wrote on his notebook and flashed the old-style text in my direction "He does not like it."
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Bob Hunter commentary: Tressel must guard against distractions | BuckeyeXtra

Tressel in middle on OSU-UM debate
By MATT MARKEY
BLADE SPORTS WRITER

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Ohio State coach Jim Tressel walks the sideline at Michigan Stadium. He is 8-1 against the rival Wolverines.
( ASSOCIATED PRESS )

COLUMBUS - While acknowledging that the talk of moving the Ohio State-Michigan game out of its traditional slot at the end of the season has created a fire storm of reaction, and most of it has been against such a change, Jim Tressel is staying in the political middle ground.

The Buckeyes' coach said Monday that Ohio State had received "a zillion e-mails about what's going to happen in the future ... from a rivalry-game standpoint."

With the Big Ten adding a 12th member next season (Nebraska) and moving to two six-team divisions with a championship game in December, there have been a number of trial balloons floated on just where the bitter rivals Ohio State and Michigan would end up division-wise, and how their season-ending showdown would fare in the remake of the conference.

"There's debates back and forth as to what's the best thing to do, and we all have opinions and there's always debates about the pluses and minuses of championship games and all that stuff," Tressel said. "I guess my stance on all of this stuff is what I am going to be in favor of is what the group needs, and what the group decides."
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http://toledoblade.com/article/20100831/SPORTS16/8300440/-1/SPORTS
 
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Heyward sees a different Tressel

by Marla Ridenour on August 30, 2010

Ohio State star defensive end Cameron Heyward said he?s getting to see another side of coach Jim Tressel after being named one of six co-captains for the 2010 season.

?He?s gotten funnier,? Heyward said Monday. ?I think he?s gotten funnier, just with the seniors. When you become a senior it becomes more personal. Coming in as a freshman, you don?t get to talk to the head coach as much. As you become older, you start to see what kind of guy he is and how he cares about this program.?

Pressed for an example, Heyward gave one that perhaps topped former defensive end Kenny Peterson?s revelation that Tressel listens to OSU marching band CDs in his car.

?Last year we were all in the meeting room, meetings were about to start, and he put on this rap song and started dancing,? Heyward said. ?I?ve never seen those dance moves from him again. I didn?t expect that, but coach has got it in him.?
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Heyward sees a different Tressel

Tressel listening to Bucks, green ones
Coach stays obedient on moving 'The Game'
By Marla Ridenour
Beacon Journal sports columnist
Published on Tuesday, Aug 31, 2010

COLUMBUS:

To no one's surprise, Ohio State coach Jim Tressel stuck to the company line.
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http://www.ohio.com/sports/101857938.html
 
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Just because Tress gets all the ink doesn't make him 'bigger' than he is. After all, he's a foot soldier that is there to carry out the mission. The School Prez and AD are the 'honchos' and the ones that make the decisions. Like any good officer(s), I'm sure that Gene Smith asks his 'master chief' (Tress) his opinion, but at the end of the day, it is up to Tressel to carry out the orders from above. If Tress goes public with his opinion, and it's contrary to the AD's, then there is a rift. How many of you would care for a subordinate vocally saying that you're wrong? Thought so. Me too.

Tress is a great coach and a good company man. Heck, for what OSU is paying Tress, I too would say, 'yes, sir, yes sir, three bags full' and go about doing my job the best I could. That's what they pay Gee and Smith for, to make the decisions. They pay Tress, Matta, etc. to carry those decisions out. Tress is smart. And I for one, am glad he's on our side.

:gobucks3::gobucks4::banger: And now we get a chance to beat Michigan twice in one year! WhoooHooo!
 
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