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

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There are so many opinions on this whole thing, each of which growing progressively more dumbasstic, that I'm severely disappointed with myself and everyone else who has campaigned in one way or another for their particular set of perspectives.

Is there a thread for those of us who, at this point, don't give a flying fuck what happens between now and the opening Saturday and intend to enjoy every last moment of being 1-0 regardless of who is coaching/playing?
 
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SloopyHangOn;1914266; said:
There are so many opinions on this whole thing, each of which growing progressively more dumbasstic, that I'm severely disappointed with myself and everyone else who has campaigned in one way or another for their particular set of perspectives.

Is there a thread for those of us who, at this point, don't give a flying fuck what happens between now and the opening Saturday and intend to enjoy every last moment of being 1-0 regardless of who is coaching/playing?
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Perhaps the Countdown thread is the best place for that. It's been slow, but it will get more active when it gets below 100 days.
 
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SloopyHangOn;1915745; said:
Rumor has it that Jim Tressel got an email that Osama Bin Laden was dead at least 6 weeks ago.

He was just concerned for military safety and did not know who to report it to. Just sent the e-mail to Obama yesterday.
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So, was the raid on the compound part of NCAA violation enforcement? This must be what they mean by the 'death penalty'

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Here it is right here. This is precisely why I am so very much a supporter of Coach Tressel. Results.

The best programs inhabit the upper right of this chart. These aren't the best recruiting schools, these are the best programs - they turn the recruits they get into more wins and more draft picks than would an average BCS school. I think few would be surprised to see Ohio State, Iowa and Wisconsin in this area. USC deserves some praise as well. Although they didn't outperform their win expectation, that is only because its almost impossible given the incredible level of talent they have brought in over the past decade.


The bad programs sit in the lower left: the Washingtons, the Dukes (so bad its literally off the chart), the Iowa States and Illinois. Some of these programs have talent, others less so, but all of them are failing to get the results that they should out of that talent.


Finally, the lower right corner is particularly interesting. These programs are outperforming their talent in terms of wins and losses, but that isn't translating into NFL careers for the players. West Virginia is a great example of how this happens: these numbers mostly reflect the Rich Rodriguez era of the spread'n'shred and 3-3-5 defense. These were great systems for winning college football games, but a far cry from the NFL norm. As a result, while Rodriguez turned his talent into wins, he did not turn it into NFL draft picks. Texas Tech is a similar case, the pass-pass-pass offense that made Mike Leach famous evened the playing field against more talented opponents, but did not prepare players for the NFL.
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WolverineMike;1916480; said:
interesting that Iowa is up there, especially since the whole thing was created by an Iowa website.
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Iowa has 42 players listed on NFL rosters currently. That's more than Florida and is solidly in the top 10. It may have been created by an Iowa website but the numbers don't lie.
 
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Buckin Crazy;1914111; said:
If there is anyone that is capable of getting us out of this mess, and taking accountability, it is Tress. I think they want him to stay, and he wants to stay, but the outside pressure might leak in. I just Hope Tress doesn't think the university would be better off if he resigned, because if he thinks that, he surely will resign because that how much respect for the program he has, but he would be wrong in thinking that.
Even if the punishments are harsh, I think he is the guy to overcome them.
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Amen to that. I work in Ann Arbor. I wouldn't want to give them the satisfaction of JT resigning.
 
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Bill Lucas;1916545; said:
Iowa has 42 players listed on NFL rosters currently. That's more than Florida and is solidly in the top 10. It may have been created by an Iowa website but the numbers don't lie.
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so why does Ferentz constantly getting stroked off for "doing more with less"?
 
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