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

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OSU FOOTBALL Ohio State's Jim Tressel keeps cool on the Buckeyes' sidelines


Wednesday, September 19, 2007Doug Lesmerises
Plain Dealer Reporter
Columbus- Ohio State defensive end Vernon Gholston chuckled Tuesday about watching the replay of the OSU-Washington game, when he saw Buckeyes coach Jim Tressel's full sideline celebration after Ohio State's third-quarter field goal block.
The way the television cameras caught it, the move was a jump with both hands raised, a jump and a right arm pump, another jump with his arms at his sides and several shouts of "Let's go," with Tressel winding up well onto the field.




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OSU notebook: Tressel electricity lingering
Buckeyes still abuzz over coach's uncharacteristic leap on sideline in Seattle
Wednesday, September 19, 2007 3:26 AM
By Tim May


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH



Four days removed from the Jim Tressel leap of joy, people are still talking about it. The way the usually reserved Ohio State coach went booster-iffic on the field after Kurt Coleman and Larry Grant combined to provide the play -- a blocked Washington field goal attempt early in the third quarter -- that was the catalyst for the Buckeyes' 33-14 win Saturday in Seattle.



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Pulling a Tressel

To coin a Phrase
New phrases enter the college football lexicon every so often. Getting "Croomed" means to lose your job shortly after losing to Mississippi State coach Sylvester Croom. (See Ron Zook at Florida and Mike Shula at Alabama; it's way too early to say the same about Tommy Tuberville at Auburn.)

This week Spurrier coined "pulling a Jim Tressel." During a conference call Sunday, Spurrier said he voted LSU No. 1 in this week's USA TODAY Coaches' Poll.

"I can honestly say I voted them No. 1, how about that?" Spurrier said, according to The (Baton Rouge) Advocate. "I'm not pulling a Jim Tressel, either. I did vote them No. 1. Y'all can check it out."

Last season before meeting Texas, Ohio State's Tressel said he voted the Longhorns No. 1. It later was revealed Tressel voted the Buckeyes No. 1. An Ohio State assistant who called in Tressel's ballot took the blame for the mix-up.
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Tressel consistent with ever-changing yet similar teams


Saturday, September 22, 2007 Bill Livingston
Plain Dealer Columnist
Columbus
- The national championship game is still a long shot. Just as it was in 2002, at this time of year.
But in some ways, this is starting to look like the past reborn at Ohio State.
That 2002 team won it all with a quarterback who was only asked to call the plays he could make. It was Craig Krenzel then. This team has won three straight using the same approach. It is Todd Boeckman now.
That team had a tailback who could dominate defenses when the Buckeyes went to the power game. So does this one. It was Maurice Clarett then. It is Beanie Wells now.
That team had a defense that carried the offense. So does this one.

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Back in 2004 when the whole MoC mess was going down and all that turmoil was surrounding JT and the football program, somebody had posted his athletic department e-mail here on BP. One night at work, i e-mailed him fom my .af.mil e-mail address giving my support. Two days later i got an e-mail back from his address thanking me for my support and thanking me for my service in the Air Force. I obviously have no way of being absolutely sure it was from Tressel directly, but I'll never forget that e-mail.
 
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:osu:BEING FROM THE YOUNGSTOWN AREA I HAVE SEEN TRESSEL DO IT HIS WHOLE CAREER FROM A YSU TEAM THAT WAS BARELY ON THE MAP TO ONE OF BEST PROGRAMS IN 1AA...:osu:THEN WE FIRED COOPER PEOPLE I HEARD WANTED MASON AT MINNESOTA OR STOOPS AT OU AND THERE WERE A CPL OTHERS...BUT THE PEOPLE IN THE STEEL VALLEY KNEW WHO AND WHAT TRESSEL WAS THE TRUE BUCKEYE HE HAD CHANCES TO GO OTHER PLACES...:osu:HE WOULD NOT GO ANYWHERE BUT COLUMBUS IF INVITED...:osu:AND AS WE ALL KNOW THE REST IS HISTORY THE INTEGIRTY THE TALENT THE ATOMOSPHERE AT THE SHOE THE RESPECT HE SHOWS FOR THE PROGRAM...:osu:SINGING OF CARMEN OHIO HOW MUCH HE KNOWS THIS STATE LOVES THIS TEAM AND THE ALUMNI FROM ALL OVER COUNTRY...:osu: THE STATE OF OHIO IS PRETTY MUCH SPLIT IN EVERYTHING ELSE, TRIBE,BROWNS,BENGALS,REDS...:osu:BUT BUCKEYE FEVER RUNS TO EVERY PART OF THE STATE...:osu:(ALITTLE LESS TOWARDS TOLEDO..)...:osu: WE ALWAYS THOUGHT THERE WAS GONNA BE NOBODY AS LOYAL OR GREAT AS WOODY...:osu:TRESSEL MIGHT NOT BE THERE YET BUT HE IS ON HIS WAY VERY FAST...:oh::osu::io:
 
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