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

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George (Knoxville RB)


Heard they will honor the 2002 championship team during Michigan game. Do you know if Coach Tressel will be there?
Austin Ward
(2:14 PM)


I haven't heard confirmation of that one way or the other at this point, but it would be hard to imagine a celebration for that team without the coach being there to take part. It's obviously a unique situation given how fresh some of the wounds are, and again I don't know of any decision being made at this point, but I would expect him to be part of it.What do you all think? Should he be a part of the celebration or not?


Marty (Denver)


Thats a tough one, but i think he should be a part of it, he brought back national prominence to Columbus. However, i think he might not come back if invited. Make it about the Players and not make it a media frenzy centered around him
Austin Ward
(2:21 PM)


That's a good point. It would make for an even bigger circus, let's say, if the Buckeyes are about to wrap up a season that could have included a Big Ten championship ... if not for those sanctions. That would put a lot of attention on Tressel that wouldn't be about the championship he won.
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George (Knoxville RB)


Heard they will honor the 2002 championship team during Michigan game. Do you know if Coach Tressel will be there?
Austin Ward
(2:14 PM)


I haven't heard confirmation of that one way or the other at this point, but it would be hard to imagine a celebration for that team without the coach being there to take part. It's obviously a unique situation given how fresh some of the wounds are, and again I don't know of any decision being made at this point, but I would expect him to be part of it.What do you all think? Should he be a part of the celebration or not?


pam (princeton)


Austin, I have read several tweets from former players on the '02 NC team. Mo Clarett, also controversial has said he will only attend if Tressel is invited. There is no '02 NC without him. Woody Hayes threw a haymaker on national TV and came back to the dot the "i" to the loudest ovation ever. Jim Tressel will get the same welcome
Austin Ward
(2:41 PM)


I hear you, Pam. I think that's what makes this such a fascinating situation, because at some point Tressel will surely be welcomed back to the Ohio State family with open arms. And I would think a celebration of a national championship that he was responsible for as the coach would have to include him. The timing of it just opens the door to the possibility that me might not want to come back quite yet.
Austin Ward
(2:42 PM)


I should add, it's not like the Buckeyes are turning their back on him. I just noticed yesterday one of the photos in the Woody was a cool shot of the team coming out of the tunnel from a few years ago with Tressel leading the way -- so they aren't just trying to erase his memory or anything at all like that.
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It's been so long, emotionally, that I can't remember:

Was Tress "banned" by either the University or NCAA? I thought he "resigned", and was then given a "show cause" regarding his future employment.

Neither of those are an official "you can't be involved with a commemorative event".

Did I miss something?
 
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Woody was fired because he clocked an opposing player during a bowl game, and he has his name permanently up in The Shoe. JT resigned due to actions he took in a non-criminal administrative investigation, so I think he can be invited back for a one-time event.
 
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MililaniBuckeye;2213133; said:
Woody was fired because he clocked an opposing player during a bowl game, and he has his name permanently up in The Shoe. JT resigned due to actions he took in a non-criminal administrative investigation, so I think he can be invited back for a one-time event.
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JT resigned because he was told that he would be fired that very day if he didn't. Let's not sugar coat things.

Yes, it was non-criminal. It was also a case of lying to his superiors at the university, lying to the ncaa and breaking ncaa rules he was duty bound to uphold in order to keep his star players eligible for a national championship run. His actions put the school on probation and gave it a far blacker eye (as in bringing into question the integrity of the athletic department and the priorities of the university as a whole) than did Woody's loss of temper at the Gator Bowl. Ohio State never received a major ncaa violation, vacated wins nor suffered a bowl ban because of that swing.

I have no problem honoring the guy for his success on the field at some point down the road. To march him out to mid-field and do so while we're still under the sanctions he caused is ridiculous.

BTW, if JT hadn't been fired/forced to resign/shown the door, my friends in Bricker Hall are absolutely certain that we would have had LOIC handed down instead of FTM.

BTW2, Woody didn't dot the eye until five years after he was fired. There needs to be a reasonable window of time before it can even be considered.
 
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