Dick Rod: You want answers?
JT: I think I'm entitled to them.
Dick Rod: You want answers?
JT: I want the truth!
Dick Rod: You can't handle the truth! Son, we live in a world that has the Big House. And that Big House has to be guarded by men with winged helmets. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Coach Tressel? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for John Cooper and you curse the Wolverines. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know: that Cooper's firing, while tragic, probably saved Buckeye football. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, preserved Buckeye dominance...You don't want the truth. Because deep down, in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me in that Big House. You need me in that Big House.
JT: Did you lose to Appalachian State?
Dick Rod: (quietly) I did the job you sent me to do.
JT: Did you lose to Appalachian State?
Dick Rod: You're goddamn right I did!!