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The Official Support for Coach Tressel Thread

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Coach, I'm proud to have you at the University we all love so well. You do a fine job representing us, and you are a great representative of our tradition.

Though I do not agree with the stylistic aspects of your game;in my first year as a coach, I have drawn on your lessons and example several times already, and will continue to do so.You've brought us a National Title, pounded Scum and we will always appreciate your successes.

Thanks Coach.
 
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JT is the MAN!!!

I don't know why these so-called Buckeye fans would ever want to hate on one of the classiest, and winningest, coaches today in FBS college football.

He brought a National Championship to Columbus after a long drought.

He has brought multiple Big Ten titles to Columbus.

He has brought a plethora of great talent to Columbus.

He is 7-1 against scUM.

He has brought the academic focus back to the team.

I am very glad, and proud, to have Jim Tressel as the head coach at The Ohio State University.
 
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I can't say it any better than this:

I am writing this to you today from the frontlines of the fight for freedom. My name is Sergeant First Class (SFC) Ryan Poetsch. I am an Ohio native and am currently sitting on the border of Pakistan at Forward Operating Base Tillman, named in honor of Arizona State great Pat Tillman. I am a 13-year veteran on my third deployment. Throughout my tours, I have had some rough times. I wrote Coach Tressel in 2005 when I was having a tough fight and in fact lost a couple of great soldiers and men.

I felt the need to write this to you and see if maybe you could post this for the team or just pass it out to them as they prepare for battle with Penn State. It is hard for us to catch every game while over here, but thanks to American Forces Network we are able to see most of the games. The ones I can't see, I track on the Internet. Talk about a tough way to watch a game!

Anyhow, my point in writing this is to tell the players and the University how much they mean to us out here fighting everyday. Just yesterday, I was walking back to my hooch when all of the sudden it started raining down rockets. Again, I found myself thinking about my life and how was I so fortunate for the things I had. Everyday is a struggle, an internal battle for which there is no real explanation.

I imagine to myself that the team and coaches feel this in a similar way week-to-week throughout the season. I just wanted to let the players know that no matter the pain, no matter how nervous, or scared you might be at any given moment, you have an internal strength that can pull you through. In your veins runs Scarlet and Gray blood with which there is no quit, no stopping. It makes you relentless and powerful, more so than your opponent.

If on Saturday you go out there and lay it all on the line, every ounce of who you are and what you believe, you will walk out of that grand stadium a winner. I don't know how to explain to you how badly I want to be there with all the rest of my 105,000 plus Buckeye friends to cheer right along with you. I just wanted to let you know, that even thousands of miles away in the toughest, hardest fighting part of the world I will be giving 100 percent of myself for you and all my fellow Buckeyes.

I am proud to be a U.S. Soldier, proud to be a citizen of our great country, and I have to say, I am Damn proud to be a Buckeye. Thank you for your time and remember, leave no doubt as to who is the best on that field.
God Bless The USA, and God Bless The Ohio State University.

SFC Ryan Poetsch
101st ABN DIV
FOB PAT TILLMAN
Afghanistan
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Forget about the football. Jim Tressel is an inspiration to the soldiers fighting for our freedom. I can think of almost nothing in life that could be more important than this, and it is going to be a sad, sad day when he no longer is the head coach of The Ohio State University.
 
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Tress does it the right way. He does it The Ohio State University way. He build's young men, turns them into men. He recruit's the right way, no mug slinging. He put's player's in the NFL. He win's 10 game's a year. He put's men out into the world that tOSU can be proud of.

Tress does it on and off the gridiron. Are guys like Pete Carrol or Urban Meyer better coachs? Maybe. But do they build the kinda men we do here under Tress? I know some could care less about that sorta stuff, but it matters to me. I know it matter to alot of other fans too.

To those hater's....Go ask Travis Howards' mom what she think's of JT and the way he has helped shape her son. Go ask Cam Heywards' mom the same. While your at, ask Bino's mom too. I could go on for day's with example's.

I for one wouldn't want any other coach leading this program...
 
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Bleed S & G;1542938; said:
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Coach Tressel is upholding higher standards on the field and in the classroom. JT is a class act and 100% one of the best coaches in OSU history. Sure we have hit some rough times on the field but this shall soon pass.:osu:
 
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It's funny, when I read Tressel's quote about the hate mail and all of the miserable fans I actually daydreamed about being there in person to shake his hand and thank him. Just to remind him that most of us still have our heads.

I've visited other Buckeye forums and opponent forums(USC and Big-10, mostly) this past month. There is so much anger and negativity...and 90% is from the Ohio State sites. I visited the WeAreSC forum and they had so many nice things to say re: Tressel and our program. It is dumbfounding to me that you are in the minority if you're a proud Buckeye and believe in the future.

Thank you Coach Tressel and BP.
 
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So far as I can tell, the only real, valid complaint any Buckeye fans have been able to articulate about Coach Tressel is that he has failed to achieve perfection.

I've researched the matter a bit, and according to theologians, a maximum of one person has walked the earth and achieved that status. That Person's detractors would dispute even that.

Coach, I hope you are able to separate the frustrations of enthusiastic fans from appreciation of all that you have done, and continue to do, for our great university. God bless you in all the good work you do, and GO BUCKS!
 
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Thank you Coach Tressel for all that you do. The product that you place on the field, the way you turn boys into men and prepare them for the next phase in their lives, and for being an upstanding representative in your field.

You are a fine man, Coach. You make me proud to be a Buckeye.
 
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OregonBuckeye;1543147; said:
It's funny, when I read Tressel's quote about the hate mail and all of the miserable fans I actually daydreamed about being there in person to shake his hand and thank him. Just to remind him that most of us still have our heads.

I've visited other Buckeye forums and opponent forums(USC and Big-10, mostly) this past month. There is so much anger and negativity...and 90% is from the Ohio State sites. I visited the WeAreSC forum and they had so many nice things to say re: Tressel and our program. It is dumbfounding to me that you are in the minority if you're a proud Buckeye and believe in the future.

Thank you Coach Tressel and BP.
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As far as I'm concerned, those people (I use this loosely) who sent Coach Tressel hate mail etc. are not real Buck fans. They are pathetic turds that need to get a life.
 
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I am a big fan of Ohio State football and Coach Tressel's so called conservative approach to football. Strong Defense & Solid Running game is my type of football. I will always cherish the national championship game against Miami. Team we beat that day was suppose to be the Best ever till that game. I know that players execute the game plan and how they do it determines the outcome of the game. This type of so called conservative approach is still popular in NFL. I believe Steelers (JT's favorite :wink:) and NY Giants won superbowl with this type of offense.

I don't even know if coach Tressel will read this. I just wanted to show my support in anyway I can.
 
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