The Front Row

great column,thanks Coach Tressel

gotta wipe the tears from my eyes.

agree on all points...very well thought out and written article.

Great follow up piece Bax, I thought something like this would surface shortly after his resignation but I am glad it came on the one year anniversary. what a true loss buckeye nation sustained when JT resigned. The only component you left out was the Mo C controversy. I bring this up because E$pin and other media outlets showed up like gang busters on campus only to leave a few shreds of weak evidence by a very talented and troubled young man. The fact that Andy G didnt invite them back for gameday was huge and one of the highlights in the ongoing fued between OSU and that awful four letter network. Despite what turfgreens thinks, you dont open your facilities to enemies like espn after they try to undermine your entire operation. The fact that tressel was close to the vest (no pun intended) with information does not justify the overblown investigation into selling trinkets for $. I thoroughly enjoyed when he would list things like who got special teams player of the game during his press conferences. He was calmly in control at all times and I loved it. Yes, he made a huge mistake and it cost him dearly. I was Buckeye born and I've been Buckeye bred, and when I'm gone I'll be Buckeye Dead!

Honestly, the coolest thing the Buckeye Nation could do is uniformly boycott ESPN until they publicly apologize for the way they did JT. Also, to hell with Gee and Smith for selling out! It is disgusting. I am surprised that such a large fan base has been so quick to let him go. Writing a few words on a forum in memoriam is not enough! I don't know exactly how to hurt ESPN but I am sure that collectively as 1 million strong we could figure something out. Suggestions?

It was a our greatest era. It deserved a great send off. Thank you, Bax, for writing it. I suggest you use this story as the outline for a book.

Wow! Great story! I will always believe that there was more to this story than was ever told. Tress being the class act he always was, just shut up and bit the bullett.
He will always be fondly remembered in my book, and as others said, history will eventually vindicate him.

I agree with BALLJACK and also with SarBuck...
if the entire Buckeye Nation stopped watching ESPiN their ratings would have a noticeable drop.