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Thanks, Miguel,
There's an article on the front page on the Tressel tribute along with a link to Cie Grant singing Carmen Ohio. That will bring a tear to your eye as well.
Go Bucks!

When I hear about tress or read articles about him and of course watching him talk I feel a mix of emotions.

First I feel care because his tenure at osu was so profound and I think he's a fantastic human being.

Then I feel a sting from the pain of how it went down and ended.

Ughhhhh.

AWESOME! Troy Smith is hands down my favorite tOSU player EVER!

After all this time. I think I can say I understand why things went down the way they did, but I just don't feel the 'scandal' like some do. To me, what happened really wasn't such a big deal in the grand scheme of what he was trying to do. His bigger problem was a lack of willingness to get new coaches in and put the boys in a better position to win.

I think what was more evident now that I look back that the program was on the downturn and Tress was never going to get back to 2002-06. He was most likely going to retire soon anyhow.

What "downturn" was that, Macedonia?
JT's final year coaching in 2010, the Buckeyes he went 12-1 with a 37-7 win over Michigan and a BCS Bowl victory over Arkansas. Along the way he beat Marshall 45-7, Ohio 43-7, Eastern Michigan 73-20, Purdue 45-0, Minnesota 52-10, and Penn State 38-14. The offense averaged 220 yards rushing per game at over 5 yards per carry and TP completed over 65% of his passes. The defense was it's usual stingy self.
Of course you may be referring to the fact that Wisconsin beat us up there and we didn't go undefeated. He could have done better, eh?

I think he's just trying to say the end of the JT era may have been drawing close anyway. They got so close in 06 & 07, then 08-10 just not being able to get back to the NC game.

While I agree, many things were positive, Bollman and Schilano were going to be a problem long term, and TP had way too much rope on his leash. Also let's not forget TatGate would have negated 2011 regardless of who coached and thanks to the "witchhunt" we might have suffered worse in recruiting. I will however go to my grave believing there is much more to what Smith knew, and that JT fell on his sword..Without TatGate?...Very real chance for NC participant in 2011. At the very least BCS.

Alright, already. We all know the statistical dominance by Jim Tressel's Buckeyes. But there is no way he was going to win another NC with the personnel he had on board. And I didn't notice a move to change. I did notice a guy that aged significantly, and was a bit tired.

This is why I was hoping he would have taken over as AD and had Meyer take over naturally. But it seems folks had ideas of their own.