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For a day, Ohio State lacrosse shares football's spotlight
By
Kyle Nagel
Staff Writer
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Last spring, Joe Breschi approached the Ohio State hierarchy with the idea of coaching his Buckeyes men's lacrosse team in a match at Ohio Stadium preceding the football team's spring game. Jim Tressel, the OSU football coach, was receptive.
"He said when he was the quarterbacks coach at Syracuse, the lacrosse team did the same thing and even brought fans to the football game," said Breschi, in his 10th year with the Buckeyes. "I said, 'This time, it will work pretty much in reverse.' "
Possibly gaining lacrosse fans isn't the only perk involved with snuggling up to the powerful football program. The effort to increase attendance at the OSU lacrosse match against Denver on Saturday at 11 a.m. before the football spring game is one example of how the nonrevenue sports benefit from the thundering, $60 million football program at OSU, Breschi and other coaches said.
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