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Some guys can play in big games, some guys can coach big games, and other guys can't. I look at Cooper versus Tressel much the same way as people looked at Tiger vs. Mickelson before Phil won his Masters...both players won a lot of tournaments, both made a lot of money, and both (but especially Phil) put some outlandish scores on the board sometimes, but when it boiled down to a major, or a Sunday final round of a big tournament like the TPC, or sticking a 2-iron from 220 on 18 tied with someone else...Tiger almost always delivered...Phil didn't, at the time.
Same with Coach Tressel...he just knows the right combination of motivation and preparation for the big games, and those people are exceedingly rare. So, he might lose an occasional game to Northwestern or Penn State like anyone else that coaches, but when the season is on the line, when the bowl game is on the line, when the rivalry is on the line, when the MNC is on the line...Tressel can deliver...and always has.
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"When I'm gone, I'd like to be known as the best offensive lineman that ever lived." ---Jim Parker
"Jim Parker was the greatest offensive lineman I ever coached. I'm not sure there has ever been a better offensive guard. He was everything an offensive lineman should be."---Woody Hayes
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