10-29-2007, 05:41 AM
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Tressel?s motivational tool box well stocked
Jim Naveau | jnaveau@limanews.com - 10.29.2007
COLUMBUS ? For Ohio State senior co-captain Kirk Barton there was no doubt.
There was no doubt the No. 1-ranked Buckeyes were ready to play in a 37-17 win over Penn State on Saturday night. And there was no doubt coach Jim Tressel will come up with some interesting motivational tactics with Wisconsin coming to Ohio Stadium this Saturday.
?Tress is the master motivator,? Barton said on Saturday night, as he described some of the things Tressel did to prepare the team for its trip to Penn State.
Those motivational tools included watching tapes of middleweight champion fighter Kelly Pavlik, of Youngstown, which is a weekly occurrence, and bringing in former quarterback Bob Hoying to talk about one of the most one-sided losses in OSU history, a 63-14 defeat at Penn State in 1994.
?He finds new things for us to watch every week,? Barton said. ?I don?t ask questions when it works.?
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