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10-26-2007, 05:49 AM
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Maybe best team of Tressel era didn't win it all
Jim Naveau | jnaveau@limanews.com - 10.26.2007
COLUMBUS ? It?s much too early to include this year?s Ohio State football team in the debate about which one has been Jim Tressel?s best team.
There is much to accomplish before this team can get into that discussion. Any of the next four regular-season games or the bowl game could knock the unbeaten and top-ranked Buckeyes down a few spots on the Tressel?s best list.
The obvious choice for the best team in the Tressel era is the 2002 team. You can?t accomplish more than it did. You can?t do better than winning a national championship.
Last year?s team could have made a good case for itself if it had remembered to show up for the national title game.
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10-26-2007, 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by osugrad21
DDN
All-purpose recruiter
Football recruits aren't the only ones impressed with Tressel's wood-worked and roomy office inside the Woody Hayes Athletic Center. He has served as a recruiter for several sports.
"Last weekend a men's volleyball recruit was in my office, two or three women's ice hockey recruits, Sunday afternoon there's a women's soccer recruit coming in and there was a basketball recruit this weekend that they brought his coach through," Tressel said. "We're all in it to help one another."
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That's absolutely awesome!
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10-28-2007, 02:44 AM
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As posted in PSU game thread:
JT: 71-14
Petey: 71-14
The battle is on....
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10-28-2007, 02:58 AM
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Originally Posted by OregonBuckeye
Everyone just wait, because next year is going to be one hell of a ride. You think the players will be motivated? Just watch Tressel. He's going to learn from this and I think will do his best coaching job yet.
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I wrote this on the 9th of January, 2007.
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10-28-2007, 03:20 AM
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The playing calling was great. Really kept their defense of balance.  |
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JT has redefined "Tresselball". It was once thought of as a conservative offense with great D and ST. Well, look at those 2002-2003 teams when the term was coined. No disrespect to those guys, but they weren't the most explosive offensively. CK was a game manager and JT let him do just that...limit mistakes and chip away with short to intermediate passes and the very occasional bomb. MoC gave him the running game, but that phase struggled when he imploded and we were left with Lydell. 2004 was a transitional year. Fast forward to 2005 and the emergence of Troy and Pitt. In comes the spread offense and much more explosive offense. 2006 saw that offense evolve even further. Now here we are in 2007. JT has another stud RB and a QB who excels at the deep ball and game management. The myth of JT being a conservative coach is just that: a myth. He is an expert at adapting to the skill sets of his personnel. He was at YSU and he is now. There is no better coach out there.
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