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Game Thread Penn State vs tOSU, Sat Nov 13, 3:30 ET ABC/ESPN

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Coqui;1804508; said:
I just read about this on wikipedia.

If Jim Tressel beats Penn State, he will have tied Woody Hayes in all time wins as a head coach.

This will not, however, have a better winning percentage.

It will be 8 years faster than Woody Hayes as well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_college_football_coaches_with_200_career_wins
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In Woody's defense, he played far fewer games per year back then. If I was to guess he only played 10-11 most seasons including the bowl game. Perhaps some of the history buffs or old timers could help us out with that nugget.
 
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Darcangelo;1806618; said:
In Woody's defense, he played far fewer games per year back then. If I was to guess he only played 10-11 most seasons including the bowl game. Perhaps some of the history buffs or old timers could help us out with that nugget.
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9 games + Bowl.

This was by no means meant to diminish Woody in any way.
 
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Coqui;1804508; said:
I just read about this on wikipedia.

If Jim Tressel beats Penn State, he will have tied Woody Hayes in all time wins as a head coach.

This will not, however, have a better winning percentage.

It will be 8 years faster than Woody Hayes as well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_college_football_coaches_with_200_career_wins
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For anyone confused like I was, this is taking into account Tressels record at YSU.

Woody coached 28 years and won 205 games at OSU.

Tress is still 8-9 wins behind Coop on the OSU list.
 
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Coqui;1804508; said:
I just read about this on wikipedia.

If Jim Tressel beats Penn State, he will have tied Woody Hayes in all time wins as a head coach.

This will not, however, have a better winning percentage.

It will be 8 years faster than Woody Hayes as well.
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That's misleading. Woody won 238 in 320 games. JT will win 238 in 319 games by beating PSU this weekend. The records are virtually identical.

It's good to be a Buckeye to have had Woody and JT for almost 4 decades, and counting. :)
 
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BB73;1677142; said:
As far as I know, the Big Ten rule of no night games in November still exists, and will likely make this a 3:30 kickoff.
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Talk about stupid, cut your visibility to the region and the nation by 1/3. You sure don't see the SEC, Big 12 or Pac 10 pulling this kind of nonsense.
 
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cincibuck;1806711; said:
Talk about stupid, cut your visibility to the region and the nation by 1/3. You sure don't see the SEC, Big 12 or Pac 10 pulling this kind of nonsense.
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I think that the rule has to do with the effects of the cold evening temperatures.
 
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cincibuck;1806722; said:
I know, it gets sooooo cold in November that the NFL moves all their games to Florida.
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Well, gosh, Cinci. You DO have a point. Why not sit down and write the BigTen commish a pointed letter and just set them all straight? Could help us all out, if you can spare the time.
 
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