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RB Maurice Clarett (B1G Freshman of the Year, National Champion)

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Highlights from what Tressel said today:

"We've been working for about the last three months trying to get the I's dotted and the T's crossed and get him back in and moving toward a degree. In fact, he just told me today, after his first day of class yesterday, he said he woke up at 4:30 and he grabbed his book and just started studying. He was excited, he says he's going to do well and he said it's just so neat for him to be back in the classroom."

On whether Tressel believes in the phrase, "once a Buckeye, always a Buckeye:"

"Oh absolutely. Anytime someone is part of your life, even if it doesn?t go well, when you try to get it squared away, you?ve got to continue to be there for him. That?s just the way we do things."

On whether it's rewarding to see Clarett taking a positive step:

"It's what you hope for. We all make mistakes, and some are different mistakes than others, but there are always consequences for whatever the mistake is. And if you take care of that, usually the world is a forgiving world and gives you an opportunity -- if you'll do the right things -- to move forward, and that?s what he's trying to do."
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Tressel remains squarely in Clarett's corner (Blogging the Buckeyes)
 
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Sounds a bit like the Prodigal Son.

I really hope this works out. Somehow I had always wished that tOSU could have done something for him before he spiraled completely out of control. I'm not saying they could or should have, but it seemed clear that once he was cut off from tOSU, things went from bad to worse.

Maurice obviously made some truly lousy choices that had a severe impact on himself and tOSU but I can't help but hope that this is a sign that he can put it all behind him and do great things.
 
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Misguided kids like him go off track a lot. But when it happens at Toledo, or Dayton, or Western Kentucky, no one notices. He went through his phases on national TV, in the wake of an upset National Championship game.

Would love to see him get a degree; also love to see him get in shape and maybe play some CFL or something.

What he did to Sean Taylor in that NC game can never be taken away.
 
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Good luck to Maurice Clarett.

Hats off to the Vest here. I don't know of any schools that are nearly as high profile as ours where the head coach would step up like this and go to bat for a kid that he would be justified to have bad blood with. We really do have a class act here.
 
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