Jim Tressel
Jim Tressel
James Patrick Tresselis an American college football player, and later coach and administrator who is currently the President of Youngstown State University in Youngstown, Ohio. Before becoming an administrator, Tressel was the head coach of the Youngstown State Penguins and later the Ohio State Buckeyes in a career that spanned from 1986 until 2010...
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It looked to me like an incompletion, but I didn't know. I suppose that was about a 70- or an 80-yard play. I was just looking down here on the stats. We had 617 yards, so there were some other important plays.
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It was good, hard work and good, physical, competitive kids. They want to be good. They want to uphold the tradition of excellent Ohio State defense.
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This is one of those games that I don't know that you have to worry about getting anyone's attention,
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That's a pretty high standard to meet, but I guess because this group is a little fresher in my mind they seem extra special.
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Exactly who will play when, obviously we're not going to outline for you today.
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I have to be honest with you. I didn't read it.
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I learned a long time ago - I've been around football longer than some of you have been alive - and there's two things that you don't listen to: flattery, which can't help you, and abuse, which can't hurt you. You have to look at the facts,
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I've always known this group has character, but you know, maybe it was revealed again, with them being down, you know, it not looking so wonderful. But they kept playing and they believe in each other.
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As you watch Troy throughout his career, every day he learns a little bit. He studies extremely hard. He's very passionate about being a great quarterback, and each day he's taking a step toward it.
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You can?t give back to the past, but you can certainly build to the future and show you?re grateful for what was provided for you when you were here. Mike is that kind of guy and Jen was an athlete here, as well, and they feel strongly about Ohio State athletics.
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My thoughts are, I hope our thoughts are on what's going on right this second. If you peek down the road - and I've said it a million times - you're not going to do as well today. We always say, 'You're as good as your work's deserved.' At the end of the year, whatever we deserve to be, we will be.
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The key to any great performance is that your key players make plays. What Troy Smith does is, he has a great command of our offense, and when it doesn't go right, he can improvise.
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It was along the lines of hoping he would have a chance to get things together and make a run at things with NFL Europe. NFL Europe is for folks with some ability to get an opportunity. And as I said the last few times people have brought up the subject, my hope would be that he would have an opportunity to go over to NFL Europe and make a comeback.
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I don't know that it will be much more than he did -- I don't know how many touches he had in the last game. So it probably won't be more than that.