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Tressel probably won’t party with reporters
Ohio State coach Jim Tressel joked with reporters this week about what he could do with his $1 million raise. Hey, anything to avoid those Beanie Wells questions.
Tressel joked at his Tuesday news conference that he might throw a party for reporters (not likely), then mentioned that he’d like to “hopefully give it away.”
Tressel has a clause in his contract that guarantees him a faculty position at OSU when he retires from coaching. Any subjects he’d like to tackle?
“I was certified to teach math coming out of college, but I couldn’t even help my kids when they were in fourth grade,” Tressel said.
Hey, I know the feeling. My fifth-grader mentioned something about “prime numbers” last night and the only digits that came to mind were 36-24-34.
BIG TEN MUSINGS
The Big Ten went 7-3 last week (Purdue didn’t schedule a late-August scrimmage) and the best win might’ve been Northwestern’s 30-10 thumping of Syracuse. At least the Orangemen are from an official BCS conference (Big East).
Kudos to Illinois for meeting Missouri in St. Louis, but there are rumblings that the ADs at those border schools don’t like the neutral-site game.
Some of the Big Ten’s Week 1 foes included Coastal Carolina, Akron, Western Kentucky and Northern Illinois. Sounds like UD’s nonconference basketball schedule.
This week, there are more lower-level D-I opponents. The best game on the slate is Penn State hosting Oregon State, which lost to Stanford. The only other BCS conference matchup: Northwestern visits Duke, and that hardly counts.
NUMBERS
373 … Joe Paterno’s career victory total. JoePa is tied with Florida State’s Bobby Bowden for No. 1 on the all-time list. Wonder how long the stare-down between these two senior citizens will last.
799 … Ohio State’s victory total. The exclusive 800 Club awaits Saturday when Ohio U visits The Shoe. Will JoePa stick around and try to catch the Buckeyes?
451 … Passing yards last Saturday night for Illinois QB Juice Williams, who really isn’t a great passer. The Illini came up short against Missouri, 52-42, and Big 12 QBs are licking their chops.
50 … Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio hits the big 5-0 Saturday. A win against Eastern Michigan will make a nice birthday present. Dantonio, who looks like Bill Belichick and never smiles, was THE OSU’s defensive coordinator before he went to UC, then East Lansing.
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