Comments on: Presser Notes: Toledo Week

By: Grady Jacksons Belly

Grady Jacksons Belly — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:42:51 +0000

Florida State used to be bigtime also. Nothing is a given anymore.

By: buckeyemondo

buckeyemondo — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:42:35 +0000

tressel would never have done it. same reason why he punted instead of going for the 53 yard fg. and in the college game, it’s not a necessity to have timeouts in the two minute drill. it was just a thought as inevitability loomed large…

By: bobl

bobl — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:01:41 +0000

hey guys, i’m a wolverine and you folks are nuts. what school wouldn’t take your record since the vestman took over. i think osu suffers from playing in a weak conference and not getting the weekly challenge that sec schools get. your athletes must be getting good coaching or they wouldn’t be drafted as high as they always seem to be. would you rather go back to the cooper years or even the bruce years?

By: A Bag of Doritos

A Bag of Doritos — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:24:18 +0000

pam, i think you should write another email to Jimmy T to apologize for what you just did to his inbox.

“This is not the first time I have written to him and gotten a response. The last time I got two tickets to the UM game last year compliments of coach.”

By: mem

mem — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:10:59 +0000

Guess I’m not sure exactly what you’re getting at. If I were Ray Small, I’d like to think I’d recognize the chance afforded me. Ray’s problems are his own, not the coaching staff’s. They can do their level best, and that’s all you can really ask for.

The point I’m making is pretty simple: fans are complaining because we lost, but Tressel’s job description includes more than just winning. The only people who don’t see it that way are fans; I’m sure Gene Smith and Gordon Gee both have expectations different than ours. I personally happen to think that winning the big one isn’t as high on his priority list as (1) doing his best to mold kids through the program and (2) beating Michigan. After all, that’s all he said when he took over: that we’d be proud of the players on the field, off the field, and when we beat Michigan in so many days.

Tressel’s not going anywhere; if we’re fortunate, he’s going to make some changes offensively (at the very least I’d hope he’ll figure out that his definition of clock management could use some tweaking). But he’s going to be at OSU as long as he wants to be, and I’m guessing that he’s going to have the luxury of naming his successor, too (given what happened to UM).

Bonus prediction: since he and Beckman are good buds, I don’t expect we’re going to blow out Toledo on Saturday, either.

By: RBuck

RBuck — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:00:04 +0000

Welll put. I had the same thoughts earlier.

By: Red_Queen_Race

Red_Queen_Race — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:27:52 +0000

“What would you do if we went 9-4 and lost in a bowl game? Florida recently did this.”

If we played in the SEC, as Florida does, a 9-4 record becomes more likely, depending upon how each year’s schedule plays out (teams and location of game).

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:59:24 +0000

“But I can also guarantee that every member of the coaching staff realizes that football is the best avenue they have for teaching boys to be men, and they will capitalize on the L’s as much as the W’s for that purpose.”

Are you actually Ray Small?

By: MirrorLakeJump

MirrorLakeJump — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:11:02 +0000

Could it be much worse than the current storm?

By: John

John — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:00:03 +0000

Didn’t we make the same amount of mistakes as USC (an interception each, no fumbles), obviously win the field position battle (the punter had him inside the 20 a million times it seemed), and for the most part win the battle of the trenches (the o-line held there own finally, and the D-line got pressure all day except for the last drive). So we followed Tressel’s philosophy for tough games and came out with a loss, this is why we need some new blood on offense to help tweak this philosophy.