Just happened to be reading this article, and halfway down it casually throws out that "Gruden had turned down the Ohio State job after the 2000 season..."
I had never heard that he was ever a candidate for the position back then - can anyone confirm, or is it just ESPN making up random stuff?? I had no luck finding any articles that mentioned him in the search. For the college game I have no doubts Jim Tressel was a better fit, but would've been interesting to see Jon Gruden freaking out on the sideline in a Buckeye jacket....
