Ohio State Football: Time for Jim Tressel to be honored
The Ohio State football team needs to honor former head coach Jim Tressel for all his contributions on and off the field.
The Ohio Stadium ring of honor is one of the most prestigious and exclusive honors any former Ohio State football player or coach could possibly receive. With only two coaches in the ring, which includes Paul Brown and Woody Hayes, it is time for a third name to join them.
Former Buckeye head coach Jim Tressel deserves to have his name added to rafters below the C-deck of the Horse Shoe. With one famous speech given at half time of an Ohio State basketball game on January 18th, 2001 Tressel changed the tide of Ohio State football forever.
Here is what the coach said per Wikipedia:
"“I can assure you that you will be proud of your young people in the classroom, in the community, and most especially in 310 days in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on the football field.”"
Buckeye football has never looked back. With an unforgettable 2002 National Championship run, two other National Championship appearances, a 9-1 record vs. that team up north and an overall record of 106-22, Tressel deserves this honor for what he accomplished on the football field.
Coach Tressel made the Michigan game into a rivalry again. He pounded into his players’ heads the importance of that game every single day they walked into The Woody. Many of the same traditions that started under Tressel remain in place today, for example singing Carmen Ohio with the band following games.
But even more impressive is what he did off the field. Tressel has made numerous contributions to the community of Columbus and state of Ohio for cancer research, the renovation William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library and helping build a memorial to help remember those Ohio State alumni, who as military personnel, lost their lives in service.
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Coach Tress was honored in 2012 during the anniversary of the 2002 National Championship team. He was carried off the field by his players. The time is now that he comes back home and is recognized for all the good that he and his family have done while wearing the Scarlet and Gray. Put him in the ring.