Ohio State Football Coach Jim Tressel Resigns

Several Months ago I asked the question Is Jim Tresse's job safe? So did the press."Asked if he considered firing Tressel, Ohio State President E. Gordon Gee said then: “No, are you kidding? Let me just be very clear: I’m just hopeful the coach doesn’t dismiss me.

Today we got that answer, no it was not. Shocking Buckeye Nation, Jim Tressel has resigned as coach of the Ohio State Football program. Even though it comes as a shock, it had to be anticipated.

I never felt a self imposed 5 game benching of Tressel was going to satisfy the NCAA. Tressel just crossed to many lines. The NCAA was generous to the Buckeyes when they allowed the players involved in tattoo gate to play in their BCS Bowl. But when it became apparent Tressel knew far more than he let on and began a cover up, it was just a matter of time before Tressel would be forced to resign or Ohio State would have to fire the legendary coach. Today was the day.

Obviously this was not a spur of the moment thing nor will Ohio State miss a beat by having to do a job search for a new coach. Athletic Director Gene Smith has things well in hand. “We look forward to refocusing the football program on doing what we do best—representing this extraordinary university and its values on the field, in the classroom, and in life,” Smith said in a statement Monday. “We look forward to supporting Luke Fickell in his role as our football coach. We have full confidence in his ability to lead our football program.”

After 10 years at the helm, Tressel leaves Ohio State with a record of 106-22-0 and eight BCS Bowl Game appearances.

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John Elway vs Elway

It seems more than the NFL lockout makes John Elway unhappy. He is displeased with a Fort Collins punk band using his surname and calling themselves " Elway".

Don't get me wrong, I am a fan of John Elway for the way he conducted himself on and off the field. He is a fine role model on how athletes should conduct themselves on and off the field.

Elway has taken such offense to the bands choice of name that he had his attorney write the group "Elway" requesting the band change its name, however he did stop short of suing or issuing a cease and desist order.

One would think with all that is going in with the NFL lockout as a Denver Bronco vice president he would have much more to worry about than the name of a punk band.

The band, to its credit, was mostly amused. In a statement released via punknews.org, the band acknowledged the letter and suggested Elway had better things to do in the wake of the Broncos' disastrous 2010 season.

"We have no intention of changing the name again. We love the name, regardless of what connotations are inferred by the listener. Surely, if the Dead Kennedys could become one of punk's most popular bands without incurring litigation, Elway can keep their moniker and continue making so-so music for our dozens of fans to enjoy."

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Mark Richt Is A Stud

By now some of you have heard that Georgia Football Coach Mark Richt is selling his Lake Hartwell property and that it is a sign of him getting ready to leave UGA. The bloggers and others who have speculated that as being the reason are wrong.

Coach Richt may or may not be on the hot seat at Georgia but his position as head coach has nothing do with his decision to list the property. No his decision to sell is based on a higher calling and more noble reasons. After he read a book, “The Hole in Our Gospel,” written by Richard Stearns, it altered the coaches life.

His noble reasons for selling the lake house are simple, he and his wife saw that it would free up more cash for them to donate to charity, to make a positive impact on the lives of those less blessed.

My source for this information comes from the UGA Sports Blog in an article written by Chip Towers posted on May 25,2011.

Rather than tell you what Mark Richt said I will copy and paste from the article.

“Within the last year, I read this book, “The Hole in Our Gospel,” written by Richard Stearns. He’s the president of World Vision, U.S. I think people understand who World Vision is but, basically, they help the poor. Through their organization, you can help children, you can help build wells, you can buy them donkeys, whatever people need. World Vision helps people across the world. Well, anyway, there was a lot of statistical data in there about the amount of people that live on a dollar a day around this world. Billions of people. So I’m reading this book and it really affected me. It helped me realize that what we have is way more than we need and that our ability to give is hindered by this property. I guess that’s the best way to tell you. We just wanted to be in a better position to give and bless people that don’t have anything. We felt like this was one way to be able to do that.”

Richt went on to say the reason he delayed his decision to list the house was he knew the speculation it would cause so he delayed till after recruiting season and spring ball.

I have long known that Mark Richt was a class act and a credit UGA and college football. Now he is even more, the man is a stud who walks his talk. This summer he and his family are taking a trip to Honduras to watch World Vision in action and help dig and develop water wells for the people there. Thanks Mark Richt for being who you are, a wonderful role model on and off the field.

Troy Polamalu is a Stud

Troy Polamalu is a stud and ideal role model. During the current players strike Polamalu has walked his talk. Troy has always said and education and degree are more important than athletics. Last Friday at age 30 he took care of unfinished business as he crossed the stage in cap and gown and received his diploma graduating from the University of Southern California. He posted the following thoughts on his website www.troy43.com

"I'm thrilled to announce that on this cool, sunny Friday morning I donned a cap and gown, walked across the stage in the beautiful Alumni Park at University of Southern California, and was handed my diploma. I'm officially a USC graduate! While I feel excited and fulfilled, that's not really what I want to focus on in this message — I want to talk about the reason behind my decision to go back and finish what I started.

The majority of top picks in the NFL get drafted before they complete their college education. I truly love football and it's such an immense blessing and privilege as an athlete to be given the rare opportunity to use those talents at the highest professional level, but it's certainly not a replacement for an education. So I decided to finish what I started and walked that stage today not only because it was very important to me personally, but because I want to emphasize the importance of education, and that nothing should supersede it."

He has also been involved in sponsoring a student of the year program. We read so many stories of athletes being idiots on and off the field, its nice to post a story about an athlete that is grounded and is a great role model for all..........Troy Polamalu you are a stud of the highest degree.

Harmon Killebrew Stops Fighting

It was announced today that baseball slugger and hall of famer Harmon Killebrew will enter hospice care and end his battle with cancer. His doctors have informed him the cancer has progressed beyond medical treatment and is incurable.

The world of sports will lose a true gentleman, great baseball player and role model.
God Bless you and take you Harmon, the world will be a smaller place without you.

Oklahoma Remembers Boise State

This is not a victory lap posting. I am a fan of the Sooners unless they play Boise State.

Recently Boise weatherman Rick Lanz from KTVB had occasion to visit Norman, Ok and the Sooner campus. He was there to visit the meteorology department. While he was there he decided to interview some students and ask if they remembered the 2006 Fiesta Bowl. The following video is the interview.



Adding to the myth that ducks mistake the blue field for water is the student who says Boise State pays a fine every year to have blue turf. This simply is not true any more than ducks dive bomb the field thinking its a body of water. Its the Geese, they overfly the river and dive bomb the turf.

Mess With The Eagle: You Get The Claw

Sunday night osama bin laden got clawed. For over three decades he messed with the Eagle and Sunday night he got clawed as he felt the bullet from a Navy Seal's gun crash through his forehead and end his life.

I recall the first time I ever heard his name and like others, then Senator Al Gore, had trouble pronouncing his name. At Congressional hearings during the Reagan years a young Oliver North pronounced bin laden as the most dangerous man on earth. Sadly we became more aware of who bin lade was and why Colonel North made his pronouncement.

Like any who was old enough and saw the Twin Towers go down that assault on the Pentagon and saw the wreckage of the jet in Pennsylvania, I was incensed and wanted revenge.

Sunday night that was fulfilled as bin laden became a victim of his own hate, hate he used to justify murdering peoples from all around the world in many nations. People who were unable to fight back because they never saw it coming. People who were innocent and were only in the wrong place at the wrong time. Their deaths have screamed for decades for retribution and finally at long last it has come and bin laden can no longer kill or maim people.

For me it is justice that like his victims the last thing he heard was the sound of a blast and saw a flash of light as he realized his life was over. As an American it makes me proud to know the last face he ever saw was that of an American, a US Navy Seal that resolved our differences with extreme prejudice while extending the compliments of President Obama and the citizens of the United States and sent bin laden into eternity with the message firmly implanted in his brain, mess with the Eagle___ you get the claw and Sunday night thanks to all the men and women who spent all most 10 years focused on finding him, bin laden got clawed.