The fierce urgency of Buckeyes: Obama's Ohio trump card?

[DogPoundPup]

Guest post by debrazza Sun Aug 24, 12:03 PM Pacific

Without a doubt, Ohio State football is the biggest thing in the state of Ohio. It is so important that tickets for games and events have been at the center of a few recent high profile political scandals. So it is no surprise that Ohio State head coach, Jim Tressel, is probably the most popular man in state.

Around the Horseshoe on gameday, signs around the stadium read "God wears a sweater vest" and there is consensus that should Tressel decide to run for Governor, he'd win in a landslide. As a testament to his popularity, when he published a book this summer about his coaching philosophy, the publisher ordered an initial print of 70,000 copies and hundreds of people camped out over night for a book signing.

I was therefore taken aback Saturday afternoon as I was watching ESPN and Lee Corso said that Tressel has stolen a page from Obama and adopted "the fierce urgency of now" as the motivational motto for his team this season.

It is not an unequivocal endorsement of Obama's candidacy, but it is certainly an endorsement of his message. The Cleveland Plain Dealer gives us more details.

Continue reading this post at http://www.jedreport.com/2008/08/the-tressel-fac.html

[RollWithIt]

1. I can't say Tressel has ever let his political convictions be known publicy...

It would surprise me if he ever did. He's a football coach.

[FrenchieCat]

2. Well....ye-Ah!

The real man is holding the ball correctly, the other is a kept spouse married to an heiress.

[DefenseLawyer]

3. He's holding it like Joel's mom's glass egg

in Risky Business. Sometimes you've just got to say "What the fuck".

[MarjorieG]

4. Maybe as MLK motivation?