Terrell Pryor takes next step in development for Ohio State Buckyes He had forgotten to bring dress pants to California, and "nice jeans" wouldn't cut it, according to head coach Jim Tressel. The next day, when asked about ... Scarlet & Gray Matter 5 in points allowed), but someone forgot to tell coach Jim Tressel, who either experienced an epiphany -- "Gee, throwing the ball can be fun" -- or decided that the punt isn't the most important play in football when you can't tackle the punt returner. Worth the trip? Hmm, let's see. Perfect weather? Check. Entertaining game? Check. BCS bowl win? Check. Anyone have any complaints? Didn't think so. One-liner: So this is what Tress meant when he said his New Year's resolution was to "pass on everything." The view How the team sees it: What's the present tense of arise? A Rose. We're back. How th... On Rose Bowl eve, Kelly and Tressel reflect on shared Division I-AA past On the eve of the “Granddaddy of Them All,” Oregon coach Chip Kelly and Ohio State coach Jim Tressel couldn't help but reflect on their common past. ... Ohio State coach Jim Tressel confirms Ray Small, Rob Rose, Duron Carter out for Rose Bowl Game Presented by Citi ... receiver Ray Small and senior defensive end Rob Rose for the Rose Bowl Game presented by Citi, head coach Jim Tressel confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. ... Ohio State's Sustained Excellence Is Underappreciated The fact is, Jim Tressel has run a superb program during his eight years at the helm, and is one of the top college coaches in the land. ... College Football Nation Blog At the head coaches' press conference Thursday, both Chip Kelly of Oregon and Jim Tressel of Ohio State sounded almost giddy about the Kickoff Luncheon to ...

Ohio State's Kurt Coleman is a true leader Ohio State Coach Jim Tressel agrees, and Coleman's teammates voted him most valuable player. Tressel says that leadership comes not from Coleman's team-leading five interceptions or his 64 tackles. Nor from the various honors that, with a win over Oregon in Friday's Rose Bowl, would make him the most accomplished player on the winningest senior class in school history.Those qualities, Tressel says, were forged not in on-field success but rather in tragedy, beginning eight months before his father's cancer was discovered."Adversity, in my experience, is probably one of the few things that makes you strong," Tressel said. "It's just the kind of person he's become."...

Fancy Jeans Not Fancy Enough for Tressel Terrelle Pryor may be eager to defend the honor of the Big Ten, but by coch Ohio State coach Jim Tressel's standards, he isn't dressing the part of a ...

Urban Meyer, Mike Leach subplots make for strange bowl season If you'd told me prior to the season that either 1) Idaho would win a bowl game or 2) Jim Tressel would pose for Playgirl, I would have spent the next few ...

Buckeyes surprisingly take to the air in win over Ducks Terrelle made good decisions today," Ohio State coach Jim Tressel said. "He not only made good decisions as to who to go to, he made good decisions when to throw it away and when to step up and run." But it wasn't all Pryor. The Buckeyes defense, the No. 5 scoring defense in the country, held a Ducks team that averaged more than 40 points in its last six games to just 260 total yards. Oregon quarterback Jeremiah Masoli, who accounted for nearly 400 yards in a 47-20 victory over USC earlier this season, was limited to 90 total yards, including just nine yards rushing. "They did a great job of taking him away, not letting him run a lot of our read stuff," Oregon coach Chip...