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Buckeyes' program reflects Tressel's core themes

By Gene Wojciechowski
ESPN.com

Saturday, January 6, 2007

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- He wasn't Ohio State's first choice. First choices don't have to call and ask if they could please be included on the list of head coaching candidates. First choices don't usually come from a Division I-AA program with a history of NCAA championships and NCAA violations. First choices don't have to hope. But now, with Ohio State on the brink of its second national title in the last five seasons, it seems almost inconceivable that anyone but Jim Tressel would be the Buckeyes' ...

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