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Tressel, Ohio State made for each other

By Ivan Maisel
ESPN.com

Wednesday, January 2, 2008

NEW ORLEANS -- They have been seven years of feast, and no famine is in sight. In seven years, Jim Tressel has transformed from being merely the coach of Ohio State football to being the face of Ohio State football. There is a difference. John Cooper, his predecessor, won a lot but never quite enough. Before Cooper, Earle Bruce never escaped the shadow of Woody Hayes. Tressel has brought the Buckeyes to their second consecutive BCS Championship Game and third during his tenure. But an Ohio Stat ...

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