ASK JIM TRESSEL
Today, in our endless guest columnist series, we have Ohio State Jim Tressel here to answer your questions about love, life, and yes, football. Take it away, Jim!
Thanks for the introduction, Orson. I appreciate the opportunity to interact with your readers. Let's get right to those emails.
Dear Coach T--
My portfolio is heavy on AIG and Lehman Brothers, as well as others who invested heavily in the subprime real estate market. Should I diversify?
--Sweating in Sandusky
Hello Sandusky! While I'm not a licensed financial planner, diversification's never a bad thing. You should consider investing in the American manufacturing sector, which will bounce right back once people figure out that foreigners can't make things properly. You can quote ol' Jimmy T: the American worker is the best worker in the world! Consider textiles especially.

The American Manufacturing Sector: as timeless as the Buckeye offense, buddy.
Dear JT--
A few weeks ago I noticed a small lump on my arm. It looks like one of my moles has grown to a horrendous size. It bleeds constantly, and last night it started smoking and emitting a smell of brimstone and rotting cabbage. Should I see a doctor?
--Concerned and smoking in Columbus, OH.
Well, it's good to see a Columbus native here! Go Buckeyes! I'm no doctor, so I won't dispense medical advice. Just between you and me, though, that mole's just one of those things, and you'll be fine. Consider wearing a sweater over it if it causes you any embarrassment: they're both comfortable and formal enough to wear in polite company.
Next letter!
Dear Coach T--
My husband comes home smelling like whore and won't tell me who he's talking to on the cell phone all the time. He's working late and won't have sex with me. I think he's having an affair, but I don't want to accuse him of something he may not be doing! Help!
Worried in Westlake
Sounds like typical marriage. Just sit down and have a nice dinner together. Put on some nice music; I like Color My World by Chicago, but you should choose your own. You'll forget whatever you were worried about when he wraps his loving arms around you. It's worked for me and Mrs. T for years.
P.S. You might also want to consider giving him a blow job. That works, too.
COWCH--HALP TREE ON FIRE STUK N TREEE HALP--BAHR
Oh, Mr. Bear. You look fine where you are. It'll all work out if you just keep doing what you're doing.
Coach T--Are you going to actually start Terrelle Pryor after Todd Boeckman's dismal performance against USC?
Exasperated in Elyria
Oh, I'm not one to change things all at once, but be shocked: he'll get half this week.
JT--Delta Five-niner here. What the fuck do we do with this?
Well, tone down the language, for starters. We have ladies reading. Second, I'll do what great men do: quote Winston Churchill. "When you're going through a fiery and unprecedented aeronautical disaster, keep going." He said it, so it must be true.
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Jimmy T makes car parts for the American worker, because that’s who he is, and that’s who he cares about.
by Tater Salad on Sep 17, 2008 11:21 AM EDT reply actions
Not really the photo I wanted to see there at the end, Orson, what with the plane ride tomorrow to PHX and all.
by Gen. Stoopnagle on Sep 17, 2008 11:23 AM EDT reply actions
What?
No “Stay The Course” references?
I kid. I kid.
by dudis41 on Sep 17, 2008 11:23 AM EDT reply actions
We couldn’t let UGA fans off cleanly, General. (saluting as we type this)
by Orson Swindle on Sep 17, 2008 11:24 AM EDT reply actions
Your next GOP candidate for President: Jim Tressel.
by Biggus Rickus on Sep 17, 2008 11:29 AM EDT reply actions
The bear is like a rivals.com poster: he is not very intelligent as evidenced by his grammar and spelling, yet, suprisingly, he still owns a computer. Also, he bothers Jim Tressel constantly.
Y’know, a [bear] with [a computer] is like a mule with a spinning wheel. No one knows how he got is and darned if he knows how to use it."
by PW on Sep 17, 2008 11:33 AM EDT reply actions
So if Michigan beats Ohio State (I refuse to acknowlege or refer to the Buckeyes with the moniker
“the” until they win a legit National Championship in a dominating way, and not have it come down to bogus
Pass Inference call), how long until the Jim Tressel ship gets torpedoed by the Admin? I think John Cooper would have at least won one of these 3 past big games…. I hope they are lookin past Troy….that would be alot of fun if they dropped another game to a team from Sparta
by Mr. Pelican Pants on Sep 17, 2008 11:46 AM EDT reply actions
@3 – pfft – “Stay the Course”?
What we need and deserve is a full on LSUFreak treatment of Jimmy T in front of a “Mission Accomplished” banner.
Of course, the Iraqi Information Minister would also work. “There was no great loss this past weekend to USC. Nor was there a loss to Florida or LSU. We are winning the BCS battle.”
/eat snacky smores
by vegas_buckeye on Sep 17, 2008 11:48 AM EDT reply actions
“My husband comes home smelling like whore and wont tell me who hes talking to on the cell phone all the time.”
Relax, Mrs. Carroll. Just sounds like your husband is recruiting well, again.
by GamecockTony on Sep 17, 2008 11:50 AM EDT reply actions
UGA fans are going to hear how to fasten their seat belts for the first time tomorrow from a flight attendant. I’m sure many will be trying to make their Penthouse Forum fantasy come true, since they don’t know when they may ever need to fly again.
tOSU will see changes at QB as early as this week. Seems Terrelle Pryor is taking more snaps than Todd Boeckman in practice. We may get beat again, but it will have an element of excitement. Maybe not 3-2 excitement, but thrilling just the same.
by Crabapple Buck on Sep 17, 2008 11:54 AM EDT reply actions
Totally off topic, but what was the name of the song that closed EDSBS Live the other night?
by DLB on Sep 17, 2008 11:57 AM EDT reply actions
Stay Calm…All is Well
http://crazyopinions.com/__oneclick_uploads/2007/09/remain_calm.jpg
by OnTap on Sep 17, 2008 12:07 PM EDT reply actions
I hate to disagree with the coach, but I think Wayne needs to get that mole checked out before it blows up like the radiator on the Grand Am.
by DevilGrad on Sep 17, 2008 12:27 PM EDT reply actions
Dear JT
A few weeks ago I noticed your defense looked slow and out-of-position. It looks like your defensive coordinator has put in horrendous schemes. The defense bleeds yardage constantly, and Saturday night it started smoking and emitting a smell of brimstone and rotting cabbage. Should you maybe send Haycock out on an ice floe?
Concerned and smoking in Columbus, OH.
Fixed.
by The Song of Hiawatha Francisco on Sep 17, 2008 12:28 PM EDT reply actions
Wow, a reference to the Tenerife air disaster.
Were you stuck in line at Barnes and Noble for too long and you started reading Air Disater books in the cheap section?
by Wooderson on Sep 17, 2008 12:29 PM EDT reply actions
“A few weeks ago I noticed a small lump on my arm. It looks like one of my moles has grown to a horrendous size. It bleeds constantly, and last night it started smoking and emitting a smell of brimstone and rotting cabbage. Should I see a doctor?”
Adequately describes the Notre Dame football program.
by Touchdown74 on Sep 17, 2008 12:31 PM EDT reply actions
I love air-disaster books almost as much as I love the airplane scene from “Fight Club.”
Now, a question of etiquette: As I pass, do I give you the ass or the crotch?
by Doug on Sep 17, 2008 12:33 PM EDT reply actions
vegas_buckeye — work with that “Mission Accomplished” thing, because Michigan’s all ready got the Iraqi Information Minister at work:
http://wolverineliberationarmy.blogspot.com/2008/09/message-from-wla-bureau-of-information.html
by Other Chris on Sep 17, 2008 12:37 PM EDT reply actions
#17
A few weeks ago I noticed a small lump on my arm. It looks like one of my moles has grown to a horrendous size. It bleeds constantly, and last night it started smoking and emitting a smell of brimstone and rotting cabbage. Should I see a doctor?
Adequately describes the Notre Dame football program under Willingsham and Boob.
All fixed.
by gindole on Sep 17, 2008 12:42 PM EDT reply actions
The response would be different if CJT knew the bear ran a 4.6 forty.
by sonofsamford on Sep 17, 2008 12:46 PM EDT reply actions
Where is “The Artist Formerly Known as blah, blah, blah”?
by Stacy Kiebler Luvs Me on Sep 17, 2008 12:50 PM EDT reply actions
“COWCHHALP TREE ON FIRE STUK N TREEE HALPBAHR”
Are you sure this wasn’t Jeff Tedford? Or maybe Dumpster Muffin?
Sigh. I kid because I already bought the season tickets….
by Vandy J on Sep 17, 2008 12:59 PM EDT reply actions
Tater, would you say Tommy Boy or Drumline is your favorite movie? I know, tough call.
by Mangino_ate_my_baby on Sep 17, 2008 12:59 PM EDT reply actions
@19 – curses. Your wolverine cunning has preempted the humor attack of the buckeyes.
Though in fairness, UM has earned the right to use the Information Minister.
Maybe what OSU needs it to hire an under-qualified hot female to do double duty as its offensive and defensive coordinator. That should rally the voters.
by vegas_buckeye on Sep 17, 2008 1:00 PM EDT reply actions
Crabapple Buck,
Actually, last year we flew all the way to New Orleans for a BCS Bowl, which we won. Then we flew back with a shiny trophy and a #2 national ranking. How did your bowl trip go? Really? Again? We’re also 2-0 in our last meetings with Florida and LSU. How you doin’?
And those who play Ohio, Akron and Bowling Green on a rolling basis really shouldn’t throw travel/scheduling stones. Especially at Rey Mauluga. Because that will just make him angrier. And Boeckman wouldn’t like him when he’s angry.
And Ohio residents making jokes about backwards Georgians is tantamount to West Virginians stereotyping, well, anyone. On that I hope we might be able to agree.
Good natured hugs and knife twists,
Your friends in Georgia.
by JPDoesDallas on Sep 17, 2008 1:00 PM EDT reply actions
Re #19: I thought that guy got a job in Huntington. I mean, if you wanted to pick an American city that reminded you of Baghdad . . . .
http://www.anotherwineblog.com/skunkworks/welovemarshall/info2.jpg
by DevilGrad on Sep 17, 2008 1:03 PM EDT reply actions
“Maybe what OSU needs it to hire an under-qualified hot female to do double duty as its offensive and defensive coordinator. That should rally the voters.”
+1 from this Michigan fan to you, vegas_buckeye.
by Other Chris on Sep 17, 2008 1:06 PM EDT reply actions
I notice that the advertising on this page is “get complimentary The Ohio State ringtones.” Would those ringtones be the ones that sound like a whore choking on a 10 inch tubesteak?
by Touchdown74 on Sep 17, 2008 1:22 PM EDT reply actions
#28
I would disagree with the blatant sexist attitude you boys have towards one of the current VP nominees. Being able to see Russia from her home state is a big plus in national security issues.
I see Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium everyday. I believe I am qualified to coach.
by blon on Sep 17, 2008 1:37 PM EDT reply actions
Blon
You would be more qualified to coach than Greg Robinson or Ty Willingham. You would have to move from Austin though.
by Crabapple Buck on Sep 17, 2008 2:33 PM EDT reply actions
@ Doug
You’ve read the wrong Palahnuik prior to your flight. Read Choke instead (especially the chapter all about the mile-high club). The flight will be a lot more interesting (note: allow time to deal with the airport police just in case there are misunderstandings).
by Will (the other one) on Sep 17, 2008 2:54 PM EDT reply actions
Too busy to read through comments, but I have it on good word that Tressel likes the Beach Boys, and his wife like Celine Dion (or Selayne Dayon if you ask JT).
by poguemahone on Sep 17, 2008 5:51 PM EDT reply actions
JPDoesDallas
I hope you enjoyed your trip to the Sugar Bowl! We were there too, wish you would have said hi! Oh wait, we were there about a week after you, we were playing in a bowl that decided something other than how many rounds Colt Brennan got to sweat during the draft. It’s fine, we’ve decided to take the Georgia road this year. Lose early (maybe even a few times), win the rest of your games, then complain that your not in the MNC game!
by db on Sep 17, 2008 6:47 PM EDT reply actions
Coach tressel, I am 12 years old, and live in this great city called columbus. I am a die hard football fan, and I know that you get tired of people asking about the quarterbacks at ohio state, but I seriously, unlike most, think you should start Boeckman over pryor. I think That Terrel wil louse his poise against a really good team. Just look at wisconsin, I mean he did well against Troy, but when you guys get to Penn. State, he might louse it. Bockman, did well under the stress of Michigan last year, and is the senior, so please reconsider boeckman.
by Max Taylor on Oct 8, 2008 12:10 PM EDT reply actions

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