Youngstown State University was scheduled to play their home open this Saturday at 7:00 p.m....however, that time has been changed to 4:00 p.m. because of one person - Jim "Freaking" Tressel...
When Tressel was the head coach at YSU, often times his games were played at the same time that Ohio State was playing their games while John Cooper was the head coach...YSU never changed the time of their game to accommodate Ohio State football...
One time, Tressel refused to move the time of a YSU-Marshall game even though it was being played at the same time as the Michigan-Ohio State game...this YSU-Marshall game was NOT a playoff game...in fact, YSU was having one of their worst seasons under Tressel that year and was a meaningless game...
It is just funny, now that Gentleman Jim is coaching at Ohio State, the YSU Athletic Department bows down and makes sure it doesn't schedule a YSU game the same time that THE Ohio State plays...this was a courtesy that Tressel refused to do when he was the head man in Youngstown...
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You are obviously not aware of the amount of money the Tressel family donates to YSU. They are still very close with the program, and I am sure YSU is doing it out of gratitude.
YSU schedules its games so as not to conflict with Ohio State because if they did otherwise, some fans would stay home to watch the Buckeyes.
During the Cooper years, this wasn't an issue for a lot of people (including myself). Ten or 15 years ago, I'd have picked going to YSU given the choice. Since Tressel has been at OSU, YSU hasn't been a playoff team year-in and year-out.
If you think YSU is accomodating Tressel, you're kidding yourself. Tressel doesn't care when the Penguins play. YSU has altered those game times in order to try to get more people at Stambaugh Stadium.
It's really not that difficult to figure out. Simple, actually.
But I guess if bashing Tressel is what you're all about, you'll convince yourself of anything.
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