A Spoonful of Poop in a Barrel Full of Honey OR Something Stinks In Columbus

As you may or may not have heard, all is not well in Buckeye Land. The fact that THE Ohio State Buckeyes dropped another "big game" isn't really the task at hand, but let's begin with some fun facts about the self-proclaimed "best damn football team in the land":

• Saturday's loss to USC makes them O-fer in their last 6 games versus top-5 opponents,
  
• Incidentally, OSU's last "Dubya" against a top-5 team was the much-hyped "Game of the Century" in November 2006,
  
• That win, over the #2 Michigan Wolverines, propelled the #1 Buckeyes into the BCS Championship Game,
  
• A week prior, that same Michigan team was dominated by USC in the Rose Bowl Game,
• OSU they promptly dropped the National Title Game/Debacle to Chris Leak's Florida Gators 41-14 (way back when Lord Tebow was just a Lil' Disciple),
• These events led to whispers around the country about college football's worst-kept secret: the Big Eleven might just be overrated.
  

The real problem in Columbus is that Senator Sweatervest (I cannot claim ownership for this nickname, thanks instead to Chris Brown at Rivals.com) is losing the support of the delusional, nut-loving fan-base of Ohio faster than you can say "is there a job opening in South Bend?" Turn on Sports Talk Radio in Columbus for about 10 minutes any afternoon and you'll hear the rants and raves of media mavens on the brink of washing their cyanide capsules down with a refreshing hemlock-iced tea.

In this well-written piece by the aforementioned Chris Brown, it is pretty obvious to see that Coach Tressel is being exposed as a terrible Xs-and-Os tactician. This fact is only intensifying the effect of some less-than-brilliant remarks made by The Vest in his weekly presser Tuesday afternoon. Please, allow me to quote:

"...honestly, the thing when I read some of [the e-mails sent by fans] is I feel terrible for them because there's no way they're happy. They've got to be some of the most unhappy people in the world, and I feel bad because we just made them less happy, and I hate to be a part of making someone less happy. I mean, they're already miserable and to make them less happy, I'd feel bad..."

Not a smart thing to say for a coach who's chair is getting warm at a school that has a recent history of firing coaches who allegedly "can't win the big one." Even Rick Pitino wouldn't have said something this arrogant and, well, stupid.

So rejoice Mountaineers. Our head coach, whose coaching skills would never be confused with those of tactical strategists like Steve Spurrier, Mike Leach, or Rich Rodriguez, would never throw our players, beat writers, or fans under the proverbial bus. Tressel now joins Spurrier, Leach, Rodriguez, and most of the SEC, as a diva head coach with an ego bigger than the town they coach in; a T.O. with a clipboard, if you will.

Stay tuned college football fans, things could get very interesting in Columbus this fall...



Deconstructing: The grisly demise of 'Tressel Ball' [Rivals.com]
Ohio State football: Jim Tressel on some fans who feel "miserable" and bouncing back from USC [Cleveland.com]
Rick Pitino's defiantly weird press conference [Rivals.com]



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