He's a Senator, all right...

Billso

Billso

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Brutal lede on this Adam Jacobi CBS story:

"It's fitting that Jim Tressel's nickname was The Senator. In Columbus and around the rest of the nation, that nickname was used as unironic praise, a testament to the Ohio State coach's maturity, open faith, and businesslike approach to running his football program. The name stuck because it fit. It also stuck because people conveniently forgot that Congress is and always has been one of the most reviled institutions in American history, one whose abysmal approval ratings are fueled by an institutional history of corruption, hypocrisy, and mistruths. Oh, Jim Tressel is a senator, all right. People just didn't really know it."

http://eye-on-collegefootball.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/24156338/29913659
 
Billso said:
Brutal lede on this Adam Jacobi CBS story:

"It's fitting that Jim Tressel's nickname was The Senator. In Columbus and around the rest of the nation, that nickname was used as unironic praise, a testament to the Ohio State coach's maturity, open faith, and businesslike approach to running his football program. The name stuck because it fit. It also stuck because people conveniently forgot that Congress is and always has been one of the most reviled institutions in American history, one whose abysmal approval ratings are fueled by an institutional history of corruption, hypocrisy, and mistruths. Oh, Jim Tressel is a senator, all right. People just didn't really know it."

CBSSports.com CFB 100, No. 2: The Fall of OSU - CBSSports.com
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The scary part about your post, Billso, is it's true!
 
Of everything that went on with him, I'm most put off by Tressel standing in front of the nation at the press conference and saying that he didn't inform anyone about the e-mails, because he didn't know who to give the information to. That's the most pathetic, laughable excuse for non-action that I've ever heard.
 
Billso said:
Brutal lede on this Adam Jacobi CBS story:

"It's fitting that Jim Tressel's nickname was The Senator. In Columbus and around the rest of the nation, that nickname was used as unironic praise, a testament to the Ohio State coach's maturity, open faith, and businesslike approach to running his football program. The name stuck because it fit. It also stuck because people conveniently forgot that Congress is and always has been one of the most reviled institutions in American history, one whose abysmal approval ratings are fueled by an institutional history of corruption, hypocrisy, and mistruths. Oh, Jim Tressel is a senator, all right. People just didn't really know it."

CBSSports.com CFB 100, No. 2: The Fall of OSU - CBSSports.com
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This. I never could figure out how being called "The Senator" was some sort of honor. You could have called him "the scumbag" or "the devil" and it would have been the same, imho.
 
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