By Medbuck on 17:18:54 11/22/09
From the Michigan Daily dated Jan 22nd 2001."I can assure you that you"ll be proud of our young people," Tressel said to an attentive halftime crowd, "in the classroom, in the community and especially in 310 days in Ann Arbor" So there it is. A guarantee? Not really. Lockerroom material? I"ve seen better. But Tressel"s remarks certainly reveal a bit about his job objectives and they more than insinuate that he plans to leave Michigan Stadium victorious this November. What struck me was not Tressel"s lip service, but the general disregard with which it was treated at least in Ann Arbor. Even the most zealous Michigan supporters could do nothing but chuckle at the very idea of an Ohio State victory in the Big House next season. The Wolverines not only return Heisman Trophy candidate Drew Henson and an improved defensive front seven, but will also have the No. 1 incoming freshman class. Meanwhile in Columbus, recruits are abandoning a ship with a Division I rookie at the helm who has yet to hire a crew. Add the fact that Ohio State has not won in Michigan Stadium since 1987, and who could blame local newspapers for essentially burying Tressel"s comments beneath the other news of the day? Nobody around here (outside Schembechler Hall) is taking him seriously.
Those fools had no idea what was coming...