The Big Ten released the 2009-2010 Fall Academic All-Conference Team today and Ohio State leads all Big Ten schools with 95 student-athletes over seven different sports named to the team. The Buckeyes were followed closely by Indiana who had 93 student-athletes chosen. The 95 seems much more impressive when compared to Michigan’s 41 or Purdue’s 39.
The football team also leads all other Big Ten football teams with 31 players named Academic All-Big Ten. (In case you were wondering Michigan finished last with 10, they must have been to busy practicing to study.) To me this speaks volumes about Jim Tressel not only as a coach but also as a teacher, mentor, and a man. Coach Tressel does not focus his life solely on football and he does not think that his players should either. Some people may criticize this but to me this is why Jim Tressel is one of the best coaches in the country.
I have always valued character in sports more than anything else and would rather root for an athlete, team, or coach who has high moral character then root for someone just because they win. This gives us all another reason why we should be proud to be Buckeyes!
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