Here is a glimpse of Buckeye headlines from around the country:

• BleacheReport writer David Thurman offered up Jim Tressel Suspension and the Ohio State Buckeyes: A Fresh Perspective

“In 10 years as the Buckeyes’ coach, Tressel has often showed us his teams can’t win big games. On Tuesday night, Tressel showed us he can’t win the big news conferences, either.”

Not only does he use Tressel’s leadership books against him, which it predictable, but he paints him as a unapologetic cheater backed by a “win at all costs” focused university…..

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• Dennis Janson of KYPost.com posted: Tressel still haunted by 1996 shooting

Memories of Jermaine Hopkins’ death in a gang dispute in 1996 still haunt Jim Tressel. The Youngstown State star defensive end was shot in the head as he tried to quell a disturbance near campus. He was and always will be 21. A long time friend of the Ohio State coach told me tonight that…..

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• Erick Smith of USA Today penned Ohio State punishment of Jim Tressel called ‘a little light’

The head of a law firm that helps schools deal with the NCAA said the Ohio State punishment of Jim Tressel appears lenient.

Michael Buckner spoke with The Columbus Dispatch and offered his analysis of the two-game suspension and $250,000 fine given to Tressel by the school for failing to reveal information about possible violation by two of his players……

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• Jim Tressel teaches us to win from ESPN’s DJ Gallo:

Jim Tressel’s performance at Tuesday’s news conference was truly inspiring. He made it through the entire thing without really saying anything. That’s not easy to do.

So I headed to my local bookstore to see whether I could learn more from the Buckeyes’ leader. I purchased a copy of his “Winners Manual: For The Game Of Life.” Tressel also has written “Life Promises for Success: Promises from God on Achieving Your Best.” I’ll probably hold off on reading that one until I want to learn from the next Ohio State scandal……

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• Taveus Hawkins of BleacherReport publishedJim Tressel: He’s Still the Ohio State Buckeyes Head Coach!

I can imagine many of my foes have been anxiously awaiting my “putting pen to paper,” especially in the wake of what is going on in Columbus.

I truly wanted to wait until I had more information. I didn’t want to quickly jump to judgment like so many college football fans and members of the media.

The “feeding frenzy” is on! It’s unbelievable that there are so many “Tressel Eating Piranhas” in the world. I didn’t know there existed such a species of fish so adept at pouncing on a legendary football coach and a good man…….

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• Ex-Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez backs Ohio State’s Jim Tressel by USA Today’s Erick Smith:

Ohio State coach Jim Tressel has received support from a former rival.

Rich Rodriguez, who was fired after three seasons at Michigan in January, defended Ohio State coach Jim Tressel during a radio interview Thursday.Rodriguez appeared on The Herd with Colin Cowherd’s ESPN Radio program Thursday. After Cowherd told Rodriguez he no longer trusts Tressel, Rodriguez expressed support for the man that beat him in all three games when……

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4. What’s Next For Tressel & The Buckeyes?
5. Tressel has not resigned nor been fired Ohio State AD sources say