From: AP via Chron.com — COLUMBUS, Ohio — What’s brewing with the 2011 Ohio State Buckeyes …

BUCKEYES BUZZ: Sometimes blood is thicker than, well, Gatorade.

Mike Tressel, Michigan State’s LBs and special-teams coach, is the nephew of deposed Ohio State head coach Jim Tressel and the son of current Buckeyes RBs coach and special-teams coach Dick Tressel.

Mike and Dick Tressel spoke this week as both prepared for the Michigan State-Ohio State game (3:30 p.m. on Saturday). That in itself was an oddity for them.

“We sort of have a no-talk policy from Sunday through game time,” Mike said of the weeks when his team and his dad’s team meet. “I think my dad cheated a little bit. He texted me today (Wednesday) because it was my birthday. We haven’t played on my birthday week before. And I texted him back, so I cheated, too! Oh, boy, we’ve got problems now. But maybe it’ll work out better than it did the last two times.”

The Buckeyes have beaten the Spartans both previous times the Tressels were on……

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