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- WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES
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- THANK YOU JIM TRESSEL
- The
last time The Buckeyes were the National Champs was my freshman
year at OSU.
- I
can't describe the feeling I had when we stopped Miami from
scoring in the 2nd OT.
- This
championship was long overdue. I was beginning to think I wasn't
going to live long
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to see another one. I absolutely must credit Jim Tressel. He took
John Cooper's
- talent
and did what should have been done many times before - win
championships. I had the
- pleasure
of seeing Jim Tressel speak at the weekly Downtown Quarterback
Club Luncheon in the
- Fall
of 2003. He is a man of great poise and diginity. He never takes
any personal credit for what
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team accomplishes. He's humble, thankful and grateful for his good
fortune and I for one, truly
- appreciate
all that he has brought to OSU.
He's
not just a coach to these players, he's their
mentor.
- He's
teaching them how important it is to always believe in yourself,
even when others show doubt.
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givng these players critical lessons in life. They will leave
OSU never, ever doubting their
abilities.
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they have Jim Tressel to thank.
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- THIS IS THE LAST YEAR I PERFORM
- FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC
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- After
nearly 40 years I've decided not to perform in clubs or for
general audiences any longer.
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decision was not made easily. I truly do enjoy performing. Lately,
however, I have found
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audiences who enjoy my style of music do not go out nearly as
often as they have in the past.
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of this, crowds are thinning in many venues and so are the budgets
at these venues.
- With
all this said, I thought it might be appropriate to
take...
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- A PICTORAL JOURNEY
- THROUGH TIME
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- 1965
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- 1967
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- 1968
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- 1969
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- 1971
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![](../band%20pics/1971%20Superstar%20Dad.jpg)
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- 1972
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- 1973
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- 1974
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- 1975
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- 1976
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- 1977
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- 1978
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- 1979
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- 1980
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- 1981
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- 1984-1987
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- 1988
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- 1991-1995
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- 1996
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- 1998
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- 2001
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- 2002
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- THANK YOU EVERYONE!
- IT'S BEEN A GREAT RIDE!
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it's not over...
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