"The Granddaddy of Them All"

[lostinamerica]

"It depends on what your definition of cool is.":
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-rose-bowl1-2010jan01,0,5737185.story?page=2

"I've got so much to do, I ask the guys, can they please find the play themselves?" Masoli said:
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-plaschke1-2010jan01,0,1217479.column?page=1

"We're tired of it. We must win.":
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/george_schroeder/12/31/rose.bowl/index.html

First Down:
http://www.cleveland.com/osu/index.ssf/2009/12/four_downs_how_doug_lesmerises.html

I went back through OSU's box scores since 2002, Tressel's second season. (I believe you can't tell anything from a coach's first season.)
. . . while OSU has never overcome a deficit greater than ten points under Jim Tressel, they've also never lost a lead bigger than ten points:
http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2009/12/31/rose-bowl-preview?icid=sphere_tribune_latimes_inline

Ohio State Quotes:
http://www.cleveland.com/ohio-sports-blog/index.ssf/2009/12/rose_bowl_ohio_state_quotes_th.html

Oregon Quotes:
http://www.cleveland.com/ohio-sports-blog/index.ssf/2009/12/rose_bowl_oregon_media_day_quo.html

Name That Quote:
http://www.cleveland.com/ohio-sports-blog/index.ssf/2009/12/rose_bowl_oregon_media_day_quo.html

"That's the beauty of the game of football. It's really what happens that day, not what you're capable of or not what you could have done, but what happens that day . . ."

GL