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Tressell Suspends Self for Six Weeks

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Disgraced Ohio State head football coach Jim Tressell will start his new job for the NFL Indianapolis Colts no earlier than Week 7 due to a self-imposed suspension.

At our ISU-PSU viewing party in The Cave, Zbeard expressed the feeling that if Terrelle Pryor was suspended by the NFL for his college hijinx, then so should Tressell. This large-mouthed Turkey asserted that coaches and players are two different things in the NFL, and Tressell shouldn’t be sidelined as Pryor was — if only because I wanted to make fun of him sooner. However, now, Tressell has voluntarily suspended himself, probably after a phone call from Zbeard.

Read more about it here (video commentary, too).

Meanwhile, Peyton Manning will not practice until doctors clear him, which might not be soon. There is some talk about Manning needing a second neck surgery. With Orlovsky having been cut, there’s no doubt that former PSU standout and veteran, once retired NFL journeyman quarterback Kerry Collins will start for the Colts.

Tressell Finds a Job

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Jim “Sweater Vest” Tressell, disgraced Ohio State Buckeyes head coach, has found himself a job in the NFL. ??????? ???????? He’ll be the video replay analyst for the Indianapolis Colts. ???????

That means he’ll be tucked away in the booth, far away from the sidelines. Perhaps he’ll have to update his wardrobe to include blue and white sweater vests, those being the Colts’ colors. What’s that you say? Those are Penn State’s colors, too? Hahahhahahahaha! I’ve got to see this!

I decided that I couldn’t wait, so I Photoshopped ol’ Jim. ?????? ?????? (See above.)

More details at ESPN.

 

Kerry Collins Unretires

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It seems like yesterday that this Turkey was writing about former Nittany Lion quarterback Kerry Collins retiring from the NFL. Now, I get to write about his return. The Indianapolis Colts have signed Collins, now 38, to back up Peyton Manning.

Manning is a doubtful starter for the first game of the new, for-real season following his off-season neck surgery. His rehabilitation is coming along slowly, somewhat hindered by the lockout. Meanwhile, his backup, Curtis Painter, whom you might remember for his Purdue exploits, has not shown that he is worthy of moving up the quarterback ladder.

So Collins is likely to start the first game instead of Manning for the Colts.

Kerry has played for several NFL teams and has started for all of them. His former stints were with Carolina, New York (Giants), New Orleans, and Tennessee.

As for his Penn State credentials, he is widely recognized as the best quarterback in the university’s history, having led one of the NCAA’s all-time most prolific offenses to the Rose Bowl in 1994-5.

Read more here.