Tressel to Colts

[King Taharqa]

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Jim Tressel is heading to the NFL.

The disgraced Ohio State head coach was hired Friday by the Indianapolis Colts as a game-day consultant to help determine when the team should challenge plays. Coach Jim Caldwell said it was a position he's wanted to fill for the past couple of years

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/colts/story/2011-09-02/Indianapolis-Colts-hire-Jim-Tressel-as-consultant/50245790/1

Wonder if Goodell will suspend him for the first 5 games of the season for what he did to the OSU program? :rolleyes:

[Mr ocho nueve]

Wait, so there's a position that pays someone to give a yes or no if the coach wants to challenge a play? Sign me up.

[Ja Rhule]

yeap, and it probably pays 100k

[XLR8]

Heck how much does the waterboy get paid?

[The_Cannon]

I've never heard of that and it sounds like a job you make up to make someone feel special. It seems like a huge waste of time and money

[thefuzz]

Probably trying to see if he can handle the Pro ranks so they can get rid of Caldwell.

[Reapuh]

AdamSchefter Adam Schefter

Colts announced they have suspended gameday consultant Jim Tressel the first six games of the season.

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[King Taharqa]

Jim Tressel won't begin his tenure as replay-game consultant with the Indianapolis Colts until the seventh game of the regular season.

Colts vice chairman Bill Polian said the move came at the former Ohio State coach's suggestion after discussions over the weekend.

"In addition, we had a conversation with league officials to apprise them of the details of Coach Tressel's employment and the issues we were reviewing," Polian said Monday morning in a statement.

Polian said questions surfaced after the announcement of Tressel's hiring "with respect to the equity of his appointment as opposed to suspensions being served this season by present and former Ohio State players."

Tressel was hired Friday by the Colts as a game-day consultant to help determine when the team should challenge plays.

"We have informed the league office of our decision and expect that they will be supportive of it," Polian said in the news release. " We are very happy Coach Tressel will be joining us."

Coach Jim Caldwell said Friday Tressel's new role was a position he's wanted to fill for the past couple of years.

Tressel had been actively seeking employment after resigning from Ohio State on May 30 amid a damaging NCAA scandal. He had been seen at practices in Cleveland and Indianapolis recently and attended the Colts' preseason finale Thursday in Cincinnati.

But his job with the Colts, Caldwell said, will be limited exclusively to working game days from the coaches' booth.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/6932597/jim-tressel-start-indianapolis-colts-job-seventh-game

I imagine this is in direct response to Pryor filing his appeal yesterday over his 5 game suspension.

[charlotte49er]

Probably trying to see if he can handle the Pro ranks so they can get rid of Caldwell.

That thought crossed my mind, more than once already!

[KSpan]

"Coach Jim Caldwell said it was a position he's wanted to fill for the past couple of years."

Really? Can it be that hard to find somebody for that?

And lol at the Colts signing "defensive lineman Tyler Braxton".

[Falcons1stPanthers2nd]

I could fill that position too. Not hard to do.