OSU’s 73 prompts a monologue

Associated Press

COLUMBUS

Does Eastern Michigan coach Ron English believe that Ohio State’s Jim Tressel ran up the score in Saturday’s 73-20 win?

Maybe.

Maybe not.

Here’s English’s lengthy, stream-of-consciousness monologue touching on the possibility of the Buckeyes running up the score:

“I felt like Jim felt that we were still throwing it so he was going to keep scoring. That’s probably what happened out there.

“I have to weigh developing our receivers, our quarterbacks and our protection. I always try to do that. Let me tell you something: In this profession ... my thing is this, you’ve got to stop them. You’ve got to stop them.

“So I’ll never whine about that. Yeah, he kept throwing. He throws the throwback to the quarterback and all that stuff but we were trying to score too. I’m never going to whine about that.

“Every dog has his day. I’ve had my days. I’m taking mine right now. I’m sure there’ll be a day when I’m giving mine again, whether it be here or somewhere else.

“But I promise you I’ll be back giving my butt-whuppin’s out too. It goes around. I’ll be doing this a long time. I’m 42 years old. I’ll be in this profession for 20 more years, so I’ll have my day. I don’t say that in disrespect.

“Let me say it again because I respect Jim Tressel. I don’t say that I’m [ticked] off at Jim Tressel. I don’t stay that that way.

“I just know that. Nebraska beats us [at Arizona State 77-28 in 1995 and] we shut them out [19-0] the next year to end their [26-game winning] streak. That’s the nature of the beast. The strong survive in this profession. That’s just the way it is.”