Remember the movie Being John Malkovic? You know the one where they figured out how to literally get into his head? Well, I figured out how to get into Jim Tressel's head, and if Ohio State fans thought they were anguished after their teams two loss season, I promise you, Jim's got it worse.

It seems that Jim blames himself for the losses to Texas and Penn State. He knows that the Buckeyes should have easily beaten Texas by two touchdowns, and this writer agrees. And if he'd only let the offense use the whole play book, they never would have lost to Penn State. Jim knows that he never really trusted Troy Smith with the offense until after mid season, if even then. 

He also kicks himself about not putting Teddy Ginn on the other side of the ball. The kid came into Ohio State as the top ranked cornerback in America. He is afraid to get hit on punt returns, and he doesn't run great routes as a receiver. Jim knows that Teddy will be a corner in the NFL, but it never stopped him from keeping Steve Bellisari at quarterback when he knew he'd get cut from the NFL as a safety. He knows he should have played the kid 15-20 plays on offense, used him as a kickoff returner, and let him develop into the shut down corner he was meant to be.

The last thing I learned while roaming around in Jims head was that he has no killer instinct and it eats away at him. He thinks about the Texas game often and how he was content with a six point lead. Knowing that Vince Young could beat him with one play, he got conservative and put the burden on an overly tired defense. He knows he should have gone for it on 4th and 2 against Michigan instead of trying and missing a 47 yard field goal from a precarious angle. Granted, they won that game, but even at years end, he had no trust in his offense. He laments that against Indiana, on several 3rd and long plays, he made absolutely no attempt to pick up the first down. Several runs up the middle and a few Josh Huston field goals later, his lack of killer instinct was as obvious as the complete waste of talent that was his season.

I also found out why he wears the sweater vest (it's slimming), why his hair is black on top & grey on the side (lowlights), how much money Jim Bollman's chin makes as a body double for Jay Leno's chin ($3000 per appearance... $5000 if there's nudity involved), and his secret to talking for hours and saying absolutely nothing (a Master's degree in BS from Baldwin Wallace). I tripped over his game plan for the Notre Dame game while I was walking around up there, too. Some things must remain sacred, though.