Earlier, I blogged about meeting
Cal Ripken, Jr. Well, tonight I got to meet my hero - Coach Jim Tressel, our head football coach at Ohio State. He was signing his new book,
The Winner's Manual.
As you might expect in Columbus, there were a lot of people at the book signing (much more than Ripken's, even though Coach Tressel is doing 3 book signings in town this week). To help with the crowd, the bookstore started passing out numbered wrist bands this morning at 9. I had an appointment at that time, so Gretchen was kind enough to go and get me a wrist band (#86 - Thanks!!!). The book was released yesterday and is already #16 on
Barnes & Noble and #34 on
Amazon.com. Briana went with me tonight (dressed in an Ohio State dress, of course) and when it was our turn, I introduced myself to Coach Tressel. To my amazement, his reply was "Oh yeah, I know who you are."
He thanked me for working with one of his football players that graduated last December and started our master's program in the Winter (he also asked how the player was doing in the program). The player had a chance to enter the draft, but decided to come back for his senior year. I had heard Coach Tressel remembers everybody. We had never officially met, but did exchange a few short emails. He really knows how to make people feel good.
I should also point out that the proceeds from the book are going to the renovation of our main library, not to his pockets. What made the event even more special was I got to share it with Briana. She enjoyed meeting Coach Tressel, too (her favorite coach). She also got to take a picture with Brutus.
Meeting Coach Tressel tonight has got me even more fired up for the upcoming season. Ohio State should be in the top 3 in the preseason polls and I am looking forward to another great year. As I have said before, we are so lucky to have such a great man as our football coach.
As you might expect in Columbus, there were a lot of people at the book signing (much more than Ripken's, even though Coach Tressel is doing 3 book signings in town this week). To help with the crowd, the bookstore started passing out numbered wrist bands this morning at 9. I had an appointment at that time, so Gretchen was kind enough to go and get me a wrist band (#86 - Thanks!!!). The book was released yesterday and is already #16 on Barnes & Noble and #34 on Amazon.com. Briana went with me tonight (dressed in an Ohio State dress, of course) and when it was our turn, I introduced myself to Coach Tressel. To my amazement, his reply was "Oh yeah, I know who you are."
He thanked me for working with one of his football players that graduated last December and started our master's program in the Winter (he also asked how the player was doing in the program). The player had a chance to enter the draft, but decided to come back for his senior year. I had heard Coach Tressel remembers everybody. We had never officially met, but did exchange a few short emails. He really knows how to make people feel good.
I should also point out that the proceeds from the book are going to the renovation of our main library, not to his pockets. What made the event even more special was I got to share it with Briana. She enjoyed meeting Coach Tressel, too (her favorite coach). She also got to take a picture with Brutus.
Meeting Coach Tressel tonight has got me even more fired up for the upcoming season. Ohio State should be in the top 3 in the preseason polls and I am looking forward to another great year. As I have said before, we are so lucky to have such a great man as our football coach.
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