Indianapolis Colts hire Jim Tressel as consultant

[Auggie]

© Associated Press / September 2, 2011

INDIANAPOLIS -- Jim Tressel is heading to the NFL.

The disgraced former Ohio State 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.

"He's a guy I have known for quite some time and have a good relationship with," Caldwell said during a conference call. "We have hired him as a game-day consultant. He was around last night and will be working with us next week."

SNIP

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. Tressel did not respond immediately to a text message sent by The Associated Press.

MORE: http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/6922766/indianapolis-colts-hire-jim-tressel-replay-review-consultant

[El Supremo]

1. He didn't kill himself??? >>>

[madinmaryland]

2. How'd TCU do last night, El? At home no less.

:rofl:

[El Supremo]

3. Waco IS NOT Ft. Worth.

I'm not sure if the new Amon Carter Stadium is finished yet.

I had no idea that the Frogs would come back. That was one wild game.