Tressel, Buckeyes busy with task at hand

COLUMBUS, Ohio — There will be a time when Jim Tressel has to give up the thing all coaches covet — control.

It might not be until Sept. 3, when Tressel begins serving a five-game suspension for violating NCAA rules and doesn’t join his Ohio State team at Ohio Stadium for the opener against Akron. It might happen sooner, if the NCAA decides to impose stronger penalties against the coach that would prohibit him from his regular duties.

But Tressel isn’t ready to enter that realm yet. If he’s concerned about his uncertain future, one he can’t control, he’s not showing it.

“I really haven’t given it much thought,” Tressel told ESPN.com after a recent spring practice. “I’ve always tried not to think too much about things I don’t have any control over, and obviously that’s one of them….
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