Jim Tressel: Was He Ohio State’s Buckeye Planted by the Rivers of Waters?

Jim Tressel aside for a few sentences—what in the world is a buckeye?  The Ohio version is a tree planted by the rivers of waters—including Lake Buckeye, of course. 
Ohioans probably came to be known as Buckeyes in the 1800s, according to official state history.  Ohio is a fruitful bow full of buckeye trees bringing forth their fruit in due seasons. 
Coach Jim Tressel, 58, was like a tree planted by the rivers of waters, but his leaves have withered and whatever he does these days isn’t prospering.  His due season started at Ohio State University as the head football coach in 2001.
A bunch of wins and a national championship later, he’s gone.  A godly man, he’s for now like the chaff driven away by the spring and summer winds…
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