Could a former Ohio State Buckeye be Ohio's governor or a senator? Daily Pod
Doug talks with cleveland.com senior politics writer Seth Richardson about Jim Tressel, Anthony Gonzalez and the idea of football Buckeyes in politics.
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Show Notes
Something different on Buckeye Talk, as Doug Lesmerises is joined by Seth Richardson, the senior politics writer for cleveland.com, to talk about the intersection of football and politics. The fact that former Auburn, Texas Tech and Cincinnati coach Tommy Tuberville won the Republican Senate primary in Alabama last week got Doug thinking about the idea of a former Buckeye doing the same kind of thing in Ohio, so Doug and Seth covered these topics:
- What Jim Tressel's political career in Ohio could have been and the role he still plays in Ohio politics
- The political future of former OSU receiver Anthony Gonzalez, now a member of the U.S. House of Representatives
- The way Gov. Mike DeWine and the state government tried to use football and other sports as a rallying cry to get people to wear masks before settling on Thursday's state-wide mask mandate
Doug also started the podcast with two text subscriber questions, including one on whether Tressel's forced resignation was the best thing to happen to Ohio State football in the modern era.
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