COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State defensive end Thaddeus Gibson is the only current member of the team who is brave enough to take a football coaching class taught by head coach Jim Tressel.
"He's always in class, he's always in the first row," Tressel said. "So if you're there, you've got a chance."
Tressel added that he believes Will Smith is the only Ohio State player to ever get an A in the class.
Outside linebacker Jim Cordle said he also got an A, but Tressel said he thought it was actually an A-minus.
"I think I got an A in that class," Cordle said with a grin. "I want to look back and check."
Gibson said he enjoys the class.
"You just learn more about the game from a great coach like coach Tressel," he said. "You can never get enough."
Gibson said he really enjoys when former Ohio State coach Earle Bruce lectures.
"Earle Bruce really gets you going bright and early in the morning," he said. "You walk in there a little bit tired, he'll definitely wake you up. That's for sure."
Tressel said not many players have taken his class.
"We had a couple take it the first year or two and they got a couple C-minuses and B-minuses," he said. "The word got out that's not the prof you want to take."
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