If you haven't read the "Hat post" below, scroll down and read that first. In that post I wrote about my new acquaintance, who I shall simply call The Man in the Hat for now. My friend is back home in Texas and I called him one night this week. It ended up being a two-hour phone call. He talked and I listened. In between Buckeye stories, I got the most fascinating history lesson hearing his experiences in WWII.

When you come all the way from Texas, you make the most of your time in the 'Shoe. He told me that he and his daughter were among the last ones out of the Stadium. (Long story there) In any case, when they tried to leave from the Southeast corner by the team locker room, they found the gates already closed and locked. Of course, who should appear, and unlock the gates to let them out? It was none other than Coach Tressel and his wife Ellen.

As Coach was unlocking the gates, my friend said he cracked, "I see you're closing the place down". Coach laughed. Then my friend added, "I suppose your going to do the laundry as well!"

To which Ellen responded, "Oh gosh, please don't suggest that. He'd do that too!"