The last time former Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel was at Ohio Stadium, his former players from the 2002 National Championship honored him by picking him up on their shoulders and carrying him off the field. This wasn’t the first time they did this honorable gesture to the roar of the Buckeye faithful. Tressel and his 2002 National Championship have been honored at Ohio Stadium twice.
The first occasion came in 2012 between the first and second quarters of the Michigan game. It was the 10-year anniversary of Ohio State’s big National Championship victory over Miami. Tressel was scooped up and carried off of the field that day.