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Ex-Buckeyes coach Jim Tressel says he's 'surprised' by HOF honor
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He resigned in May 2011 after the NCAA discovered the coach had withheld information during an investigation into some of his players selling memorabilia and receiving illegal benefits.
For his role in that scandal, Tressel received a five-year show-cause penalty from the NCAA, meaning any school that wanted to hire him during that period would also have to take on the penalties from his time at Ohio State.
"I think you're surprised for a lot of reasons. You know you're not perfect. You look at the lists of people who are in those halls of fame and you don't put yourself in that class," said Jim Tressel, shown at the national championship game in January. Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images
Tressel did not specifically say the circumstances surrounding his departure were why he was slightly caught off guard when the school told him earlier this week that he would be a hall of famer.
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The National Football Foundation also announced its plans in January to include Tressel in the 2015 College Football Hall of Fame class. That induction ceremony will take place in December, the same month Tressel's show-cause penalty is set to expire....
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