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Article: FIGHTING FOR THE FINALS: OSU wants title games in high-school football played in Horseshoe, but they won't come easily.
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- The Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH)
- Article date:
- August 25, 2006
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Byline: Mike Wagner
Aug. 25--Helmeted heads slumping over maize and blue uniforms. A scowl burning into the wrinkled face of the defeated coach. Frenzied Ohio State fans celebrating another win over their rival. Beating Michigan, or any other team, is no longer the last image Jim Tressel wants to see in Ohio Stadium at the end of the regular football season. The Buckeyes coach covets for Columbus what Canton and Massillon already own -- the six Ohio high-school football championship games. With up to $5 million in annual visitor spending at stake, Columbus, Cincinnati and other cities already are plotting to take the games away from northeastern Ohio, ...