Article: Tomczak plays it straight, but hard // Bear QB no oddball, just sticks to football

Article: A STARTER IS BORN BEARS' TOMCZAK PROVED HE DESERVED JOB
The Boston Globe;  September 16, 1987 ;     700+ words ... ... have said I can't do it." What Tomczak has done -- in addition to making ... throwing style -- is take the advice of Ohio State's greatest coach to heart. "When ... something I'll always remember," Tomczak said. "He said, 'If somebody ...

Article: Tomczak's turn(around) // He missed ax; now he has handle ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  September 13, 1987 ;     700+ words ... ... anyway. It turned out Tomczak was just making room ... quick to point out. Tomczak clawed his way up from ... North High School, at Ohio State, and now with the Bears ... it. "When I was at Ohio State, (former Buckeye coach ... makes you soft." So Tomczak seems to drag around ...

Article: QB Tomczak a reliever with mixed emotions
Chicago Sun-Times;  November 24, 1986 ;     700+ words ... ... Ditka apologized to Tomczak after the game. OHIO REVENGE: Former Ohio State players Tomczak and Shaun Gayle, who ... today," Gayle said. Tomczak likened the Bears ... The (Michigan-Ohio State) game proved what we ...

Article: Tomczak set-up man of Steelers.
The Boston Herald;  January 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... catching. If nothing else, Tomczak is a walking argument for ... they already have "with Mike Tomczak." Undrafted when he came out of Ohio State in 1985, he made the Bears ... Patriots, he wanted to anoint Tomczak his successor. Ditka went ...

Article: CONFIDENCE TOMCZAK RIDES DITKA'S BACKING INTO OPENER ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  September 10, 1987 ;     700+ words ... ... one that involved Tomczak, Flutie and first ... committed himself to Tomczak for Monday night's ... stick with the former Ohio State star probably until ... a difference. "At Ohio State," said Giants linebacker Pepper Johnson, Tomczak's former Buckeye teammate ...

Article: Tomczak jokes; `Flutie chockes'
Chicago Sun-Times;  November 10, 1986 ;     700+ words ... ... Hare Airport Saturday. Ron Tomczak, who had coached his son at ... give it my all." Ditka gave Tomczak a game plan that would make or break the 24-year-old Ohio State alumnus early in his third ... quarterback into the game." Tomczak took it as a vote of confidence ...

Article: TOMCZAK 'AT PEACE' WITH HIMSELF
Post-Tribune (IN);  February 28, 1995 ;     700+ words ... ... can play sooner or later," Tomczak said before Monday night ... now the Pittsburgh Steelers - Tomczak's role never changes. When ... the No. 2 career passer in Ohio State history while playing for the ... launcher. He heard it all. Tomczak began his NFL career in 1985 ...