00:00Big news out of Ohio State.
00:01Their president, Ted Carter, stepped down.
00:04You know, usually you don't hear a lot of presidential news
00:06when it comes to universities and sports.
00:09President Carter was a former hockey player at Navy.
00:12I think he was pretty integral in, you know,
00:15just helping to build this Ohio State athletic program
00:17over the last couple of years.
00:19He hired Ross Bjork, who's kind of been spearheading it
00:21into this new era that they're trying to work through.
00:25On a national level, you know, with him stepping down
00:28in just the way that it ultimately happened.
00:30How big of a story is that, you know, you think,
00:33you know, the national sports scene?
00:36Well, you know, it's an unfortunate situation, obviously.
00:39And when something comes and goes like that, it's, like you said,
00:42whenever a school president news comes up,
00:45it generally falls on that side, unfortunately,
00:49whether we like it or not.
00:50So we'll see who Ohio State gets as their next president.
00:53I know, you know, you've got to find one
00:55because Ohio State, the university and the entity
00:57and the moneymaker that it is
01:00and the great academic school that they have,
01:02you know, especially, I always point to the hospital,
01:04you know, the James Hospital,
01:05the things that they have and produce.
01:07And, you know, you want to have that mix of that
01:10versus the identity of,
01:11and it's a very large front porch
01:13when you look at Ohio Stadium and the Buckeyes
01:15and everything that comes with the football team.
01:17So, you know, we'll see who they bring in next.
01:19I do think Ross, he's rocked the boat in some ways
01:23and shaken up some traditions,
01:24but he's also done a really nice job so far.
01:27So this isn't an easy job
01:29to be the Ohio State athletic director,
01:31and he's trying to pull them into this era
01:33where it's an unstable college football,
01:35college sports environment,
01:36and I think he's doing the best he can.
01:38People have been throwing out there a lot, Jim Trestle.
01:40We'll talk about a little bit more, Steele.
01:42And I told someone,
01:43he turned down running for governor,
01:44declined that opportunity.
01:46He's going to be wrapped up
01:47with his lieutenant governorship.
01:49I think at 74 years old,
01:51I think that's what he'll be here soon coming up.
01:54I think that he probably wants to retire, Bill.
01:57I know people have been leaning in
01:58and trying to get him to do more,
02:00but with most of my conversations with him
02:03involve, like, next steps of life
02:05and how he can impact people,
02:06still in a positive way,
02:07but maybe not in a full-time venue.
02:11And being the president of a school like Ohio State,
02:14I've tried to tell people,
02:14that is a 24-hour-a-day job,
02:16and it's every single day,
02:18and it's unrelenting.
02:19So I can't,
02:19as much as some people may love to see that,
02:22I can't see that really materializing.
02:24Right, and at 74,
02:26he's always going,
02:27and no matter what he does,
02:29Jim Trestle will always be
02:30a high-level ambassador for the school
02:31because of that presence that he brings,
02:34especially toward the football program,
02:36toward the state of Ohio.
02:37There's a reason why he was in the running
02:39for lieutenant governor
02:40because of the impact he makes.
02:42And I think you just said it,
02:43like it's simply by his ability
02:46to make you feel good
02:47by having a conversation.
02:48I always made the joke
02:49when you interview Jim Trestle,
02:52you know,
02:52whether it was one-on-one
02:53or in a press conference,
02:54he might not say anything
02:56like controversial like a politician,
02:58but he would always make you feel good
03:00when you left that interview somehow.
03:02It was a weird trick.
03:03I'm sure it was a little bit different
03:05in the locker room with him
03:06and how he coached you guys,
03:07but, you know,
03:09a good human being,
03:10and he's done a fantastic job
03:11for Ohio State.
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