John Cooper
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Sep 19, 2026
Roger TwibellSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I'll tell you.
Roger TwibellSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
That was John Cooper, the head coach.
Roger TwibellSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Sean
Dick VermeilSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Wallace, the offensive coordinator.
Dick VermeilSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
their offense has been starting fast all year, as you can see by this graphic, outscoring opponents 99-12.
Dick VermeilSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Boy, that's a heck of a margin.
Dick VermeilSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And John Cooper said to us both, what do you say, Rocks? The one thing we can't allow Ohio State to do is jump out early.
Dick VermeilSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We've got to control early in the
John SaundersHOST
This is the sixth time they've had a chance to win a title, and Michigan has ruined the season every time.
John SaundersHOST
It happened to John Cooper three times, even Woody Hayes a couple of times.
Terry BowdenHOST
Yes, John, but as a coach, I tell my player, history has nothing to do with the outcome of this game.
Terry BowdenHOST
This is the Jim Trestle era, and they are 1-0 against Michigan under Jim Trestle.
Marc DenisGUEST
Now, it's still one voice because Derek Lalonde, you can tell, like, he's in awe with what the Montreal Canadiens have been able to do for their culture, their system, their, um, the way they approach the game.
Marc DenisGUEST
But I think Martin St-Louis needs to be curious with Derek Lalonde, who's worked with NHL Stanley Cup-winning head coaches in Craig Berube and, um, and John Cooper as work- you know, as a head coach in this league.
Marc DenisGUEST
He's, has been in, as you said, in this division with Detroit, Toronto, and Tampa.
Marc DenisGUEST
So yeah, go get some, go get some information, challenge each other.
Brian InglisHOST
There was a safety at Ohio State in the late 80s named David Brown, who wore 27, who during kind of the dark days, and he was a four-year starter.
Brian InglisHOST
And I remember because during the dark days of the early John Cooper teams that struggled, he was like the one guy that would get all Big Ten.
Brian InglisHOST
and played for four years.
Brian InglisHOST
I think he's in the top 10 for career interceptions at Ohio State.
Seth ShanerHOST
I talked to you the other day.
Seth ShanerHOST
My Ohio State football fanhood came a little later than maybe my Reds, Bengals, and Ohio State basketball fanhood, in part because those were the dark days you're speaking of.
Seth ShanerHOST
I was coming of age as a sports fan at the time when Earl Bruce was fired, and then John Cooper came in and had struggles for three or four years before kind of getting up and running.
Seth ShanerHOST
But if you had to look at my Mount Rushmore of my childhood favorite athletes, they would be Eric Davis with the Cincinnati Reds.
Jason SmithHOST
If this year isn't better for him, and I mean it's got to start with a Big Ten championship, I really wonder how much longer he has.
Jason SmithHOST
Because I'll just go back to the 90s when John Cooper...
Jason SmithHOST
Was a hell of a coach for Ohio State, right? He was winning all the time.
Jason SmithHOST
But what happened? He couldn't beat Michigan.
Jason SmithHOST
What happened? John Cooper got fired, right? Jim Trestle shows up, beats Michigan every year.
Jason SmithHOST
He keeps a job as long as he can.
Jason SmithHOST
Then finally this crazy tattoo snafu winds up.
Bradley SuttonHOST
Oh, man.
Bradley SuttonHOST
The story of John Cooper is the ultimate proof of this, isn't it?
speaker_2HOST
It really is.
Bradley SuttonHOST
Imagine you're a listener running a highly successful department at your company, right? You're hitting all your metrics.
Bradley SuttonHOST
Your team is thriving.
Bradley SuttonHOST
You are recognized nationally for your work.
Bradley SuttonHOST
That was John Cooper.
speaker_2HOST
He was the head coach at Ohio State from 1988 to 2000.
Chris BalasHOST
He said, you know, we don't know yet until – We play a few more games.
Chris BalasHOST
John Cooper used to say, former Ohio State coach, they shouldn't rank teams until after week six because that's when you really know what everybody has and who they've played and who's good and who isn't.
Chris BalasHOST
You can jump teams based on beating a number three team that's going to be out of the top 25 in three or four weeks.
Chris BalasHOST
weeks.
Ben LeberGUEST
Brandon Fusco? Yeah, Fusco.
Ben LeberGUEST
John Cooper? Yep.
Ben LeberGUEST
All those guys are coaching.
Ben LeberGUEST
And then one of their top players, edge rusher, Mo Williams' son, transferred from Florida State, and then backup, backup, tight end is Steve Hutchinson's son, Luke.
Erin HoganHOST
Yeah, exactly.
Erin HoganHOST
Ohio State would say their lull was John Cooper because they couldn't beat Michigan for those years.
Erin HoganHOST
But really, if you go back to Woody Hayes, the Earl Bruce years weren't great.
Erin HoganHOST
But, I mean, we know Texas has had long periods of mediocrity.
Erin HoganHOST
No, for sure.
Erin HoganHOST
But the state most stable blue blood, the most stable program, I know for a lot of people it's been Alabama with Nick Saban for about a decade, but really it's been Ohio State.
Erin HoganHOST
Because you go back to Jim Trestle, even John Cooper would have 10, 11, 12 win seasons and then they'd lose to Michigan and everybody would fire John Cooper.
Erin HoganHOST
But they're the real deal.
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