Ohio State football: The fierce urgency of beating USC

"The Buckeyes have been getting a lift from Barack. It's O-H-I-O meets O-B-A-M-A.

As proven in his "Winner's Manual," Ohio State coach Jim Tressel will quote anyone with a message that he likes. Add Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., through Barack Obama, to the list.

At interviews today, the Buckeye linebackers were talking about the "fierce urgency of now," the line that Obama has used to explain his run for the presidency. Of course, Obama is only citing the "fierce urgency of now" first articulated by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

"Coach Tressel brought it up from Barack Obama's speech," senior James Laurinaitis said, "and he just said the acronym is FUN. We have a lot of guys who are seniors and have to have that fierce urgency of now because all we have is now. We don't have another year, and we have to have fun doing it."