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PARKERSBURG — The man in the gray sweater vest came to town Thursday, but he wasn’t a tourist out sightseeing.

Jim Tressel knew exactly where he was going — and it’s where the riches were, athletically speaking that is — as Ohio State’s head football coach headed to Parkersburg High School to visit with Big Red All-American senior offensive lineman Josh Jenkins, the prize in a recruiting duel that has apparently been narrowed down to between the Buckeyes and home state West Virginia University.

Since Tressel couldn’t discuss any specific recruits OSU was after, even though the Buckeye grid boss was obviously at PHS to see Jenkins and later at the Jenkins home talking to Josh’s mother, he talked about a variety of other topics relating to Ohio State football.

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