We don't need no steenking facts...

Do me a favor and read the first couple pages of this book on Ohio State football history. Two or so should be enough. (Seriously, it's going to be worth your while.)

Done? Okay, now check this out. Our friends at Snopes say "not so fast, my friend."

The speech was actually written a few hours before the game, and posted on the O-Zone.

If you do a Google search for "Tressel speech" (with no quotes), the first three entries all tell you it's not really his speech. Hell, one of the entries is a transcript of a press conference where Tressel himself says it wasn't him. Yet he embellishes the story with details like "he paused for effect", as if he was there.

It sort of makes you wonder how thorough the rest of the fact-checking in the book was.

If this alone doesn't put Joe Menzer into the Dumbass Hall of Fame, it's at least enough to get him elected to the all-star game.