Colts close to hiring Tressel?

Colts owner Jim Irsay, who gutted the Indianapolis front office after a 2-14 season, appears to be keenly interested in obtaining the permanent services of the former Ohio State coach.
 

Indianapolis Colts interview Jim Tressel for coach job, reports say - ESPN

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Colts owner Jim Irsay flew to Florida on Friday and while there discussed the team's head-coaching job with former Ohio State Buckeyes coach Jim Tressel for a second time, according to reports.

Tressel, who resigned in May after an NCAA scandal that enveloped the Ohio State football program, was hired by former Colts coach Jim Caldwell in September to be a game-day consultant in a role that allowed him to work from the team's coaches booth and advise Caldwell about replay reviews.

Irsay wrote on his Twitter account Saturday that he expects to decide on a new coach next week.

Read the ESPN.com report here.