Jimmy Burrow stood surrounded by the accumulated information — the playbooks, the highlight tapes, the call-sheets from big games — from a life spent coaching college football.
There’s the card he used to call defenses from Ohio’s win over Pittsburgh in 2005. There’s another one, from the Bobcats’ 2012 win at Penn State. Here’s a binder — at least 10 pounds — that was the defensive playbook for North Dakota State in 2004. Tape after tape, most of the VHS variety, of games, seminars and highlights.
Burrow stood in the middle of it all on Tuesday afternoon, eager and proud to point each new discovery.