Former Ohio State Buckeyes football coach Jim Tressel was confirmed Wednesday as Ohio’s next lieutenant governor. State senators and representatives affirmed Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s Monday nomination of Tressel in separate floor votes Wednesday: 31-1 in the Senate,

The decision I made was to sign the NCAA form that all of our players were doing appropriate things — and that wasn't the truth.”

Jim Tressel, a former Ohio State University football coach and university administrator, won quick confirmation from state lawmakers on Wednesday as Ohio’s 67th lieutenant governor. Tressel, a 72-year-old Medina Republican,