Dear Santa....now that you brought my early Christmas present of a BCS ticket, uh, there is a little something else you could leave in my stocking when you pass through Pandora on Christmas Eve.

If you could Santa, I am in need of a volunteer or two. You see, I now have over 75 hours of taped conversations with Buckeyes from famous personalities to ordinary fans. It will be bigger than that when I return from New Orleans. I need Santa, some volunteer or volunteers to help me in transcribing them. Many out there with basic typing skills could do this. There are some requirements though Santa.

I don’t mean to be picky Santa but there are certain non negotiable requirements. The person would have to be of impeccable trust and character and be willing to sign a simple confidentially agreement. You see Santa nothing is more important to me than the word I give my storytellers. (And there are some tapes no one will hear but me). The person would need to have ordinary typing skills, but speed would not be important. Of course being a Buckeye fan would provide familiarity with what was being talked about on the tape.

There would be some perks though Santa. The person would get to hear many fascinating Buckeye stories, and some material there might not be room for in the book. I would provide the person with a foot pedal and some simple software that would turn their pc computer into a dictation machine. With the system I have, it would be very easy for them to play my recordings on their computer and be able to stop the tape with the foot pedal (actually it is a digital audio file), fast forward or back up as they listen and type at their own pace. They can even slow the voice speed down to make it easy to keep up. It is so simple even a Wolverine could do it (Well maybe not that simple!). Most any reasonably modern pc will work.

The volunteer Santa could work at his or her own pace on this over then next 2-3 months. If you know of anyone interested Santa, drop the person down my chimney or better yet Santa; just have them call me at 419-384-3363 to discuss.