[grimm]

This is the kind of stuff that makes Keith Jackson leave his west coast
digs to cover a real football game.


Man pleads guilty in order to watch

Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A Columbus judge says he'll let an inmate stay in jail
instead of moving him to prison right away so he can see the Ohio
State-Michigan game on TV this Saturday.


Jeff Renne told Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Richard Sheward
yesterday that he would plead guilty as long as he could stay in the county
jail through the weekend. Inmates at the jail can watch TV, but it's
off-limits at the Orient reception center, where they are held before
they're moved to one of the state's prisons.


Renne was charged with forgery. He says if the Buckeyes win on Saturday,
he'll still be "on cloud nine" despite being in prison.


Judge Sheward says he granted Renne's request because it's Michigan week
and he thought he should do his part for the Buckeyes.