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Pryor leaves Ohio State (was: We now take you to Columbus, Ohio)
- Thread starter Duff Man
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Exactly. Can you imagine the field day the local media would be having if this was CU? At tOSU the president is quoted saying he hopes he does not get dismissed by the football coach. In Boulder some random diversity studies prof would be demanding that the football team be given the death penalty and the media would talk up the idea like the entire community was behind the move.
Oh, wait ............. THEY DID!!! Only the NCAA "forgot" to penalize them until it wasn't against the rules anymore!
issed2:The Guest
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Oh, wait ............. THEY DID!!! Only the NCAA "forgot" to penalize them until it wasn't against the rules anymore!
No, the NCAA did punish them. Unfortunately they didn't notify them of this until 366 days after they opened the investigation, missing the deadline by one day and nullifying the sanctions. Oops. Close one.
I have little confidence that the NCAA will do anything other than employ their two tiered justice system. Big boys, slap on the wrist, meaningless sanction, everyone else draconian penalties. In fact, I would venture to guess the NCAA is getting their kneepads ready to go "investigate" tOSU.
It's not like there isn't precedent for this, the NCAA bent over for tOSU with their bowl game last year....
It's not like there isn't precedent for this, the NCAA bent over for tOSU with their bowl game last year....
The Guest
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Don't you mean Auburn? Oh wait, never mind...you were right the first time.
Yup. Watch and see, tOSU will have some BS meaningless penalty imposed. Just like OU got slapped on the wrist when it was found out Bomar and others were getting paid for work they didn't do. Some poor sap at Utah St. will get caught getting a free sandwich at the local Subway and Utah St. will lose fifteen schollies to "protect the integrity of the student-athlete".
seen reports on twitter that several media sources in Ohio are reporting the presser was so vague and useless because the FBI is snooping around. Pretty sure they snoop about as effectively as they did on Cam newton...but none-the-less interesting.
Players, 5 game suspension
Coach, 2 game suspension
Makes complete sense to me.
Coach, 2 game suspension
Makes complete sense to me.
Ohio State = Texas = USC = Alabama = Auburn = Oklahoma = ........................ Cheaters all of them.
The Guest
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You spelled "nebraska" with waaayyyy too many dots.
Tressel's not out of the woods by any stretch. I say he has about a 20% chance of surviving this. The NCAA has not been too kind to this sort of offense in recent years.
They don't care so much if you cheat or steal, but they hate it when you lie (to them).
They don't care so much if you cheat or steal, but they hate it when you lie (to them).
I think he is gone. And if he is not gone, he is going to end up with a much larger penalty than the one they are trying to get by with.
There is hard evidence that Tressel knew about major rules violations, covered up what he knew to protect the eligibility of his players, and then lied about the cover-up to the NCAA.
What he did is about ten times worse than what Bruce Pearl did, and the NCAA and SEC came down hard on Pearl.
There is hard evidence that Tressel knew about major rules violations, covered up what he knew to protect the eligibility of his players, and then lied about the cover-up to the NCAA.
What he did is about ten times worse than what Bruce Pearl did, and the NCAA and SEC came down hard on Pearl.
somebody
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I was listening to Mike/Mike the next morning in my hotel room, they were interviewing Bobby Knight, who predictably thought Tressel a saint who did nothing wrong. After all, do you know everything everyone you're responsible for is doing? I about sicked up. Even Chris Spielmann who came on next said Tressel made mistakes, although he too said he's a guy he'd be proud to have his kid play for.
The Guest
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In this case "any minute" probably equals 366 days...
SCB
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I suspect NCAA will say it was OK b/c the players themselves did not benefit monetarily from the transactions just like they ruled re Cam. They will say only their skin and the rest of us that have to look at them possibly benefited and therefore it's OK. :rolling_eyes:
ladies and gentleman... we have a chance in columbus...
more info...
Tressel will be suspended the same amount of games... and what appears to be no probation...HORSE ****
Tressel will be suspended the same amount of games... and what appears to be no probation...HORSE ****
They're never going to get what they deserve - but at least CU will be playing against a skeleton crew
BuffAlum2007
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Appears to be verified:
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=ap-t25-ohiost-tattooinvestigation
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“Coach Tressel has requested that he sit out the first five games of the 2011 season. I have accepted his request and we are taking action to notify the NCAA,” Smith said in a statement. He declined further comment.
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I dont believe for a second that Tressel requested this, but take it FWIW...
oh wait... this wasnt the NCAA punishment... this is tressel's punishment from OSU....ok i feel slightly better about this
The buckeye fans are saying how much respect they have for him for suspending himself as many games as the players. Sorry, he did it after he was caught LYING. Your mascot looks like a giant testicle and ralphie is going to be the 1200 lb nutcracker in the shoe.
PLEASE, if there's one game to win, make it ohio state.
PLEASE, if there's one game to win, make it ohio state.
The Guest
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Bingo. It's just preemptive posturing to minimize what must be certain sanctions.
After Gene Smith agreed to the self-imposed sanctions, the NCAA allowed another Big 10 team into the tournament as a late entry.