2011 College Football Offseason

[Old Style]

NCAA investigators expected in Eugene today.

 

http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/exclusive-ncaa-investigators-to-descend-on-eugene-29540

[Guest]

Haha. The Pac-10 fired 12 football refs on Wednesday.

[Jon]

Uh oh:

 

Yahoo[/url]"]Ohio State coach Jim Tressel was informed that several Buckeyes players were selling memorabilia more than eight months before the school claims it was made aware of the scheme, a two-month Yahoo! Sports investigation has found.

 

Tressel received information that players were selling items to Edward Rife – the owner of Fine Line Ink Tattoos in Columbus – as early as April 2010, according to a source. However, neither Ohio State nor the NCAA investigated the transactions or the players’ relationship with Rife until December 2010, when the school claims it was informed of the situation by the local United States Attorney’s office.

 

Ohio State director of compliance Doug Archie declined immediate comment when reached Monday by Yahoo! Sports. Tressel and athletic director Gene Smith were unavailable for comment. The NCAA declined comment.

 

A federal probe into Rife revealed he was in possession of multiple pieces of Buckeyes football memorabilia that previously belonged to five players: quarterback Terrelle Pryor, running back Dan Herron, wideout DeVier Posey, defensive end Solomon Thomas and offensive lineman Mike Adams. Federal officers contacted the school Dec. 7 to determine if the goods were stolen or instead sold by the players for cash, as Rife claimed.

 

According to a source, a concerned party reached out to Tressel last April, alerting the coach that memorabilia transactions had taken place between Rife and a handful of Buckeyes players, including Pryor. The selling of items violates NCAA eligibility rules. The source said Tressel was troubled by the information, and the coach indicated that he would investigate the matter and take appropriate action.

 

Whether the coach initiated an investigation of the accusation is unclear, but all five players remained on the field in the coming months, playing out the 2010 regular season.

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If Tressel failed to inform Smith or the Ohio State compliance department about the players’ dealings with Rife, he could be charged with multiple NCAA violations including unethical conduct, failure to monitor and a failure to promote an atmosphere of compliance. In general, a coach is required to act on, or pass along reasonable information about possible rule violations for further investigation.

 

According to the Columbus Dispatch beat writer, Ohio State was only made aware of the article 30 minutes before it was published.

 

Edit: Yahoo now says Ohio State had 3 hours.

[Smack]

Uh oh:

 

Yahoo[/url]"]Ohio State coach Jim Tressel was informed that several Buckeyes players were selling memorabilia more than eight months before the school claims it was made aware of the scheme, a two-month Yahoo! Sports investigation has found.

 

Tressel received information that players were selling items to Edward Rife – the owner of Fine Line Ink Tattoos in Columbus – as early as April 2010, according to a source. However, neither Ohio State nor the NCAA investigated the transactions or the players’ relationship with Rife until December 2010, when the school claims it was informed of the situation by the local United States Attorney’s office.

 

Ohio State director of compliance Doug Archie declined immediate comment when reached Monday by Yahoo! Sports. Tressel and athletic director Gene Smith were unavailable for comment. The NCAA declined comment.

 

A federal probe into Rife revealed he was in possession of multiple pieces of Buckeyes football memorabilia that previously belonged to five players: quarterback Terrelle Pryor, running back Dan Herron, wideout DeVier Posey, defensive end Solomon Thomas and offensive lineman Mike Adams. Federal officers contacted the school Dec. 7 to determine if the goods were stolen or instead sold by the players for cash, as Rife claimed.

 

According to a source, a concerned party reached out to Tressel last April, alerting the coach that memorabilia transactions had taken place between Rife and a handful of Buckeyes players, including Pryor. The selling of items violates NCAA eligibility rules. The source said Tressel was troubled by the information, and the coach indicated that he would investigate the matter and take appropriate action.

 

Whether the coach initiated an investigation of the accusation is unclear, but all five players remained on the field in the coming months, playing out the 2010 regular season.

............

If Tressel failed to inform Smith or the Ohio State compliance department about the players’ dealings with Rife, he could be charged with multiple NCAA violations including unethical conduct, failure to monitor and a failure to promote an atmosphere of compliance. In general, a coach is required to act on, or pass along reasonable information about possible rule violations for further investigation.

 

According to the Columbus Dispatch beat writer, Ohio State was only made aware of the article 30 minutes before it was published.

 

Edit: Yahoo now says Ohio State had 3 hours.

 

Haha, O$U.

[E.J.]

Ohio State is holding a press conference tonight in regards to these new allegations. It sounds like Tressel's job might be in jeopardy.

[Formerly Snayke]

Dorial Green-Beckham's basketball season ended on Saturday. I'm hoping he ditches it his senior season and focuses solely on football and committing to Mizzou.

[Jon]

Apparently Pryor tweeted this in the morning:

"THE Ohio State Buckeyes face and overcome any adversity that comes our way! Brings us closer together As a team. And brings us closer 2 GOD"

Most people don't refer to stupid [expletive] that you do to yourself as "adversity."

[shnsajax]

Dorial Green-Beckham's basketball season ended on Saturday. I'm hoping he ditches it his senior season and focuses solely on football and committing to Mizzou.

 

With his younger brother just being diagnosed with Leukemia its hard to tell what he is going to do. OU has been long thought to be the leader though. I was just happy that Texas even offered him, though our WR coach is good friends with his family and HS coach.

[fiver]

Tapes Claim Cam Newton was in room while being shopped to Mississippi State.

 

Moore says that on some of the tapes it's evident that Cam was in the room while Cecil was shopping him. This blows the lid off of the Auburn argument that Cam didn't know he was being shopped.

 

The tapes would likely point some blame on not only Auburn, but Tennessee and Mississippi State as well. This may explain some of the NCAA and SEC's actions. The SEC knew that this could seriously damage the conference. If multiple schools from the SEC are bidding on players, everything the SEC has done in the past 5 years is brought into question. It also will add fuel to the fire of those that claim that paying players happens at every university.

 

Moore says that Dan Mullen and Mississippi State told Cam that they would not pay him, and if he went somewhere else they would turn him in. The interesting thing about this is that it would still put Mississippi State on the hot seat. Mississippi State left the scholarship offer on the table for Cam after knowing he was asking for money to play.

 

 

WZZN 97.7 fired Scott Moore today. The tapes Moore referenced (if they exist) evidently don't include the content he mentioned.

[SouthSideRyan]

Fiver demands more smoke.

[fiver]

Fiver demands more smoke.

 

 

....or Moore being discredited is just further evidence of the NCAA's massive cover up operation that is protecting AU. a smart man would have let it die when you guys started talking about Oregon and Ohio State...not me.

[UMFan83]

If Tressel was forced to be fired because of this, it would be the greatest thing ever. Seriously. Please God let this happen.

[Old Style]

Tressel suspended for 2 games.

[mul21]

Tressel suspended for 2 games in 2016.

 

Fixed.

[TruffleShuffle]

are those two games the first two of the year? the home games against akron and toledo? way to drop the hammer.

[NCCubFan]

Tressel suspended for 2 games.

And fined $250,000.

[E.J.]

are those two games the first two of the year? the home games against akron and toledo? way to drop the hammer.

 

He's also going to have to attend a compliance seminar. Big-time punishment.

[Tracer Bullet]

they should be forced to play the little sisters of the poor.

[shnsajax]

Its pathetic, but what I expected from them. Actually its more than I expected. Hopefully the NCAA is not satisfied with that punishment.

[Jon]

Check out the email exchange:

 

http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/documents-read-the-actual-jim-tressel-emails-29547

[shnsajax]

I forgot that the NCAA has precedent in this when Dez Bryant mislead investigators and was suspended the entire season. More penalties are coming for the head coach. Edited March 9, 2011 by shnsajax

[Derwood]

Columbus sports radio was speculating USC type penalties over this, including vacated wins for the entire 2010 season (since Tressell knowingly started ineligible players). If the NCAA lets this stand, then they got off REALLY easy.

[Smack]

In 10 years as the Buckeyes' coach, Tressel has often showed us his teams can't win big games.

 

On Tuesday night, Tressel showed us he can't win the big news conferences, either.

 

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?columnist=schlabach_mark&id=6195223

[rocket]

In 10 years as the Buckeyes' coach, Tressel has often showed us his teams can't win big games.

 

On Tuesday night, Tressel showed us he can't win the big news conferences, either.

 

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?columnist=schlabach_mark&id=6195223

 

i really hate to defend the buckeyes, but that first sentence is extremely stupid. national title, 6 bowl wins, and is 9-1 vs. michigan.

 

but it's funny seeing people sweat around here.

[NewUserName]

Does Yahoo Sports have a crack investigative reporting team or are they the only ones trying?