2011 College Football Offseason

[E.J.]

Maybe someone besides Ohio St will actually get a B10 BCS berth this year.

 

Yep. Nebraska.

[Tracer Bullet]

That's kind of a weak story considering all the hype and the fact that SI is acting like it got Tressel fired.

 

definitely didn't live up to the hype. a lot more players and the stuff about weed, but not much by way of details.

[TruffleShuffle]

what a letdown. i was excited to read about the school arranging to get recruits laid, that would've been a fun story.

[shnsajax]

what a letdown. i was excited to read about the school arranging to get recruits laid, that would've been a fun story.

 

I was hoping for more too, but it did show that this whole thing runs deeper than Tressel, and by him being gone the university should not be let off any.

[hawkeyecub]

Maybe someone besides Ohio St will actually get a B10 BCS berth this year.

 

You're right, Ohio State is the only B1G team to play in a BCS game recently.

[EhDubya]

Maybe someone besides Ohio St will actually get a B10 BCS berth this year.

 

Pssst... In the past 7 years, Michigan (twice), Penn State (twice), Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin all played in BCS bowls.

 

Edit: i now see you were talking about the "B10 berth", but still, osu had more at large berths than auto berths over the same time

[Andy]

Clearly offhand jokes are not my strong suit if they are being so misinterpreted.

[NOLA]

Maybe at this point we all have been numbed by anything short of a dead hooker in Tressel's trunk, but that article is pretty damning.

 

It shows a pattern of looking the other way, sometimes fascilitating direct violations. It shows OSU's inherent culture of widespread corruption, which Tressel was all too eager to continue. It shows what a slimeball he is, in the morning preaching scripture and in the evening directing cash payments to players, something he has been doing since the 1980's.

 

This has all the ingredients of major, major violations: slimy boosters, pay for play, systematic corruption and coverup, lying directly to the NCAA, arrogantly flaunting payoffs, drugs, openly taking team gear out of the fieldhouse for money, associating with felons. This is much worse than USC--easily the worst since SMU. The only things NOT mentioned are point shaving and fixing grades. It seems Maurice Clarett=Jose Canseco.

 

I don't care if they are THE Ohio State University. This will set them back for a decade. If I'm not mistaken, SMU players were allowed to transfer without penalty. At least the recruits should be allowed out of their LOI's.

 

FWIW, the writer of the article was just on the Dan Patrick show and says he gave a copy of the article to OSU this past Friday, so maybe that did spur the resignation.

[Banedon]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/magazine/05/30/jim.tressel/index.html?hpt=C1

[EhDubya]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/magazine/05/30/jim.tressel/index.html?hpt=C1

 

Thanks?

[Banedon]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/magazine/05/30/jim.tressel/index.html?hpt=C1

 

Thanks?

 

Somehow I missed the entire last page of the thread. I'll blame it on holiday weekend hangover.

[NOLA]

Posted on another board, but I keep thinking of this guy. The similarities go on and on.

 

http://fourhorsementattoo.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/warden2.jpg

[SouthSideRyan]

Salvation lies within Mr. Pryor.

[NOLA]

Salvation lies within Mr. Pryor.

 

=D>

[javy knows my name]

Salvation lies within Mr. Pryor.

 

hahahahah yes

[Magnetic Curses]

why do people assume that tressell lost control of the team? why is it not assumed that he was behind it all?

[Ding Dong Johnson]

why do people assume that tressell lost control of the team? why is it not assumed that he was behind it all?

I don't think either really apply. There's enough out there to believe this existed pre-Tressel. He perpetuated the tomfoolery.

[javy knows my name]

why do people assume that tressell lost control of the team? why is it not assumed that he was behind it all?

 

What's more likely to get them reamed for "lack of institutional control?" That Tressell perpetuated this whole thing or that he was ignorant of (most of) it? Whichever's worse is what I'll choose to believe.

 

By definition, it would seem to be the latter.

[Derwood]

some local guys here are suggesting that OSU can get on the NCAA's "good side" by throwing Pryor under the bus

[NOLA]

I just checked out an OSU message board. Wow. Just wow.

 

http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=145&f=3154

 

 

Here are a few of the thread titles:

 

-Ohio State can get anyone it wants

-Interesting that a President can lie and cheat under oath

-Can we ban Herbstreit and ESPN from the Shoe now?

-Could Tressel be hired back?

-Did SI pay any of these OSU players?

-Saban to OSU?

-How do you explain this to an innocent child?

-Why is the media out to get T and OSU?

 

REALLY?

 

One particular thread:

Did anyone else shed a tear?

Posted: Yesterday 12:19 PM

Has anyone else shed a tear

Not trying to sound like a wuss but my eyes were watering thinking of what Jim Tressel means to me.

[Butterscup1679666578]

He's still honest to me dammit

[javy knows my name]

"Saban to OSU" made me guffaw

[Wilson A2000]

Tressel definitely needed to go, but I still think that the players are getting nearly a free pass. All the time you hear, "the poor players just aren't getting paid and it's hard to live as a college student without cash." But what did they trade jerseys and stuff for? Tattoos. Man it's gotta be hard to live as a college student without a sleeve. And a Nissan 350Z. Somehow there has to be a way to punish the players without hurting the team and the coaching staff. If there was a way to do that, I doubt Tressel would have kept this mess silent. With that said, Tressel has to live by the rules. Especially if you are going to call yourself a Christian and profit off of proclaiming your program clean.

[E.J.]

Sounds like Pryor has been meeting with agents in an attempt to get into the supplemental draft. Also, he apparently had his driver's license suspended 2 weeks ago and it still driving around. This kid is hilarious.

 

http://www2.nbc4i.com/sports/2011/may/31/13/pryors-cars-now-focal-point-ncaa-probe-ar-513024/

[Derwood]

They should just get rid of the rules about players selling their stuff. Make it like the Olympics, where the athletes aren't given a paycheck, but are free to make money off of their image (within logical limits).