Jim Tressel resigns from Ohio State.

[padman59]

Sure as shit sounds like a lack of institutional control to me.

That phrase is reserved for smaller schools like Boise State.

 

[KnightNoles]

Grounds for the death penalty?

Way, WAY too much money for this talk

 

[KNUBB]

Way, WAY too much money for this talk

Yeah I intended a smiley somewhere in this. It was not serious in the least bit. My bad

 

[dave]

Jim Tressel, Tiger Woods and Arnold broke the golden rule - "Don't get caught!"

 

[EmpireWF]

Jim Tressel, Tiger Woods and Arnold broke the golden rule - "Don't get caught!"

Don't forget Thiago Silva. :smug:

 

[dave]

Who the hell is Thiago Silva?

 

[NAHSTE]

It's funny how Sports Illustrated is trying to take credit for making Tressel fall. I think the salaciousness of their report is being vastly overblown. The Vest fucked himself with the emails, the SI article had nothing to do with it.

 

[EmpireWF]

Who the hell is Thiago Silva?

MMA fighter.

After winning a fight, his drug test came back tainted. Turned out, his piss was non-human (think it was horse urine or some shit). Commission suspended him for a year after he admitted to it.

There's also Chael Sonnen, but that's a long ass story.

 

[Hasselbeck]

If the NCAA doesn't smack the shit out of this program...

 

[EmpireWF]

What's a fair, but firm punishment from the NCAA in this situation?

Loss of many scholarships is a given
Suspend them from bowl games for 1 year?
Take back their bowl win from last year? Take back other wins?

 

[Bear Pand]

I'd bet my life savings that Ohio State isn't the only school with nigs breakin rules, just sayin..

They aren't. I'd bet Purdue does a bunch of shady shit too even though we win nothing. NCAA is a joke.

That being said, lol at Ohio $tate, I hope they drop hammers on you.

 

[Realist]

They'll have sanctions, but Ohio State is a highly renown school in Ohio. If you grew up in the Columbus area, you wouldn't even know of any other schools. Columbus worships Ohio State. My grandparents live an hour away from Columbus and Ohio State sports is all they care about in central Ohio. They get a majority of their top players from Ohio... Troy Smith, Terrell Pryor, Ted Ginn Jr.. you get the point. They'll still have grade A talent coming to them just because it's Ohio State.

That's why everyone hates The Ohio State University :smug:

Only the opinion of Ohio Stat fans..

And I agree though, I'm sure every school does it, but the NCAA should punish the ones that get caught. OSU should get hit hard, but probably wont

 

[nflman2033]

There is no question other programs have same shit going on or even worse. As long as NCAA is going to have these silly rules these things are going to happen. It's been going on for years, it just happens to be our turn get busted. It sucks, but what can you do other than deal with it move on and take our lumps the next couple seasons.

 

[ralaw]

I have a feeling Pryor has played his last game for Ohio State.

 

[FirstTimer]

I have a feeling Pryor has played his last game for Ohio State.

This.

Ironically, the guy that Tressel fought the hardest to get during his time in Columbus was the main cog in getting him booted.

No way Pryor takes another snap for OSU.

 

[ralaw]

They get a majority of their top players from Ohio... Troy Smith, Terrell Pryor, Ted Ginn Jr.. you get the point. They'll still have grade A talent coming to them just because it's Ohio State.

That's why everyone hates The Ohio State University :smug:

I think it depends on what further information comes out, but as it is right now I really don't see Ohio State really getting into much trouble for this. Obviously the school will lose some scholarships, but I don’t see this being that bad….especially with Tressel being gone now. However, as this story develops and more information is released it could get ugly, which would mean much more severe punishments. The NCAA will probably take 2-3 years to issue a punishment anyways. If that happens I would have to believe that the elite Ohio prospects wouldn’t want to go to the school.

 

[Senser81]

What's a fair, but firm punishment from the NCAA in this situation?

Loss of many scholarships is a given
Suspend them from bowl games for 1 year?
Take back their bowl win from last year? Take back other wins?

I would guess it would be something similar to what USC got...a two-year bowl ban and 10 less scholarships per year for the next 3 years.

 

[strahanfan92]

The NCAA fucked up royally for even letting these players play in that bowl game. IF you want to show that you are adamant on disciplining cheaters and keeping the game clean, then don't do it half-assed.

 

[ryne candy]

OSU isn't the only school but doesn't mean they shouldn't be punished. They knew what was going on...not every person there but every important person knew. It wasn't his 1st time in his career and not his first time while coaching the Buckeyes. He knows everything about the star players, they aren't the guys riding the pine....he tried to protect them because they protected his winning record.

 

[Woy]

They'll have sanctions, but Ohio State is a highly renown school in Ohio. If you grew up in the Columbus area, you wouldn't even know of any other schools. Columbus worships Ohio State. My grandparents live an hour away from Columbus and Ohio State sports is all they care about in central Ohio. They get a majority of their top players from Ohio... Troy Smith, Terrell Pryor, Ted Ginn Jr.. you get the point. They'll still have grade A talent coming to them just because it's Ohio State.

That's why everyone hates The Ohio State University :smug:

He's from Jeanette, PA you fucking moron.