Tressel lied to tOSU, NCAA - on his way out?

[clenz]

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Rich Rod, interviewed today on ESPN Radio's “Colin Cowherd Show,” didn't fault Tressel's handling of the memorabilia-sales case involving several Buckeye players.

“When you run a program at Ohio State or at Michigan or something like that, so much of what you do is public,” Rodriguez said. “There's not all this crazy cheatin' and things like that going on as people think.

“There are some guys out there that bend the rules a little bit, or they get around the rules to get a competitive advantage. I don't think that was the case in this at all. There were five guys that sold items, and they were wrong for doing it. Did that give Ohio State a competitive advantage? I don't think so.”

SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH FUCKHEAD. I'm sure shit like this happens a lot but you just basically admited you let shit like this fly at Michigan...oh and you are a dirty mother fucker too so now the NCAA has even more reason to probe the fuck out of your three years of hell in Maize and Blue. Jesus fuck bag he needs to go away.

No, wait...I hope Rich Rod gets found out for this shit...maybe he will go the fuck away then.

[Ivytalk]

Argyle sweaters save lives.

[MrTitleist]

Clenz has anger issues..

[TwinTownBisonFan]

Clenz has anger issues..

yeah - i think he's just preparing for his Private Pyle writings.

[clenz]

Clenz has anger issues..

You knew that long ago

[BlueHen86]

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Lawyer receiving death threats.

Well done Ohio St. nitwits. The guy tries to help OSU by dealing directly with their coach (as opposed to going directly to the NCAA), the coach does nothing and these idiots ar blaming the lawyer.

[CitadelGrad]

Even Kirk Herbstreit decided to leave Columbus for Nashville because he could no longer stand the harassment and threats he received from Ohio St. fans.

[Grizalltheway]

Even Kirk Herbstreit decided to leave Columbus for Nashville because he could no longer stand the harassment and threats he received from Ohio St. fans.

Surprised it would need to come to that for someone to decide to leave Ohio.

[Skjellyfetti]

Tressel caught in ANOTHER lie.

Tressel claimed in the press conference that he didn't forward the e-mails or relay the information in the emails to his superiors at Ohio State, the Big Ten, or the NCAA because of a confidentiality agreement with the lawyer from the emails.

Ooops. Turns out he forwarded the emails to Terrell Pryor's handler:

When Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel learned last spring that some of his current players were in trouble, he shared the information with someone he thought could help his star quarterback even though he said he didn't tell his bosses.

Tressel forwarded the information to Ted Sarniak, a mentor to Terrelle Pryor, after the coach received emails warning that Pryor and at least one other player had sold memorabilia to a local tattoo-parlor owner who was under federal investigation for drug trafficking, multiple sources have confirmed to The Dispatch.

Sarniak, 67, is a prominent businessman in Pryor's hometown of Jeannette, Pa. He befriended the quarterback years ago and accompanied him on recruiting trips to Ohio State and other universities.

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There goes the "confidentiality defense." Making sure his star player keeps everything hush, hush... while making sure the school, the conference, and the NCAA don't find out.

Wonder if Willie and other Ohio State/Tressel apologists will continue defending him?

[TwinTownBisonFan]

Even Kirk Herbstreit decided to leave Columbus for Nashville because he could no longer stand the harassment and threats he received from Ohio St. fans.

i figured he'd move wherever Erin Andrews was...

[clenz]

Wonder if Willie and other Ohio State/Tressel apologists will continue defending him?

They will. A number of OSU fans were beating their chests pretty damn hard over crushing GMU and stating that beatin GMU like that made them getting a #1 seed look like something that couldn't be argued with - even though I don't think anyone did.

The OSU fan base is special some times.

[Willie]

Wonder if Willie and other Ohio State/Tressel apologists will continue defending him?

They will. A number of OSU fans were beating their chests pretty damn hard over crushing GMU and stating that beatin GMU like that made them getting a #1 seed look like something that couldn't be argued with - even though I don't think anyone did.

The OSU fan base is special some times.

Not sure what this has to do with basketball.

And guess what kyanaljelly, I still do support OSU. I don't follow the team for the fucking coach you imbecile.

[clenz]

They will. A number of OSU fans were beating their chests pretty damn hard over crushing GMU and stating that beatin GMU like that made them getting a #1 seed look like something that couldn't be argued with - even though I don't think anyone did.

The OSU fan base is special some times.

Not sure what this has to do with basketball.

And guess what kyanaljelly, I still do support OSU. I don't follow the team for the fucking coach you imbecile.

He said defend....not support.

There is a difference.

[Willie]

Like I said...I don't follow the team or University for the coach. I could care less if Elmo fucking coached them, I'd still like the team and University. Don't know what was so difficult about understanding that.

[bandl]

I'd root for ANY team that had Elmo as their coach. ANY TEAM, I don't care if it's the Sirens!!!

[clenz]

Like I said...I don't follow the team or University for the coach. I could care less if Elmo fucking coached them, I'd still like the team and University. Don't know what was so difficult about understanding that.

I get what you are saying.

However, what I was pointing out is that supporting the team and defending the illegal actions of said program are different things.

[Willie]

Yeah I know, I don't agree what he did was ok by any means. But if people think this is the worst of what's happening throughout the country, they need to stop following sports.

[clenz]

Yeah I know, I don't agree what he did was ok by any means. But if people think this is the worst of what's happening throughout the country, they need to stop following sports.

In terms of what he did - the cover up, lying to NCAA officials, knowingly using ineligible players for an entire season, etc... it ranks up there with some of the worse things a program/coach can do.

You did read the part of one of the articles that state out of all the coaches that have been hit with the same charges he has only 1 has kept their job right?

[Willie]

Yes I read it. Like I said, if he loses his job, so be it. I'm still a Buckeye.

Stupid part of all this is that it's over tattoos. Small amounts of money. Not like they were taking cars and houses and shit like that. Sure it was stupid for them to sell their shit while in school still, but for what it was worth, it's just kinda comical that it was made such a big deal.

But yes I know, they should have waited until they graduated, that's obvious. I think being suspended 5 games doesn't bother them a bit...the fact they sold Buckeye tradition is what a lot of people are gonna despise them for.

[Wedgebuster]

Never been much of a big ten fan, much less a OSU fan. That being said, two things...

THE Ohio State thing, you know the THE thing.. Every bit as gay-wad as citdog's gay-wad school, name, and colors. Every bit as gay.

Tressel's duds.. Way fucking gay, beyond description gay and douchy.


Now beyond those two power points, I have no opinion of Tressel or his employer, THE Ohomo State University.

[Skjellyfetti]

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The NCAA, in a notice of allegations to the Ohio State school president last week, says football coach Jim Tressel was not honest after discovering his players were selling autographs, uniforms, championship rings and other memorabilia for money and tattoos.

The incident, which resulted in a self-imposed school fine of $250,000 and a five-game suspension for Tressel, could be considered a second offense when the NCAA hands down any discipline, according to the notice, which was delivered Friday to president Gordon Gee.

The NCAA says Ohio State's Jim Tressel "falsely attested" that he reported all knowledge of NCAA violations to the school.
"The allegations are largely consistent with what the university self-reported to the NCAA," Ohio State said in a statement Monday on the school's website.

The NCAA says Tressel "falsely attested" that he reported all knowledge of NCAA violations to the school.

The report also cites previous violations involving former quarterback Troy Smith, who received $500 from a booster and former men's basketball coach Jim O'Brien, who gave $6,000 to a recruit.

NCAA rules state second-time violators face postseason levies, coaching-staff suspensions and a loss of scholarships.

Ohio State must go before the NCAA's committee on infractions Aug. 12.

"It was reported that Jim Tressel, head football coach, failed to deport himself in accordance with the honesty and integrity normally associated with the conduct and administration of intercollegiate athletics and violated ethical-conduct legislation," the 13-page NCAA document says.

Absent from the notice was mention of a "failure to monitor" or "failure of institutional control," the most serious violations that historically have resulted in the worst penalties for programs.

"That was very significant," a source close to the investigation told The Columbus Dispatch on Monday.

Tressel has been suspended for the first five games of the 2011 season for failing to notify Ohio State officials of emails he received as early as April 2010 that said his players were selling the items to the owner of a local tattoo parlor.

Five players, including starting quarterback Terrelle Pryor, were suspended in December for accepting the improper benefits. All were permitted to play in Ohio State's Sugar Bowl victory over Arkansas, with their suspensions beginning with the first game this fall.

"The university will continue to work cooperatively with the NCAA during the response phase to the NCAA that now begins, and will have no further comment until the process is completed," the school statement said Monday.

Tressel, in his 11th year coaching the Buckeyes, did not disclose what he knew about the players' violations until he was confronted by Ohio State officials in January while the university was building the appeal of the players' suspensions.

Tressel did call an FBI agent within days, The Dispatch reported Monday, citing documents it acquired from Ohio State through a public-records request.

He also forwarded to a mentor of Pryor emails that had warned the coach his players were in trouble. But Tressel did not forward the emails to school officials.

[Appaholic]

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Tressel has been suspended for the first five games of the 2011 season for failing to notify Ohio State officials of emails he received as early as April 2010 that said his players were selling the items to the owner of a local tattoo parlor.

Five players, including starting quarterback Terrelle Pryor, were suspended in December for accepting the improper benefits.

If I was an OSU fan (or a teammate especially), this might piss me off the most....the fact this buckethead of a star QB, who hasn't lived up to half of his hyped ability, is out selling memorabilia for tattoos.... ....he was willing, nay, complicit in bringing an NCAA investigation into his school and risking the success and good name of a University for a fokking TATTOO!! And Tressel is covering for the guy?? He's an imbecile as well. It's not as if Pryor couldn't have been doing sometjhing else with this idle time while getting inked (like learning how to meet the hype he helped create....or at least watch some frigging film...)

OSU, to have any credibility (or integrity for that matter) should run all 5 players and the coach out on a rail...send the message that NO ONE person or coach is big enough to risk the good name of this university....but they won't..Michigan should thank the lord every morning for Pryor choosing the Buckeyes....he's a frigging joke....

[bandl]

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If I was an OSU fan (or a teammate especially), this might piss me off the most....the fact this buckethead of a star QB, who hasn't lived up to half of his hyped ability, is out selling memorabilia for tattoos.... ....he was willing, nay, complicit in bringing an NCAA investigation into his school and risking the success and good name of a University for a fokking TATTOO!! And Tressel is covering for the guy?? He's an imbecile as well. It's not as if Pryor couldn't have been doing sometjhing else with this idle time while getting inked (like learning how to meet the hype he helped create....or at least watch some frigging film...)

OSU, to have any credibility (or integrity for that matter) should run all 5 players and the coach out on a rail...send the message that NO ONE person or coach is big enough to risk the good name of this university....but they won't..Michigan should thank the lord every morning for Pryor choosing the Buckeyes....he's a frigging joke....

Why, Michigan still hasn't beat him...

[Appaholic]

If I was an OSU fan (or a teammate especially), this might piss me off the most....the fact this buckethead of a star QB, who hasn't lived up to half of his hyped ability, is out selling memorabilia for tattoos.... ....he was willing, nay, complicit in bringing an NCAA investigation into his school and risking the success and good name of a University for a fokking TATTOO!! And Tressel is covering for the guy?? He's an imbecile as well. It's not as if Pryor couldn't have been doing sometjhing else with this idle time while getting inked (like learning how to meet the hype he helped create....or at least watch some frigging film...)

OSU, to have any credibility (or integrity for that matter) should run all 5 players and the coach out on a rail...send the message that NO ONE person or coach is big enough to risk the good name of this university....but they won't..Michigan should thank the lord every morning for Pryor choosing the Buckeyes....he's a frigging joke....

Why, Michigan still hasn't beat him...

True, but let's check the record in about a year....if NCAA has any balls, they'll vacate every game won in which these 5 players participated in 2010....which would be every game...

[bluehenbillk]

Im surprised the Big Ten hasn't stepped in yt, maybe they would befor the season starts. When Bruce Pearl was suspended, didn't the SEC tack on games??

Interesting that Dez Bryant has lunch with Deion Sanders & he loses all eligibility immediately, Tressel lies to everyone & still has a job & a 5-game suspension currently and the eharing isn't until August.....