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Ding, Dong
So I'm doing the Memorial Day thing and as such am almost completely out of pocket. I'm typing on a phone and therefore can't do various things I otherwise would do. Like link. Sorry in advance.
Preliminaries out of the way: wow. Ding, dong. /brucecampbellvoice. Tressel's dead, Ohio State won't have a new coach until November, when the Buckeye season will end no matter their record, and there's an SI story coming out in the next day or so that will apparently explain the sudden shift from "I hope he doesn't fire me" to dead man. In all likelihood that will contain details that put USC level sanctions on the table. In the interregnum in Columbus, shiny friendly not about to get cratered Brady Hoke will be in ur base stealing ur recruits. Full analysis tomorrow when I've got a computer and the SI story. Someone find a good place to get a Dispatch style count up clock in the meantime.
May 30th, 2011 at 11:25 AM
#2
+1
May 30th, 2011 at 12:44 PM
#3
Sadly enough
My mobile knows THAT word. All the other simple ones it changes and "corrects"....
May 30th, 2011 at 11:25 AM
#4
tressel
tressel drinks wine coolers
May 30th, 2011 at 11:27 AM
#5
schadenfreudalicious
schadenfreudalicious
May 30th, 2011 at 11:28 AM
#6
woot!
Tressel resigns, TomVH hints at an exciting June, Brian working on a holiday weekend... all good things!
May 30th, 2011 at 11:29 AM
#7
HALOL
HALOL
May 30th, 2011 at 11:34 AM
#8
This comment has been rated BA
This comment has been rated B-A for being a "Bad-Ass" "Bacari-Alexander" quote.
May 30th, 2011 at 11:31 AM
#9
More Golden Poop
Seems like all of the stars that were so furiously aligned against us the past three years have had a massive Galactic Shift. Willing and ready to ride the wave of Hoke's auric excrective aura.
May 30th, 2011 at 11:32 AM
#10
enjoy ur holiday, Brian
There's plenty out there to satisfy our appetites (go read the comments thread on 11 Warriors LOL). We'll look forward to your insight when you have a full keyboard to work with.
Go Blue!
May 30th, 2011 at 11:32 AM
#11
Liar. Cheater. Buckeye.
May 30th, 2011 at 11:38 AM
#12
Calling all photoshoppers...
We need Lloyd Brady on this one.
May 30th, 2011 at 1:00 PM
#13
Ask and you shall receive
May 30th, 2011 at 2:34 PM
#16
Ohio State Blackeyes
May 30th, 2011 at 11:35 AM
#17
I don't even know what to
I don't even know what to say. This is a great day. So...how many days until we beat OSU?
May 30th, 2011 at 11:38 AM
#18
how many days until we beat OSU?
it depends. The NCAA is likely to say that we didn't lose last years game. does that mean that we won?
May 30th, 2011 at 11:45 AM
#19
No.
A vacated loss is not a win. Sadly. But the 'haven't lost to Ohio State will be reduced to potentially '0' days depending on how far it goes back. Here's to hoping...
May 30th, 2011 at 12:07 PM
#20
Unfortunately, it would still
Unfortunately, it would still be 2700+ days since Michigan beat OSU.
Fortunately, it might be over 3000 days since OSU beat Michigan.
May 30th, 2011 at 12:57 PM
#21
vacating OSU wins
I can't fathom the NCAA forcing OSU to vacate all wins since 2004. It would be nice, but....
May 30th, 2011 at 7:24 PM
#22
4,573 days since osu last
4,573 days since osu last beat Michigan without possibly using ineligible players/cheating. http://www.convertunits.co
May 30th, 2011 at 11:36 AM
#23
a good week already....
I can sense it already. Great start to the week!
May 30th, 2011 at 11:41 AM
#24
I guess I need a new user
I guess I need a new user name. lukefickellissatan is just not as satisfying.
May 30th, 2011 at 11:53 AM
#25
How about
interregnumissatan?
May 30th, 2011 at 11:37 AM
#26
I'm loving watching OSU fans
I'm loving watching OSU fans spin this as watch out, not they'll get a coach who won't take his foot off when they get a lead.
May 30th, 2011 at 5:35 PM
#27
I was at a party last night
I was at a party last night with WAY too many OSU fans and as a group they kept saying that there was no way Tressel was leaving. Too bad that party wasn't today.
May 30th, 2011 at 11:38 AM
#28
NSFW or H
May 30th, 2011 at 11:38 AM
#29
(No subject)
May 30th, 2011 at 11:39 AM
#30
Let's all enjoy the day
with a bigger smile and an extra brew or two after we remember those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our country.
May 30th, 2011 at 11:54 AM
#31
Amen
Happy Memorial Day
May 30th, 2011 at 11:40 AM
#32
So when Boren cited"family
So when Boren cited"family values", what exactly was he referring to? Sucks we won't be able to exact revenge on Tressel, but hopefully the tide turns anyhow and we rack up 7 straight. Go Blue!
May 30th, 2011 at 11:47 AM
#33
Perhaps the whole family
needed new cars?
May 30th, 2011 at 11:47 AM
#34
That will be the sweetest
That will be the sweetest thing, for Buckeye Nation to slowly watch the win gap that they've been closing with Michigan creep back up to 20-22.
May 30th, 2011 at 2:20 PM
#35
There cannot be a better sign
There cannot be a better sign from the football gods as to their approval of one Brady Hoke.
May 30th, 2011 at 11:53 AM
#36
now he'll have more time to spend
with his hovercrafts.
May 30th, 2011 at 11:54 AM
#37
Pretty good Staples
Pretty good Staples article
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/andy_staples/05/30/Jim.Tre...
"Try for a moment to remove whatever school-colored glasses you might own and consider the following questions:
-- If Tim Tebow, Percy Harvin and Alex Smith had been found guilty of breaking NCAA rules, what would you think of former Utah and Florida coach Urban Meyer?
-- If Ricky Williams, Vince Young and Colt McCoy had all been penalized for running afoul of the NCAA, what would you think of Texas coach Mack Brown?
-- If college sports' governing body had forced LaRon Landry, Rolando McClain and Mark Ingram to miss games for their transgressions, what would you think of former LSU and current Alabama coach Nick Saban?"
May 30th, 2011 at 11:57 AM
#38
On May 26 I posted: "Tressel is gone.
May 30th, 2011 at 8:31 PM
#39
wow
you really went out on a limb there. should I give you all of my mgopoints?
May 30th, 2011 at 11:58 AM
#40
How Fitting
That the two OSU coaches who did the most to establish, continue and enhance the Buckeye brand of Top Ten football depart in such an ignominious fashion. Woody for belting an opposing player...during the game! And Tressel the serial turn the other cheek cheater who established no institutional control while his players lined their pockers for......ten years!
So Brent Musberger said that JT was a great guy. Have you ever noticed that most con artists and pathological liars are very likable? Of course they are because they say only what they think you want to hear.
Then there is Gordon Gee, selected by Time magazine within the past 12 months as the top university president in the USA, with MSC 3rd. Really? Could we have a revote?
May 30th, 2011 at 12:45 PM
#41
Hawthorne said it best--
“No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which one is true."
May 30th, 2011 at 2:07 PM
#42
Richard Nixon aka Tricky Dick defense
When Nixon was forced out of office he stated that he was doing it for the sake of the nation and that he was innocent of any wrong doing. I would imagine that Tressel will take the same approach, that he is leaving for the sake of OSU and is totally innocent of any wrong doing.
May 30th, 2011 at 5:54 PM
#43
Way too early to be thinking
Way too early to be thinking about these things but... Tressel, as good as his record was against us, was starting to watch the game pass him by.
Lets hope Meyer, Pelini and Patterson forsee the impending doom the NCAA will soon asert against an unsuspecting OSU and stay way. I think all three are better coaches than Tressel. If Dantonio jumps ship for the Buckeyes even better.
As happy as we are today to watch OSU's pain and embarrasment lets hope it doesn't come back to bite us.
May 30th, 2011 at 5:59 PM
#44
How about English?
How about English?
May 30th, 2011 at 12:06 PM
#45
There is another
There is another Tressel. I wonder if he's going to keep recruiting there or if he's going to go out like Ella Bully Cummings did when Kwame resigned. I'm trying to picture him out there trying to pull in the top recruits and the picture is just too funny right now.
May 30th, 2011 at 12:08 PM
#46
the sun is finally shining
on my Michigan flag in suburban Cbus. Oh life is going to be such fun!
May 30th, 2011 at 12:10 PM
#47
Wow
I was really surprised to wake up to this news today. I could not shake the feeling that Tressel and OSU would skate by with minimum punishment by the NCAA. So glad I was wrong. Go over to Bucknuts if you want some entertainment. They all still think Tressel is a saint who didn't do anything wrong. Mr. Dunn---Come on down. GO BLUE!
May 30th, 2011 at 12:38 PM
#48
just wondering.......
so I wonder if the resignation of the "vest" isn't just T$IO trying to manipulate the system even more. is it true that now that the "vest" is no longer an employee of the university, he no longer has to explain to the NCAA what he knew and when he new it?
Didn't USC and Pete Carroll do something similiar? I wonder if we will find out soon that the "vest" has a really nice buyout deal that was negotiated by the lawyer that he hired? It wouldn't surprise me at all to see that this is just another tactic being employed by the T$IO to avoid sanctions and penalities.
How long before we find out that Terrell "aka Reggie Bush" Pryor is not going to play his senior season and asked the NFL for a supplemental draft.....
May 30th, 2011 at 12:52 PM
#49
If i remember correctly...
If I remember correctly (and I very well may not) I believe the sanctions against USC had a lot more to do with the University and not specifically the coach. It seemed down there the HC was oblivious to what was going on (or at least was able to claim he was without evidence suggesting otherwise). Also, I think Pete leaving had more to do with him wanting out than the university forcing him out which appears to be the case here.
In this instance, it seems to this point that JT was where the buck stopped. He had all sorts of knowledge regarding violations and seemed to sit on it, without passing it up the chain (I say "seemed" because at their first press conference it looked as though he wanted to say something but was interrupted by the AD before he could get it out).
I don't know that this will change anything, but now that he isn't a coach in the NCAA I don't believe they can do anything to him (or even question him about anything). So if the NCAA finds that the infractions were all down to players and the coach not passing on the information, and the coach is no longer an employee....I am wondering if it will cause them to go lighter on OSU in this case. Probably what OSU is hoping for at any rate. I don't think they push JT to resign without some serious alterior motive.
May 30th, 2011 at 1:06 PM
#50
The NCAA can no longer force
The NCAA can no longer force him to talk, but they will probably give him a very long show cause order if he does not--which may or may not matter to Tressel.
OSU is definitely going to frame this as one guy who was extremely adept at tricking OSU's compliance department, but if there's enough dirt, the NCAA isn't going to buy it. However, a big part of USC's problem with the NCAA was that the USC Athletic Department basically gave the NCAA the finger instead of cooperating fully with the NCAA. OSU won't make that mistake.
May 30th, 2011 at 2:30 PM
#51
posted from iPhone
But OSU already did make that mistake. They gave Tress a slap on the hand and said they found no additional infractions, including with the car situation. They swept everything under the rug -- in contrast to what M did, when, on principle, it immediately plead guilty to major violations that weren't so major.
