Unverified Voracity All About Obviously

LaMarr Woodley made Tressel into a Wal-Mart greeter?  Brilliant!

So i just got in trouble at work because I couldn't stop laughing out loud at that walmart pic.  Pure genius

As someone who once helped a football player fix his car, Michigan compliance was so far up my ass there was a blue lot in my lower colon and I almost got my own blue bus stop.  The player bought the tie rods and I did the labor since I knew how and had the tools.  He paid me for my time in beer and pizza.  Compliance jumped all over this and figured out the hourly rate for a mechanic was greater than the cost of the beer and pizza, thus he still owed me money.  I attempted to lowball my time estimate for doing the job, they talked to a real mechanic and got the official time estimate for tie rod replacement.  They were also unimpressed by the fact I helped all my friends fix their cars in exchange for beer and pizza.  So they basically stood over him while he wrote me a check for what they demanded the difference was. They also made him pay my uncle who let us use the lift in his garage.  

I tossed the check aside and figured "I might cash this if he gets drafted, maybe".  Someone though noticed the money never came out of his account and started calling me about cashing the damn check.  This was old school Carr era though. 

The next time I worked on his car I sarcastically sent them an invoice (six page writeup for helping him replace two brake pads) "for their records", they crosschecked all my time estimates and sent me back an approval letter and a genuine thank you for the paper...

LaMarr Woodley kills people with Photoshop.

isn't selling state owned property some kind of crime that would be punishable as a misdemeanor or fellony? i get that the rings and pants are fuzzy territory, but its seems like the shoulder pads are owned by the athletic dept which is run by the university which is run by the state.  if someone was selling office supplies out of the state capitol, i would think someone could press charges.

I've seen very high profile professional athletes come visit extremely ill children at the hospital with no fanfare whatsoever, and to all appearances on their own volition (Dany Heatley, for one).  And I've seen professional athletes who plainly view extremely ill children as a useful backdrop to show said athletes as well-rounded and all-around good guys.

I don't know which camp Tressel falls into, but the mere fact that an athlete or coach shows up and signs an autograph at a hospital tells us precious little about their decency.  BWS gets this right.

Look Goodell, this is what happens when you don't let the players practice - they get ahold of Photoshop and create memes!  Ray Lewis warned you about this, and you did nothing!

My "walmart wolverine" fandom is offended by that picture.

/s

looks to be a fine time to laugh and revel in the countless opportunities for satire, sarcasm, and fun at OSU's expense. Man, they sure make it easy and the dust hasn't even settled yet. This Tressell/Walmart pic is classic. Keep 'em comin'

I've yet to hear a good explanation (despite the efforts of Kirk Herbstreit and many others) of how Tressel burying the information about his players' violations was for the good of the players as opposed to himself.  Maybe I've forgotten the examples where good kids were destroyed by being disciplined for their violations -- I can only seem to remember the examples of kids responding to discipline by vowing to do better in the future and turning their lives around.

The "Tressel's charitable acts aren't a big deal because all rich/famous people do charitable acts" argument doesn't work for the same reason the "improper benefits/oversigning/etc aren't a big deal because all (SEC) schools provide improper benefits/oversign/etc." argument doesn't work.  NCAA violations will always be NCAA violations and charitable acts will always be charitable acts.

to me how many delusional media members feel that Tressel resigning has stopped the problem. I heard an interview with Bobby Carpenter this afternoon and he claimed that the players being suspended and Tressel resigning was enough punishment. Colin Cowherd was in full agreement but neither seem to realize that if the compliance department was doing their job, this would never have snowballed into what it as become.  The NCAA relies on Universities to police themselves and this is a solid example of a university that only cared about the bottom line, not how the program was run. 

asking too much to expect 63 guys who're paid to look after 85 kids to look after 85 kids, especially when the demigod (woops, I mean Head Coach) is the one instigating all of the rule breaking. "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!"

For the record, I think Jim Tressel acted like a slimeball with the way he's handled things at Ohio State.

HOWEVER, the line of reasoning regarding his charitable works seems like a double standard.  Regardless of the motives or reasoning behind his charity work and visits to a hospital, it's still a good thing.  He has probably brightened the day of thousands of sick children and family members.  The good that he's done shouldn't just be swept away because now he made a boo-boo (or several boo-boos). 

Just like everything, Tressel's accomplishments and actions should be kept in perspective.  Tressel has done many good things in his life.  He's made some mistakes.  I don't know whether he's mostly good or mostly bad, but I'm also not willing to disregard all the good stuff he's done now that a bunch of bratty 20-year-olds have broken the rules under his watch.  Tressel lied and did his part to bring these punishments down, but these bratty athletes did their parts, too.

like everything else he's f'ing up these days, he couldn't quite get his colors right. 

At least those girls got communications PhDs for the video.

And for this, I thank you.

Visit the parking lot at Schembechler Hall and you will notice assigned parking spaces for all the coaches and various other administrative staff.  IN THE SAME PARKING LOT are all the players cars.  It would be virtually IMPOSSIBLE for a coach, other player, trainer, groundskeeper, visitor, or blind mouse to not notice a high profile player exiting an exotic car. 

There's no way OSU or any other program doesn't know their players are driving around in fancy cars.  They literally have to turn their head to not notice it.

It might go something like this:

Basic Version:

"Welcome to Hell. Nice to see you've been given the corner suite on the concierge floor. Enjoy the view and the extra amenities (Hint: there are none. This is Hell). We've been here a while now, since it was revealed that a scumbag named Ed Martin enjoyed a special brand of charity work with our men's basketball team. The time since that revelation might be best described as our Lost Decade. We've also had The Horror, 3-9, 5-7, 1-9, etc. Recently, our fortunes have improved considerably, and it appears we might get to check out of our room, finally.

"If you don't mind, I'd like to give you a few words of advice, since you're new here. First, don't assume for a second that this isn't going to be bad. You're in Hell. See those poor old saps searching for mere table scraps? They're SMU. Been here for a long, long time. No one pays any attention to them anymore. They stopped getting calls and visits from family shortly after they got here. I'm not saying that'll be your fate, but since your fate isn't entirely decided yet, anything is still possible.

"Second, don't be like those screaming toddlers over there in the corner throwing the Cardinal Red and Gold blocks. Those are the Trojans. They're still in denial. Don't be like them. Accept your fate. Understand you'll be here for an indeterminate period of time and learn to live with it. I didn't say you have to like it, but you'll make it worse for everyone the more you bitch and moan, so STFU.

"Third - and this is just between us - you really need to come to terms with what brought you to this Failure Pile in a Sadness Bowl (SixZero: Thanks, that was an epic embed). Think about it: you the fans, your program, your coaches and players put a giant asterisk on a decade worth of the Greatest Rivalry in Sports. No one is to blame for this but you. Expect that this will continue to have an impact on the game for years to come. How long is anyone's guess.

"Sincerely, Njia"

TL; DR Version:

"You royally f-cked up The Game all on your own. You're in Hell and deserve every minute of it."

It really wasn't that long ago when you couldn't go on the internet without finding something bad written about Michigan. (One dong punch after another). Oh how the times have changed.

I hope he's not in the theft prevention department!

Is there anyone still pining for Les Miles over Hoke?