I'm not holding by breath

I hope they get hammered

First I've heard of it.

NCAA Comes down hard:    "No more pooping in coolers"

I am taking the under....whatever the bar is, I got the under...sadly

EDIT* Fuck Yeah...I am thrilled and I think the penalty fit the crime...Good job NCAA

have already paid the ultimate price.  They've vacated their 2010 season and that is going to haunt their program for years to come. 

Maybe we should stop calling them Akron State. It's disrespectful...

...to Akron.

Here's hoping for...a one year subscription to the Jelly of the Month Club.

Buckeye-pocalypse?  From the greek apokálypsis; "lifting of the veil" or "revelation " or uncover  

Armageddon is the scene of the final battle of the world, between good and evil.  You have the evil in this announcement, but the good guys aren't around.

Kyle Meinke @kmeinke
Al Borges, when asked whether he's interested in the Florida OC job: "Not interested. This is Michigan, for God sakes." #umich

from Ace "the truth" Williams:

• 6 schollies in three years; (1 more than Ohio self-imposed sanction);
• Automatic selection of BCS bowl for next three years (from 2013, no matter the record);
• No face mask penalties whatsoever in the next three years for Ohio; (grab-face-mask-as-you-like)
• JT life time ban of coaching (he already bought a house in Miami beach?)

Nothing will happen. If the Buckeyes get hammered, I'll take naked pictures of my wife and post them on the Internet.*

*Not really. I will, however, do a google search for other men who have.

UPDATE: Aaaand this qualifies. If you need me, I'll be at www.fistmywifewhileIgrillyouaribeye.com.

If nothing happens, you know they are going to flood the boards here.  Mods, be ready...

1 Year Bowl Ban is almost guaranteed, they are trying to get the confirmation...I'll keep you posted.

EDIT: Confirmed Bowl Ban and 4 more scholarships.  Show cause for Tressel. 1 Additional Year of Probation. 

http://www.buckeyextra.com/content/stories/2011/12/20/ncaa-report.html

NCAA: Ohio State banned from postseason play next season

The NCAA today stunned Ohio State University’s football program by banning it from postseason play after the 2012 season, multiple sources told The Dispatch. The penalty means Ohio State automatically is out of the running for any bowl, or a Big Ten or national championship next year, just as newly appointed head coach Urban Meyer is wooing recruits to the Buckeyes.

Athletic Director Gene Smith said previously that while Ohio State has been declared a repeat violator that failed to properly monitor its football program, a bowl ban would be out of line with penalties handed to universities with similar violations. In its ruling to be made public this afternoon, the NCAA Committee of Infractions will levy the bowl ban and two other penalties on top of the ones the university already imposed on itself, the sources said. The NCAA will:

* Strip four more football scholarships over the next three years on top of Ohio State’s prior forfeiture of five scholarships over that span.

* Add an additional year of probation to OSU’s self-imposed two-year probation for the football program, meaning any violations through the 2013 season could draw harsher-than-normal penalties.

The NCAA also will hand a show-cause penalty to former head coach Jim Tressel for failing to report that some team members improperly sold memorabilia and for allowing ineligible players to compete throughout the 2010 season.

The show-cause penalty against Tressel signifies he is a serious offender and means that any NCAA school that hires him could be subject to sanctions for appointing him as football coach absent a showing it should escape penalties.

Very interesting.

http://twitter.com/#!/schadjoe/status/149190811836350465

1 Year bowl ban per the Dispatch;

http://www.buckeyextra.com/content/stories/2011/12/20/ncaa-report.html

Double post = double sanctions?

1 year bowl ban, 6 more schollies over the 3 years (9 total) and 1 additional year of probation.

http://www.buckeyextra.com/content/stories/2011/12/20/ncaa-report.html

So is it just a one-year ban? What about schollies?

Edit: Didn't refresh soon enough

There is a Santa Claus after all and his name is Mark Emmert.

9 scholarships over 3 years is nothing really.  But glad the NCAA had the courage to stick them with a 1 yr bowl ban.  Not going to cry about it, moving on with my life.

Stephen J. Nesbitt @stephenjnesbitt 1m

RT @elevenwarriors: It's out. A postseason ban in '12, 9 lost schollies over three years and another year of probation. buckeyextra.com/content/storie…

not exactly the nuclear holocaust we all wanted, but it isnt the slap on the wrist either.  this wont hurt that much but its probably the best we all could have hoped for.