Does Dennis Talbott work for Les Wexner (OSU Trustee)?

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June 10th, 2011 at 1:40 PM
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Does Dennis Talbott work for Les Wexner (OSU Trustee)?

Mod Edit: I've added the post's text here and deleted the other thread. It's giving everyone problems.

Another MGoBlog member (GustaveFerbert) mentioned in an earlier thread that Dennis Talbott, the freelance photographer who allegedly has been paying TP to sign memorabilia, is actually Director of Recruiting and Staffing (or something like that) of Limited Brands. Can anyone confirm this?

The founder, chairman and CEO of Limited Brands is Les Wexner. Wexner is also a major OSU booster (he gave $100 million earlier this year alone) and is a member of OSU's Board of Trustees. He is spearheading a $2.5 billion fundraising campaign to boost their endowment over the next few years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Wexner

Wexner is good friends with Jim Tressel and, word on the street is, it was not until Wexner gave the nod that JT was finally told he had to resign. Is it possible that a principal player in the "memorabilia for benefits" scandal at OSU actually is a member of Les Wexner's management team?

Mod Edit: I deleted the LinkedIn profile. If people want to search, they can. [zl]

OP Edit: I think deleting the LinkedIn profile is a mistake. It's not like we are heavily pirating LinkedIn for any reason that is related to their business (i.e. networking). The portion of Talbott's profile that was posted here is critical to confirming this is the same guy. I think you should let it stand. IMO.

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June 10th, 2011 at 1:44 PM | I am as well and I am on a (Score:1)
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I am as well and I am on a Mac using Safari. Not sure why the issue is occurring. Glad I am not the only one though. 

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June 10th, 2011 at 1:45 PM | Roger that... (Score:1 Offtopic)
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What, I got better...

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June 10th, 2011 at 1:46 PM | (Score:1)
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on my Droid its crashing the app, even with the flash disengaged.

June 10th, 2011 at 1:46 PM | It blew up... (Score:1)
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my MGoDroid app too...

June 10th, 2011 at 1:47 PM | can only get it to work on (Score:2 Normal)
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can only get it to work on the iphone.

There's a post with an empty frame of an embredded picture that seems to have caused the probelm.  

 

June 10th, 2011 at 1:48 PM | Help!!! (Score:2)
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Mods, are you there?

June 10th, 2011 at 2:18 PM | Hello Mods, are you there? (Score:1)
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Hello Mods, are you there? It's me William.

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June 10th, 2011 at 1:50 PM | yeah (Score:1)
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Not showing up right in Chrome either.

EDIT: Works fine on the Android app w/ Droid X

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June 10th, 2011 at 1:49 PM | This site has been having (Score:2)
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This site has been having trouble. This morning I posted a heads up that I got a warning that a threat was blocked. The weird thing is that it only happens when I log in on my desk top using Firefox. Using Chrome on my laptop and have never been hit with anything.

June 10th, 2011 at 1:49 PM | I'm having trouble, but only with that thread. (Score:1)
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There was a mod edit, would that do it?

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June 10th, 2011 at 1:52 PM | True... a mod did take down a (Score:0 Flamebait)
June 10th, 2011 at 1:55 PM | The last time this happened, (Score:2)
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The last time this happened, someone copy and pasted something from Twitter, which screwed up the HTML.

It looks like http://mgoblog.com/users/wenham-wolverine tried pasting a Youtube video with an iframe, which probably broke something in the html.

June 10th, 2011 at 1:53 PM | same (Score:1)
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win7 with IE9. I see the empty frame and can't scroll. Saw it once before a few weeks ago on another thread too, but can't remember which one.

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June 10th, 2011 at 2:15 PM | Yeah, I'm on Firefox on a (Score:2)
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Yeah, I'm on Firefox on a Mac.  Partway down I can see an ad for the Mealer shirt and then it ends.

To be honest I thought it was just me.   That thread had me breathing faster and clutching myself in an attempt to suppress my horrified glee--I thought perhaps I'd squeezed my own ribs too hard and had cut off my oxygen.

 

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June 10th, 2011 at 1:56 PM | Me Too! (Score:1)
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I posted on my laptop using IE and it shows in my post page but not on the thread....it's an OSU conspiracy

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June 10th, 2011 at 1:58 PM | Not to create panic in the (Score:2)
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Not to create panic in the streets but i was having the same problem too so clicked "reply" directly to the OP and tried to upload a pic. Within 30 seconds my system crashed on my PC and now i have a virus.

Had to switch to IPAD to warn

 

 

June 10th, 2011 at 1:59 PM | Same thing happened (Score:1)
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here as well:

http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/lloyd-brady-big-screen-you-be-judge

June 10th, 2011 at 2:13 PM | It's another youtube iframe. (Score:2)
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It's another youtube iframe. I wonder if the virus that was discussed the other day changes the source of the iframe to load it's virus.

June 10th, 2011 at 2:00 PM | Yeah, sounds like broken (Score:1)
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Yeah, sounds like broken HTML. Maybe an element wasn't properly terminated somewhere.

 

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June 10th, 2011 at 2:01 PM | Me too again (Score:1)
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I also replied to the OP but no indication of a virus yet

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June 10th, 2011 at 2:06 PM | sorry. I tried to embed a (Score:2)
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sorry.
I tried to embed a youtube video.

fwiw, the thread loads in its entirety on the iPhone app, just my post is all fudged up.

June 10th, 2011 at 2:14 PM | I wasn't trying to implicate (Score:2)
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I wasn't trying to implicate you. I was just trying to give the mods a place to look.

June 10th, 2011 at 2:19 PM | right, I get that. I'm just (Score:2)
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right, I get that. I'm just pretty sure I broke it, too.

June 10th, 2011 at 2:16 PM | I'm on an iPad... (Score:1)
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And it looks like around 12:39'ish there's a thread breaking the page.

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June 10th, 2011 at 3:01 PM | For what it's worth, I delete (Score:1)
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For what it's worth, I delete links to people's social media pages. To me, it's encouraging harrassment from the relatively small minority here who would do that. It's a judgement call and people will disagree, but I don't like it.

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June 10th, 2011 at 3:37 PM | It's absolutely... (Score:3 Normal)
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...the same guy. Here's what I posted on the other thread (minus any links to LinkedIn):

LinkedIn Dennis Talbott has a profile that says he was President, Strategia Retail Solutions, LLC from 2002 - 2007 and Director, Recruiting and Staffing, The Limited from 2007 - 2009).

His photo on his LinkedIn profile and his former position with Strategia is conclusive evidence that Memorabilia seller Dennis Talbott (photo taken from this story about the scandal) -- note the Strategia signage -- is also Former "The Limited" Talbott.

He was apparently unemployed/self-employed from some month in 2009 to Dec 2010. This is apparently when he tried his hand at full time memorabilia sales and freelance photography.

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June 10th, 2011 at 8:08 PM | Talbott / Lee Connors connection -- and connection to OSU? (Score:2 Informative)
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Fairly standard LinkedIn profile.
 
The Limited is a big employer in Columbus, so Talbott working there is most likely just a coincidence. But if there was ANY personal connection between Talbott and Wexner, that would be death death death for OSU, given Wexner's clear uber booster status.
 
What's interesting is Talbott is a LinkedIn Member of only one group, and it's "Clients, partners, and friends of BSM Nation", where BSM = Buckeye Sports Management. Only 36 members in the group, and it's a locked group. Owner is Lee Connors, who is VP of Marketing for Varsity O Memorabilia, who has a lot of signed Pryor stuff to sell (a drum SportsbyBrooks has been beating). Connors describes BSM as:
 
"BSM Nation consists of Buckeye Sports Management, Buckeye IT, and BSM Music. We are a sports marketing, event planning, PR and fund-raising firm from Columbus Ohio. Many of our clients are Former Buckeyes doing great things in the community. Our company motto is "Think BIGGER!" We have amazing partners in the Community and have adopted a collective "we do that" strategy with our partners. In every meeting we consider our family of partners. Chances are if we don't do something, I have a partner company who does."
 
BSM's Twitter Feed is not active, but followed by the OSU Alumni Association so there was some knowledge they existed.

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