Jason Lloyd still has Tressel's blood on his keyboard, great article

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March 9th, 2011 at 1:25 PM
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Jason Lloyd still has Tressel's blood on his keyboard, great article

Jason Lloyd is a columnist for the Akron Beacon Journal, he is well known especially in northeast Ohio and the Cleveland area.  He was one of my favorite sports columnists.

Jason absolutely kills it in this article, and before he wrote it he even tweeted, "Attention OSU apologists:  Don't read tomorrow's column in the ABJ.  Then we'll kiss and make up before next Cavs game. Deal?"

Some quotes :

-"Typically, lying to all of those people is a fireable offense — it's even written into his contract as such. But Tressel is returning to work today as the football coach at Ohio State University because of six consecutive Big Ten championships, a 9-1 record against Michigan and a national championship soiled in the same stains that cloak the program again today."

-"School officials didn't discover the e-mails until stumbling upon them while investigating a separate matter. Otherwise, it's fair to assume Tressel never was going to come forward with his knowledge or the e-mails.

He would've simply strolled through life and pleaded ignorance, just as he did when Clarett was cashing in with cars and Isaac and Troy Smith were taking cash payments from boosters."

For your reading pleasure:

http://www.ohio.com/sports/117626723.html

Janeane Garofalo (Film Actors Guild): "As actors it is our responsibility to read the newspaper, and then say what we read on television like it's our opinion"

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March 9th, 2011 at 1:31 PM | I want to hear from OSU's elected reps (Score:1)
Blazefire
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Their president may have his head burried to the shoulders in Tressel's ass, but there is no way that the elected officials of the state can possibly be okay with this much bad press/illicit activity.

"This is the EMU game, not the emo game."
March 9th, 2011 at 2:23 PM | They're elected officials (Score:1)
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They're elected officials from the state of OHIO.

Politicians only act when that action has an affect on their re-election.  Coming out against Tressel is a career ending political move.  There is no morality in politics.

 

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March 9th, 2011 at 2:24 PM | do you mean politicians? (Score:1)
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or do you mean members of the OSU Board of Regents?

If you mean politicians, I can tell you with zero equivocations that none of them will touch this with a 10ft pole(I happen to be married to a state government official, herself an OSU grad, saddened by this..or perhaps annoyed with my laughter).  

From what she says, most politicians figure that adressing this issue can only harm, and will in no way help their re-election prospects...and since this is a no politics blog I will not add what I think of the fact that all politicians really seem to care about is re-election

 

ALWAYS remember the golden rule: He who has the gold, makes the rules

 

March 9th, 2011 at 1:32 PM | Great read! (Score:1)
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I read this earlier - it's a good one and so true!

I am so giddy, like a kid in a candy shop! BUT, I have to keep reminding myself that it's quite possible the impotent NCAA will do close to nothing. Then I get bummed out. Then I need another article like this one. It's a vicious circle!

March 9th, 2011 at 1:40 PM | I just keep loving the comments :) (Score:1)
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I can read the comments on articles like this for hours and hours.   The blind rage OSU fans have towards anyone who doesn't think that this isn't a big deal and that it's a closed book just crack me up.

 

Schneaudenfreaud in full effect :)

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

March 9th, 2011 at 2:39 PM | Comments (Score:1)
Clayzer
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Those comments are pretty ridiculous. They somehow think they're getting screwed in all this, while the rest of the country thinks last nights press conference was a joke and the NCAA should bring the hammer down. I can understand being biased towards your team, but at least try to have a little common sense

March 9th, 2011 at 1:44 PM | The Comments (Score:1)
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The Comments section of that article is priceless as well. They of course range in spectrum from the "Blind-Tressel-Is-God" comments to the "Did Tressel kick your puppy, Jason?"  and to the "welcome to D-1 college football everyone does it now stop throwing our BELOVED program under the bus, asshole" comments.

Columbus went from DEFCON 4 to DEFCON 3 overnight,  Im sure of it. We need to get the Michigan National Guard to the border now so they are ready for when the bus-boy/trucker/janitor/OSU alumni start marching north claiming a Michigan-led conspiracy.

 

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go to State.

March 9th, 2011 at 2:28 PM | From BuckeyeBornAndRaised: (Score:1)
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"Jason, you're a tool. Oh good grief... A coach at a multi-million dollar major college football program found out that players got tattoos and stayed quiet about it. LOL. Are you kidding me? You play your talent. You win games. This isn't an after school special Nancy boy. I support Tressel as does the majority of this state. Unlike your this isn't over attitude, NOTHING more is going to happen. There is way too much money on the line. Grow up and pay attention to the world around you. And get your Ohio University sweatshirt off and realize that the Buckeyes truly are THE Ohio State University."

From SouthBeach11:

"TRESSEL DIDNT GIVE ANY OF THESE PLAYERS ANYTHING TO PLAY FOR OSU! NO COMPETETIVE ADVANTAGE WAS GAINED BY ANY OF THIS YOU BIASED DORK!"

I have a Fandom Endurance III merit badge

March 9th, 2011 at 3:58 PM | Mmm (Score:1)
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There is so much denial dripping from those comments you could almost drink it.

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

March 9th, 2011 at 3:59 PM | You can definitely say for them (Score:1)
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POINT MISSED!

March 9th, 2011 at 5:00 PM | Ignorance/Retardation at it's (Score:1)
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Ignorance/Retardation at it's most extreme level...Welcome to the state of o-h-i-o

March 9th, 2011 at 1:51 PM | Those would be some Hot Sports Opinions (Score:1)
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Got to hand it to the guy for going big. 

March 9th, 2011 at 2:09 PM | This is one of the best (Score:1)
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This is one of the best pieces I have ever read.  First, he completely dismantles Tressel's BS.  The confidentiality request was so tiny, so insignificant, that to hide behind it is insane.  To say he couldn't suspend the players because it would arouse suspicion to the investigation, why not do the "violation of team rules" penalty.  The article just dismantles all of his "defenses" in an epic way.

Furthermore, to write this in an Ohio paper, I mean wow.  This guy has balls that most men only talk about.  Seriously, bravo to this dude.

I've been called the songbird of my generation, by those who have heard me. THAT GOOD

March 9th, 2011 at 2:12 PM | Too bad JT doesnt have tiger (Score:1)
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Too bad JT doesnt have tiger blood, bro

 

 

March 9th, 2011 at 2:14 PM | Jason Lloyd (Score:1)
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Great piece.  Nice to see it reported without any slant.  The Freep could learn alot from reading his article.

March 9th, 2011 at 2:14 PM | hmmmm.... (Score:1)
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I have to listen to the sports radio in Ohio (heaven help me) and St. Tressel is getting killed...even the many apologists understand they have crossed the line.

Gee's performance last night solidified that.

If the haters don't hate you then you're doing something wrong. - David Cone

March 9th, 2011 at 2:33 PM | This is a great piece. I (Score:1)
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This is a great piece.

I have something that's OT from this thread, but I can't post new topics on the board yet :(.

 

Brady Hoke and his staff held a luncheon today for the media. Does anyone have any inside scoop on what happened there?

March 9th, 2011 at 2:54 PM | Twitter (Score:1)
HHW
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Chengelis was tweeting about the lunch: http://twitter.com/#!/chengelis

 

angelique
 
UM LB coach Smith says he's impressed w Demens. Called him a natural leader. Has "it" 
 
angelique
 
Mattison thinks Cam Gordon will be outstanding at OLB
 
 
angelique
 
Mattison said if Hoke had gotten hc job somewhere other than Michigan he wouldn't have left
 
 
angelique
 
Hoke Mattison say Will Campbell a d lineman
 
angelique
 
Hoke on Tressel: " I've known Jim tressel a long time. He's a quality guy a doggone good ftball coach I don't know about that situation"
 
angelique
 
Hoke "had a good winter conditioning. We have a better understanding of competitiveness and toughness we want to play with"
 
 
 

I just destroyed that toilet with a huge Rosenberg.

March 9th, 2011 at 2:43 PM | If Tressel had just played (Score:1)
Braylon 5 Hour ...
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If Tressel had just played Tressel ball and punted these emails off, he wouldn't be possibly setting the program back several years and putting his own job and reputation in jeopardy.  Oops...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJnKm6ftPu0&feature=related

March 9th, 2011 at 2:50 PM | Ahhh... (Score:1)
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is it just me or have the planets begun to realign for Michigan.  Basketball sweeps little brother, looks to be headed to the tournament and has a bright future.  Hockey is, well, Michigan hockey.  Football has harkened back to the anti-spread and OSU looks like it is going to suffer the same fate as William Wallace once Tressell  is disemboweled by the NCAA while screaming, "Ignorance!!!.

 

Life is indeed good and just.

I just destroyed that toilet with a huge Rosenberg.

March 9th, 2011 at 2:52 PM | I've actually been impressed (Score:1)
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I've actually been impressed by how a lot of the Ohio media has handled this: very little kowtowing. Now if only they'd be more enterprising in their reporting. They don't do anything until "outside agitators" break stories.

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