Scheißkerl

April 28th, 2011 at 6:19 PM ^

That doesn't say much. They all have said we would have handled it a bit differently. Personally, I'm happy as hell that Tressel kept his mouth shut. Now he can get what he deserves.

Cope

April 28th, 2011 at 9:37 PM ^

There's little worse than explaining your own joke. So yes, a tag labeling funny brings the humor far below this intellectual crowd IMO. And I feel a good laugh and plus one is a more elegant way to receive a joke than clicking funny. I miss the nuances of understatement. Until a picture of kittens gets five points for insightful. Then I'll love it.

Belisarius

April 28th, 2011 at 6:23 PM ^

This is butter on the bread though. You know the writing is on the wall when every one scrambles to cover themselves. I think if you listen very closely you'll hear the silent sound of no one of importance rushing to defend Iron Jimmy. Even the NCAA isn't going to let someone the entire world think's is guilty through their fingers. They understand how that will look. Bye bye, Jimmy. I wish I could say I'll treasure the memories, but really only these last few are worth recalling.

Maize and Blue…

April 29th, 2011 at 9:20 AM ^

and the minimum punishment was set by the way they handled Dez Bryant who lied to them.  He missed a whole season and he didn't knowingly play any ineligible players.

The problem with Delaney is the Big Ten supposedly investigated loaner car gate and found nothing wrong with Pryor being given a Tahoe on loan to drive out of state for the weekend despite no source of income to be able to afford said Tahoe.  For that matter why he has three tickets all in loaner cars.  Did the Big Ten find a case where this was done for another OSU student that wasn't an athlete?  If not it is an impermissible benefit.  The Big Ten is partly reponsible for Tressel thinking he could get away with this.

SWFLWolverine

April 29th, 2011 at 12:05 PM ^

I can't imagine that the players were not asked if ayone on the Ohio State payroll knew of their dealings with Mr. Rife. If this is the case, and they lied, they should be done for the year according to precedent.

Also, wasn't Dez Bryant also banned from participating in any team functions..i.e. practices, workouts, etc.?

Also, doesn't the NCAA reserve the right to ammend the penalties if they discover new information? And if this is the case, couldn't the NCAA then declare that the students should not have been eligible for the bowl game and force Ohio State to vacate the win?

Bane of Gargamel

April 28th, 2011 at 6:33 PM ^

I don't think I'm alone here but frankly I was actually a little relieved when he didn't.  If I'm remembering correctly, during the recruiting process some of the Sarniak stuff and a few other worrisome things came to light.  Since then I'd say that he certainly has gone above and beyond to prove that we were lucky he passed.

Cigarro Cubano

April 28th, 2011 at 6:29 PM ^

Jim Tressell + the current  osWho situation amounts to a pile of garbage.  Hope the ncaa finally does what they need to do with these clowns.

As much as Mich. got dogged out last year.

Zone Left

April 28th, 2011 at 6:34 PM ^

So if they would have known that the coach was covering up five ineligible players for a whole season and then strong-armed them into staying for their Senior seasons during the coverup he would handled things differently? The Big 10 would have lost the bowl game if he would have done that.

fatbastard

April 28th, 2011 at 6:49 PM ^

that would not have factored into any part of it . . . . .At All.  Far more serious, and the result now is that OSU makes the B1G look like, or worse than the SEC.   Which on a whole far far closer to a pro league than even OSU.

 

M-Dog

April 29th, 2011 at 10:31 AM ^

Delaney especially has been way out there in pointing out the academic sham that is the SEC. 

The whole OSU mess nullifies his argument.  If left uncontested, it says the B1G is no better than the SEC.  In fact it says it's worse because not only does it do the same kind of crap, but it's hypocritical about it. 

The rest of us B1G fans have been saying for years that OSU is an SEC school in the midst of the Big Ten conference.  Now even Delaney has to wake up to that reality and deal with it.

He has to get rid of Tressel and put the hammer down on OSU.

 

Waters Demos

April 28th, 2011 at 7:58 PM ^

I'm thinking that, after Cam Newton, TP & Co and their free passes to play in the Fiesta Bowl, etc..., another egregiously disproportionate penalty/transparent act of deference to corporate interests would only push the weight of public opinion towards collapse. 

For that reason, I guess I'm kind of optimistic that they may actually impose a penalty that comports with the severity of the offense. 

Everyone Murders

April 28th, 2011 at 6:47 PM ^

The interplay between the Big 10 and Tressel is going to be interesting to watch, but it doesn't seem like Delany's throwing Tressel under the proverbial bus.  "Throw under the bus" - to me, at least - connotes the "thrower" acting unfairly, usually to evade some blame of their own.

There isn't any unfairness in what Delany did here.  He was lied to, unwittingly acted on the basis of those lies, and now he's just saying that if he knew the true story things would have played out differently.  Seems fair to me.

justingoblue

April 28th, 2011 at 6:57 PM ^

I don't think it involves anything unfair, I just think that "throwing someone under the bus" means that the person went from a position of support to unwilling to maintain that position.

Delany's de facto position is to support all 11(12) coaches, and I think he's passed that point with Tressel now. Truthfully, it's almost his responsibility to condemn Tressel, as this story harms the rest of the conference. Delany would be remiss if he didn't make it clear that the B1G doesn't support lying and cheating. I'm not saying he has to say "TRESSEL DID IT HE'S GUILTY AS HELL" because that wouldn't be responsible. But he should come out in a packaged kind of presser and say that the Big Ten doesn't condone knowingly breaking rules and lying.

West Texas Blue

April 28th, 2011 at 6:52 PM ^

Delaney needs to grow some balls and dole out punishment on Tressel. If the SEC, the dirtiest of all conferences, suspended Pearl for lying, then Delaney needs to act accordingly. He can't talk trash about SEC and then when push comes to shove just ignore the matter. Ball's in your court Delaney.

Mi Sooner

April 28th, 2011 at 7:10 PM ^

The SEC is calling him out for supporting that DIRTY program that is making the SEC schools look clean. A real commissioner would be calling them on the carpet today and not waiting. Of course Delaney is in their pocket anyway so I am not holding my breathe at this point.

Everyone Murders

April 28th, 2011 at 7:20 PM ^

This is interesting, but what power does the Big 10 have over individual coaches?  In other words, do our MGoReaders have an idea of what punishments the Big 10 can dole out with respect to a coach?

Any of you lawyas out there know what legal recourse (if any) there may be on a Big 10 level?  Certainly he can cause Tressel political damage, but can he take any action against Tressel in the name of the Big 10?

Jeffy Fresh

April 28th, 2011 at 7:12 PM ^

Did Ohio have this much fun at our expense when the Jihad was waged on us?  I'm thinking yes, even though the Jihad was bullshit and their fans couldn't look objectively or even intelligently at our situation.  This might be more fun for us though because everyone thinks they should be fucked, not just us Michigan homers.

Will Vereene

April 28th, 2011 at 7:34 PM ^

If Delany had known then, then all he could have done then is what he can do now; put pressure on the AD and the school administration to the right thing for the B1G. Ultimately, the NCAA has the highest suit in this case, so I don't think the B1G is going to issue sanctions against the school.

It will be interesting how long tOSU brass lets this go. Maybe less now that Delany has commented on the situation.

funkywolve

April 28th, 2011 at 10:39 PM ^

I find it interesting that the SEC suspended Bruce Pearl for half of Tennessee's conference games and at least so far, the Big Ten is okay with Tressell missing 4 non-conference games and only one conference game.  The only non-conference game where I could see OSU possibly stumbling without Tressell is when they go to Miami.