individually negotiated.  Often in an executive severance situation the terms of the contract re: cause, severance payments etc just serve as a starting point for negotiations on a severance agreement.

They can still use the terms of the contract (and fire for cause, paying him nothing), but they may negotiate a settlement to get Jim to shut up and go away so they can hire a new coach, stop the bleeding, negative PR, etc.  And Jim (seeing that  the end is nigh) may prefer such an agreement because it will allow him to save face (the agreement would probably include reciprocal nondisparagement clauses, among other protections for both parties) and save costs.  In fact, this may be why he got his own lawyer--to negotiate with his release with OSU directly. 

Or, Jim may find it preferable to fight to the bitter end to "save his reputation" (if possible).  In this case OSU will probably fire him for cause at the end of the process (if found liable) and pay him nothing.  This is the scenario we want because it drags out the process forever and all parties will be free to trash each other in the press, etc.

My initial reaction is (1) this situation seems so fluid that I doubt anyone at OSU can say for certain yet whether JT will survive and (2) Gee is probably the last person in OSU's administration who has a clue as to what is actually going on.

In the coming months, being a connected booster with the ear of E. Gordon Gee at tUofOSU will be about as important as being the best curler in Equador.

I want the space bear to take them down.

If everything they are saying is true, you can bet your ass I want them to get the death penalty. They have been cheating for around 10 years....10 fucking years! This undoubtedly being one of the biggest reasons for their ridiculous winning streak against us. Do you think for a second that they would have rattled off 9 wins in the past 10 games against us if they wouldn't have been paying players and using ineligible players (which, again, is exactly what has happened if the story is true).  If OSU wants to play dirty, when they get caught, they should absolutely pay the price. They obviously haven't cared about keeping this rivalry (or any football season for that matter) pure and legal so why should I care if they remain a strong program? In other words, they haven't respected college football for well over 10 years so I don't need to respect them as program.

After all that has come out, I don't see any way in Hell (read: Columbus) that they do not get knocked with this.  Every piece of news that comes out is gasoline on an already raging fire.

That's not karma, friend. That there is poop. Pure, golden, Hoke poop.

I think the entire world will give a giant "meh" when tUoOS isn't playing a bowl game. It won't make a bit of difference, considering that Michigan will (hopefully) be back on track and Nebraska will be in town.

You can scratch hoes off the list

HBO report: Auburn players got paid; OSU recruiting target plied with sex

http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/03/29/hbo-report-buckeyes-...

That means the boats story must be out anytime now

doood, then you must be watching the wrong porn.

He has to support Tress up to the very last moment, because Tress's replacement will expect that out of his AD.

Any captain of a sinking corporate ship will do that -- talk the talk until the very last, stinking moment.  Everything's under control, have no fear, we're confident of the future, got our man, he's good to go, yada yada yada.  Then Tress is bought out.  Only then Smith can say, well we didn't want to do it but made sense for everyone to get this past them.

If he were to go, we don't like our current head coach, looks like he might be a sleezebag .... now, tell me who takes the job to replace Tress, with THAT kind ofa guy as your boss?

The way the fans are turning on Spielman, Smith fears getting fragged by his own troops. He is probably as frustrated as anyone, but he also does not want to be blamed for Tressel's departure if that is how this plays out.

Anthony Schlegel fits the description. From Texas, transferred from Air Force, started at LB.

At the same time Les Miles' wife is looking in Ann Arbor

Seems to get repeated over and over and thus has made its own validity by mere repetition, but like Roswell, it's just asking us to believe the impossible.  Guy retired less than a year ago for HEART HEALTH reasons.  Stress is going to kill him.

So, he'd LEAP at tSIO's job, which brings more stress than UF?  And a program that's going to be on probation, with loss of scholies?  Yeah, no stress there.

Plus, his daughter completely refuted it.  That's not dispositive, but counts for something, doesn't it?  At least enough to offset the "looking for houses" thing.

Finally -- guy lived in OH, didn't he grow up there?  He has millions.  No surprise he might have one house in OH, another in Florida, etc.

tSIO is going to be a shell of itself after the sanctions hit.  Recruits bailing this year (AHEM, Mr. 5* RB in OH, lqqking @ u), loss of scholies, bowl ban maybe.  No big-name coach wants to inheret that disaster.

Although, Kiffie-kins might be available...?

Why would UM want to go to a tainted program that is crippled for recruiting by massive scandals?