NCAA may use "willful violators" clause for Miami - Why not OSU?
If the NCAA does indeed use this "willful violators" clause to go back further than 4 years for Miami, why not do the same for OSU? I mean, they could go all the way back to Youngstown State. Clarett took money. Troy Smith took money. Funny to see that the OSU vs Miami National Championship game was cheaters vs cheaters... much like Auburn vs Oregon.. Sad days for college football indeed.
August 19th, 2011 at 5:01 PM ^
Thanks to Mark Emmert's loyalty to friend and mentor Gordon Gee, OSU is going to get the most leniant penalty Emmert can "justify," just like they always do. I would suggest that anyone who is really concerned send an email to this addy:
I am going to write him asking why he hasn't removed himself from this case for its obvious conflict of interest, and how badly his cronyism will affect OSU's punishment. The last time I sent him a letter, which is also on my blog, his staff sent me a "nice" email that basically said RTFM and provided a link to "how investigations work" or something like that.
My biggest fear is that Miami will be like the gorgeous woman that magicians always use to distract the audience from seeing what is really happening while they make large objects disappear. I do not want to see Emmert use Miami to make the OSU investigation disappear, but that appears to be exactly what is happening.
Everyone who has played OSU in the last ten years or is going to play them in the next ten years deserves better.
August 19th, 2011 at 5:22 PM ^
Sweatervest is gone. I'm now munching popcorn to the Miami drama. Shalala's head is going to roll (and that may be the only way to avoid the death penalty).
August 19th, 2011 at 6:00 PM ^
There will be NO death penalty...100% guarantee!! The NCAA and ACC would lose money due to the TV contracts. As we all should know money is the grease for the NCAA squeaky wheel!!
August 19th, 2011 at 6:42 PM ^
OT: Don't wanna start a new thread over this boob, but I saw this today in the Baltimore Sun.
I wonder how Andy Moeller REALLY feels. I guess we'll see next week when Boren's cut or re-assigned to the taxi squad.
August 19th, 2011 at 8:47 PM ^
Good idea but the NCAA works in strange ways...see link.
August 20th, 2011 at 2:24 AM ^
because the allegations against Miami are much worse, there is far more evidence against them (both in willing testimony and hard paper trails), and as much as it hurts to say it, tSIO had a bit of goodwill with the NCAA that quite frankly Miami does not (due to the history of violations at The U)
August 20th, 2011 at 10:31 AM ^
I agree with your statement that OSU had more "goodwill" than Miami---although I would instead call it "cronyism." That distinction may prove important, since the NCAA is undergoing massive public criticism about bias.
Also, according to Dohrmann after his SI article, there was a lot more about OSU that had not yet come out. So, one more violations to be revealed, especially given the policy of denial at OSU, the hidden emails, and recently uncovered facts---like the Pryor admission of payments from Sarniak. A lot of journalists should still be digging down in Columbus (in fact, a producer named Dan Patrick once said on Twitter that Dohrmann himself is still working on the case).
Finally, while I agree with you about Miami's august history of NCAA violations, OSU itself has quite an impressive history of malfeasance---some of it acknowledged by the NCAA, some previously pushed under the carpet (like the Clarret stuff). IMO, they can only sweep so much under the carpet for so long and still retain their credibility. The NCAA should realize that. We will see in time if they do.