McMurphy Hints at Further Information Drop
Brett McMurphy hinted this morning that he has additional information to reveal. I imagine he plans on waiting for the outcome and decision of the BoT and President.
https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/sec-football/urban-meyer-ohio-state-buckeyes-brett-mcmurphy-investigation-troubling-aspect/
August 21st, 2018 at 10:39 AM ^
I love it. Death by 1,000 paper cuts to all OSU fans!!
August 21st, 2018 at 1:07 PM ^
just make sure it's not Killgrave that tells them
August 21st, 2018 at 1:41 PM ^
By 1000 cooler poops
August 21st, 2018 at 10:42 AM ^
This guy is killing it with his information and I am loving every minute of it!
August 21st, 2018 at 10:44 AM ^
Drip......Drip.....Drip
August 21st, 2018 at 10:52 AM ^
I miss this show
August 21st, 2018 at 10:44 AM ^
I'm guessing he followed up with the employee Smith was sleeping with, who was removed from the program. Possibly she filed a complaint or shared an email with him or something indicating she was not happy about the move and where Meyer was involved. It wouldn't take much for that incident to blow up in OSU's face.
August 21st, 2018 at 10:51 AM ^
Imagine if they fired her for the incident but kept smith. Would be a terrible look...
August 21st, 2018 at 11:04 AM ^
Even transferring her to a different department would be a big deal if it can be connected to that affair.
August 21st, 2018 at 11:21 AM ^
McMurphy told Clay Travis (I know, I know) that he’s getting conflicting info about the staffer. The university says she’s no longer employed there but is on the website.
August 21st, 2018 at 12:21 PM ^
I gotta ask: why is Clay Travis so shitty according to this board? I don’t know anything about him, so I’m honestly curious to understand
August 21st, 2018 at 1:02 PM ^
If you listen to his Fox Sports radio show, it plays a lot like a Fox News audition tape.
One day he kept using the word niggardly repeatedly, trying to race bait callers into calling in to complain so he could explain how the word had no racial connotations, that it just meant lazily. Knowing full well how it would play.
Personally i like my sports talk radio free of politics or race baiting.
August 21st, 2018 at 1:49 PM ^
And that's not even what it means. Piece of shit new what he was doing. My
August 22nd, 2018 at 12:19 AM ^
*knew
August 21st, 2018 at 2:00 PM ^
If no politics mixed with sports is your standard then you clearly exclude ESPN . Where do you get your sports information? Honest question.
August 21st, 2018 at 10:59 AM ^
At this point that's really the only thing that seems likely enough to tip the scales to his being fired.
Speaking of which, was McMurphy ever charged with a felony as that sleazeball attorney suggested?
August 21st, 2018 at 11:05 AM ^
I don’t even think he could. McMurphy is a journalist, so I want o say he is protected by whistleblower rights(MGoLawyers help me). Plus I’m assuming he didn’t go into Smith’s phone and obtain all this stuff, and furthermore he didn’t publish the lewd pics.
August 21st, 2018 at 11:08 AM ^
Sorry, that was sarcasm. It's just astonishing what lengths these lawyers go to bully people.
August 21st, 2018 at 11:17 AM ^
the other reason why that was a bluff is that if they do press charges on McMurphy doesn't all that stuff become subject to subpoena and therefore becomes public record?
I wouldn't be surprised if McMurphy didn't want them to go after him.
August 21st, 2018 at 11:42 AM ^
Sarcasm? I'm sorry, we don't get a lot of that 'round these parts.
August 21st, 2018 at 11:55 AM ^
All this shit is going to be FOIA’d anyway. So that attorney guy can go pound sand.
August 21st, 2018 at 12:19 PM ^
Not sure why the attorney for Smith was alleging extortion about his client and wanted to challenge the source of his information because it was pretty clear how McMurphy might have obtained it. McMurphy could have made the case if he wanted to that he obtained the salacious information through a FOIA request since the documentation all led to an Ohio State building and address. How did the lawyer not know the information might be subject to public disclosure?
He would only know that based on his own internal information from his client, if he was in fact told by him about it.
I think the only reason why the attorney challenged McMurphy was to intimidate the reporter and not sound weak in responding to his questions.
Unless Smith had a thorough come-to-Jesus meeting with his attorney and told him every sordid detail that could possibly be uncovered about his time at Ohio State, then he was simply playing for time by denying the pictures referred to by McMurphy were of his client. The only thing that protects Smith from further public embarrassment here is the very salaciousness of the material being reported.
News organizations are not going to continue publishing the most recent bombshell in detail. They will simply refer to them in a generic way that explains them with out really emphasizing them.
For example, an AP story on its Top 25 preason rankings notes that some pollsters dropped Ohio State's projected finish based on the uncertainty surrounding Meyer's coaching status and current leave stemming from a school inquiry into his supervision of an assistant based on domestic violence allegations. You don't offer the same context in every story going forward.
Let's understand something about this story: it's a local one with national implications only because of who is involved. In other words, Meyer got in trouble for lying to local media, not conference beat writers or national news outlets. He lied to people who asked him at Media Days about the dismissal of Zach Smith, and the only people asking him about it were Ohio State beat guys.
And they were representing the public at large not their local constituency which, ironically, didn't really want to know any details about what McMurphy was reporting about when he triggered the questioning with his original story.
But if McMurphy were working for a competing daily news organization, he would not be permitted to dribble out his reports as he has, if they were ready to go and verified for publication. His editors would want to be out front on this story regardless of the school's investigative status of the matter.
That is another interesting development of this story. McMurphy is the publisher, not subject to the other pressures normally associated with reporting something like this. He answers to himself, and is also totally responsible for what he publishes, which is another reason Smith's attorney went after him.
August 21st, 2018 at 6:09 PM ^
Take for what it's worth - only a prosecutor can file criminal charges. Zach's lawyer can file a civil suit, or try to bluff, as he appears to be doing. He can ask the prosecutor to file charges, but the prosecutor is not under an obligation to do so. It's possible that a charge will be filed by the prosecutor, but it's not likely.
August 21st, 2018 at 8:06 PM ^
The thought of charges being filed in this situation is laughable. What charges would be filed anyway? Possession of stolen property as Zach’s attorney alluded to? It would be a pretty tall order to convict McMurphy of possession of stolen property when Zach’s attorney told him the pictures were fake.
August 21st, 2018 at 10:44 AM ^
what exactly did he say as a hint? all i saw in the article is that the guy tweeted that mcmurphy hinted there was more.
so this is a forum post, pointing to an article, pointing to a tweet, that points to a hint of more info. hahaha
August 21st, 2018 at 10:47 AM ^
I actually think it's from a Podcast where McMurphy stated the worst thing that could happen is for another bomb to drop after they've made their decision. Then, he stated he had NO more information left.
If it were me, I'd have something left, and say that too. Mess with their heads.
August 21st, 2018 at 12:04 PM ^
The reporter's job isn't to "mess with their heads." It's to report news when it's ready.
August 21st, 2018 at 1:06 PM ^
I meant, me, personally.
Report when a story is a 'go.' Sure that's normal practice. However, McMurphy is driving this train, he can dribble out any information as he see's fit.
August 21st, 2018 at 2:04 PM ^
Jeez. Now what? Smith ordered a footlong double dong and used it on himself and Meyer. Now it's just mud dragging.
August 21st, 2018 at 4:20 PM ^
And if he does have more information, he waits until the board decides what to do, then he drops the information making them look like idiots and creates a whole new round of 'news' about that.
August 21st, 2018 at 7:12 PM ^
I agree, he's basically answering to himself at this point. I've read some articles where they've questioned his motivation against Urban Meyer. Let's see, you dribble some information, large investigation begins. You wait to hear how it plays out, and possibly drop another bomb after conclusion, to make a bigger story. This is journalism, the bigger the story, the more attention you get. Why if you're McMurphy, play all your cards at once? Makes no sense if you have that much information and can drag it out / possibly make a bigger story, which is better for your long term reputation / career path. For crying out loud, the Freep tried to crucify the Michigan program over extended practice times and make that the story of the century.
August 21st, 2018 at 12:23 PM ^
So, what he said is the opposite of what the article indicated? It’s disturbing (but not really surprising) how many people here started forming views without even clicking on the link.
August 21st, 2018 at 12:50 PM ^
I haven't formed any views yet, but I don't even have a link to click (or not). I'd have to copy and paste, and that is a bridge too far.
August 21st, 2018 at 10:45 AM ^
I've got my ball gag on Brett, let's get freaky ZS style.
August 21st, 2018 at 10:48 AM ^
But no ball lifter?
Amateur...
August 21st, 2018 at 11:29 AM ^
Someone asked yesterday, "What's a "ball lifter"?" Like, really? The description is right there in the name, just like a "Butt Plug" or a "Vaginal Spacer"!!!
August 21st, 2018 at 3:23 PM ^
Yeah, but what's it do, FauxMo? Is it a ball bra? Is it for guys who are sensitive to the size of their balls and it makes them look bigger?? Or perhaps for guys with big, huge balls that hurt when they sway?? Dude if you know tell us; I know I speak for many of us but I'm kinda nervous about actually researching this...
August 21st, 2018 at 7:21 PM ^
It's funny, I read an article somewhere probably a week ago, that said Smith was going to ask for his job back when he had his meeting. That's a different level of arrogance when you think you're so above everything that you think you're clean enough to keep your job in a scandal, when it hasn't quite been revealed yet about your "special" deliveries and "extra-curricular" activities. Did he really believe that being associated with Meyer / OSU would put him on some untouchable mantle? The Meyer / scarlett and gray kool aid runs very deep.
August 21st, 2018 at 10:45 AM ^
that AD who said they better fire him because stuff will keep coming up may prove to be prescient here.
August 21st, 2018 at 10:46 AM ^
Hopefully this isn’t the last bomb in his arsenal.
August 21st, 2018 at 12:21 PM ^
If there is one thing I have learned from being married os that you ALWAYS keep one "missile" in the silo for a rainy day to win an argument...
August 21st, 2018 at 10:46 AM ^
Please be beastiality please be beastiality please be beastiality
August 21st, 2018 at 11:14 AM ^
Best. Gif placement. Ever.
August 21st, 2018 at 11:38 AM ^
Laughed for a minute straight. This was perfectly done.
August 21st, 2018 at 11:50 AM ^
Agreed. Hilarious, +1
August 21st, 2018 at 11:48 AM ^
Well played.
August 21st, 2018 at 11:51 AM ^
I think that this is the first time that I've logged in just to give a kudos. Well played, sir.
August 21st, 2018 at 10:57 AM ^
Headline:
"Meyer suspended for 2 games and time served for beastiality cult."
If I saw this headline about Ohio State football, I would shrug and say, "yeah that sounds about right for them."
August 21st, 2018 at 11:21 AM ^
It appears Meyer not interested in being suspended.