Lewan's ex says he did in fact punch OSU fan

Come on, I mean who hasn't punched a OSU at some point in their life

I recall his freshman year when I remarked to my son, "We have a OT playing with a DT's mentality."  Remembering how far too often we'd watch a 20 yd run and be cheering loudly, only to be interruped with the announcement of "Unnecessary roughness, Michigan."  Through the years these moments seemed to become far less frequent and he was playing with the necessary mindset of an OLman, "maintain compusure at all times."  Whether you like it or not, when you are granted the opportunity to be the leader of any Big Time college OL, which is what the majority of LTs are, you are saddled, regardless of your cultivated nastiness, to not lose your teammates trust, and you sure as hell won't maintain any degree of trust if you are being hit with 15 yarders on a routine basis.             ^As stated, I do believe that had sunk in but when you mix alcohol with a loss to a bitter rival, you are being tested to the extreme, a test he failed.   Good luck young man, but you will never be the player you should be unless you grow the fuck up.

this should end well.

Lewan - clearly talented, but clearly a really, really bad leader.  Hoping for a major bump in intensity/production from this team with new senior leadership.  We heard an awful lot about the high character and passion of the players recruited under the Hoke regime....well, some of them are now upperclassmen - time for that to pay off. 

Give me passion and leadership over talent any day of the week.  Of course, passion, leadership, AND talent are most preferrable.  22 Zack Novaks.  That's what I want out of this football team. 

Honestly...

I would put him on my NFL team any day. I'd rather have that, than a guy that has drug problems or is known to own a gun. He plays football, its a violent sport, and lets be honest, he did what we all want to do. Maybe should have controlled it better, well he definitely should have. But I think he'll be just fine, he's not the worst person in the world, let's not all act like we are better than him.

And no context is provided other than she heard what he said.  Let's see, she told the police that Lewan was lying and that he punched a guy in the face, however she is quoted as saying that she heard Lewan tell his mother he knocked a guy out.  Lewan has never denied breaking up a fight and he's never denied having laid hands on somebody.

Of this we can be fairly sure, either Lewan has been down playing his participation or Girl Dileo has done a bit of embellishing.

How can anyone here say that Lewan punching an Ohio fan is a good thing? Taylor Lewan is an unusually large person who has been in a D1 S&C program for the past 4 years, he could easily kill someone by punching him in the head, especially on a concrete sidewalk with alcohol involved. There is nothing at all good about this, assuming it's true. Taylor and his accuser are both pretty lucky this didn't turn out a lot worse than it did.