Buckeye-geddon: 1-year bowl ban, 9 schollies, extra probation, JT Show Cause

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One thread to rule them all;

One thread to find them (guilty of Major Violations);

One thread to bring them all (additional scholarship reductions);

And in Columbus bind them (during bowl season).

 

EDIT: Check, check, check, and check.  Ohio will not be eligible for post-season play next year, which includes the B1G Championship game. The NCAA added 4 scholarship cuts to Ohio's self-imposed 5, and added a year of probation. Tressel also hit with a Show-Cause.

 

EDIT II: There is some confusion about the lost scholarships. My understanding is that 9 scholarships over 3 years means that they have to AVERAGE a maximum of 82 scholarships per year over the next three years, as opposed to the typical maximum of 85 per year.

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DaBigDaddy

December 20th, 2011 at 2:49 PM ^

Can someone invite Hoke into this conversation? 

 

Edit* HOHOHO...Merry Christmas! not so much Urban Meyer!! 

And i think this will be the best recruiting class he'll ever get at Ohio, that says if nobody decommits(Dunn, Spence, Washinton, Shutt)

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JeepinBen

December 20th, 2011 at 1:51 PM ^

Expect leaking news soon. The NCAA is releasing info to the media at 2PM eastern, asking everyone to keep it quiet until a 3pm eastern press conference. I'm sure Twitter will be abuzz with the verdict by 2:01pm eastern, or in 11 minutes.

EDIT: although unless you're Guybrush Threepwood I wouldn't recommend holding your breath that long either /Old school computer game joke

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coldnjl

December 20th, 2011 at 2:28 PM ^

I am taking the under....whatever the bar is, I got the under...sadly

EDIT* Fuck Yeah...I am thrilled and I think the penalty fit the crime...Good job NCAA

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Bodogblog

December 20th, 2011 at 1:43 PM ^

Buckeye-pocalypse?  From the greek apokálypsis; "lifting of the veil" or "revelation " or uncover  

Armageddon is the scene of the final battle of the world, between good and evil.  You have the evil in this announcement, but the good guys aren't around.

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turtleboy

December 20th, 2011 at 2:05 PM ^

Actually not a physical battle, though. The pre translated name is Har-megiddo. Har meaning mountain (synonymous with holy place) and megiddo was a famous battle plain between the Egyptian and Hittite empires where they could ideally deploy their chariots. So the name Mount Megiddo is a deliberate oxymoron designed to be taken figuratively because its impossible to be taken literally as there is no mountain there, only a very low, shallow hill nearby where a town was built to guard the Via Maris.

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team126

December 20th, 2011 at 1:46 PM ^

from Ace "the truth" Williams:

  • 6 schollies in three years; (1 more than Ohio self-imposed sanction);
  • Automatic selection of BCS bowl for next three years (from 2013, no matter the record);
  • No face mask penalties whatsoever in the next three years for Ohio; (grab-face-mask-as-you-like)
  • JT life time ban of coaching (he already bought a house in Miami beach?)

 

 

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SanFrancisco_W…

December 20th, 2011 at 1:53 PM ^

1 Year Bowl Ban is almost guaranteed, they are trying to get the confirmation...I'll keep you posted.

 

EDIT: Confirmed Bowl Ban and 4 more scholarships.  Show cause for Tressel. 1 Additional Year of Probation. 

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triangle_M

December 20th, 2011 at 1:52 PM ^

http://www.buckeyextra.com/content/stories/2011/12/20/ncaa-report.html

 

 

NCAA: Ohio State banned from postseason play next season

The NCAA today stunned Ohio State University’s football program by banning it from postseason play after the 2012 season, multiple sources told The Dispatch. The penalty means Ohio State automatically is out of the running for any bowl, or a Big Ten or national championship next year, just as newly appointed head coach Urban Meyer is wooing recruits to the Buckeyes.
Athletic Director Gene Smith said previously that while Ohio State has been declared a repeat violator that failed to properly monitor its football program, a bowl ban would be out of line with penalties handed to universities with similar violations. In its ruling to be made public this afternoon, the NCAA Committee of Infractions will levy the bowl ban and two other penalties on top of the ones the university already imposed on itself, the sources said. The NCAA will:
* Strip four more football scholarships over the next three years on top of Ohio State’s prior forfeiture of five scholarships over that span.
* Add an additional year of probation to OSU’s self-imposed two-year probation for the football program, meaning any violations through the 2013 season could draw harsher-than-normal penalties.
The NCAA also will hand a show-cause penalty to former head coach Jim Tressel for failing to report that some team members improperly sold memorabilia and for allowing ineligible players to compete throughout the 2010 season.
The show-cause penalty against Tressel signifies he is a serious offender and means that any NCAA school that hires him could be subject to sanctions for appointing him as football coach absent a showing it should escape penalties.

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los barcos

December 20th, 2011 at 1:55 PM ^

not exactly the nuclear holocaust we all wanted, but it isnt the slap on the wrist either.  this wont hurt that much but its probably the best we all could have hoped for.

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