Fuzzy Dunlop

March 9th, 2011 at 4:48 PM ^

If there is nothing is common, why make the joke in the first place then?

 

Wow, you're really struggling with the concept of what a "joke" is, aren't you?

Q:  What's the difference between an oyster with epilepsy and a prostitute with diarrhea?

David from Wyoming:  Well, those are entirely different things, so the question is moot.

Fuzzy Dunlop

March 9th, 2011 at 4:51 PM ^

Q:  What's the difference between Tressel and Gadhafi?

A:  One is a tyrannical dictator who is losing his grip on reality, thinks that rules and international norms do not apply to do him, will do whatever it takes to maintain his grip on power, including utilizing degenerates and criminals to do his dirty work, yet still has adoring followers who will not admit that he is the essence of evil.

The other is Gadhafi.

brewandbluesaturdays

March 9th, 2011 at 11:47 AM ^

My best friend is a buckeye and the word from him is that, people are still holding him in high regard and think he has earned the right to keep his job and most believe on ElevenWarriors that, the sanctions OSU put out there will be enough.

It is odd to see the students take such a strong stance against such a beloved figure on their campus. Why are they not calling for TP's career to be over too I wonder?

jtmc33

March 9th, 2011 at 12:07 PM ^

I'm sure TP will shed a tear (along with Cam Newton and L. James) when the NCAA comes down on OSU (and Auburn, and Oregon......) as he's counting his NFL $$$.

Anyone who argues that universities use their players is right, however, we're seeing great examples of how the elite college players use their universities.

white_pony_rocks

March 9th, 2011 at 12:26 PM ^

auburn was newtons 3rd college and he was only there 1 year, pryor chose OSU from the beginning and is going to be there 4 years.  he even got an osu tattoo.  I don't like the guy but i'm pretty sure he cares about his university and what happens to it, he's just too stupid to stop doing things that hurt it

FreddieMercuryHayes

March 9th, 2011 at 1:03 PM ^

And why did he choose "the University of Ohio State"?  He said it himself...he choose them because he thought they would prepare him for the NFL the best.  True, we all choose schools that will give us the best chance at future success, but I think there is little actual loyalty to his school.  His actions since he committed can back that up.

Maize and Blue…

March 9th, 2011 at 2:26 PM ^

Bryant got suspended for a whole year because he lied about his relationship with "Prime Time".  He didn't play any ineligible players like Vest did.  I would expect that a year minimum should be what the Vest must deal with.  If he has any involvement with Buckeye football during that year nothing less then termination and a extended ban from coaching anywhere in college would be acceptable. 

The NCAA can decide to what to do with the university, but the penalties should definitely be harsher than ours were for "stretchgate".

jfoust81

March 9th, 2011 at 4:09 PM ^

I get a feeling that once the NCAA hands out it's punishment for Pearl down at Tenn. we should all have a better grasp of what will happen to JT. And something no one is mentioning, but couldn't the B1G step in and hand out a harsher penalty if they wanted to? So in fact, JT could face sanctions from three different sources.

dougr188

March 9th, 2011 at 12:42 PM ^

The comments on the article are funny as hell.  Half the comments call the writer garbage and the other half applaud him.  This entire incident has become one giant filter, allowing us to decipher the crazies from the sane.  I love it!

cheesheadwolverine

March 9th, 2011 at 12:00 PM ^

"When asked whether he considered firing Tressel, Gee gave a clear indication of who actually runs the university.

"No, are you kidding?" Gee said with a laugh. "Let me be very clear: I'm just hoping the coach doesn't dismiss me.""

Can anyone imagine MSC saying that?  In a bazillion years.  I was actually on this guys side with the litte sisters of the poor thing, but even as a joke this speaks volumes about the academic/athletic balance at tOSU.

 

 

MGoSoftball

March 9th, 2011 at 1:02 PM ^

tosu is shabby and the data confirms this.  tosu ranks near the last Big 10 school in Freshman SATs, USNWR rankings, and football player SATs.

FWIW: MSU is closely ranked with tosu as well.  Both schools rank below us in just about every acedemic and athletic catagory.

BlueDragon

March 9th, 2011 at 10:11 PM ^

Come, Mr. MGoSoftball.  Let us bask in our unassailable moral superiority and drink the delicious tears of OSU schadenfreude.  And win a lot of softball games.  Just don't post when driving, I felt my blood pressure jump a little bit when I read that part.

08mms

March 9th, 2011 at 2:23 PM ^

I agree that a focus on athletics is not mutually exclusive with stellar academics, both at the institutional level and on the individual athlete level.  As pointed out above, statistically OSU isn't close to the elite academic tier, although they are solid for an american university.

david from wyoming

March 9th, 2011 at 12:27 PM ^

You don't think their 37 teams have anything to do with the size of their budget? The school with the most athletic teams has the largest budget to run all the teams...this should not be that shocking and it's surely not a red flag for anything.

K2

March 9th, 2011 at 1:41 PM ^

MIT has 44 varsity teams for lest than 1/10th the budget that OSU uses. The 37 teams have something to do with it but lots of other schools field the same number of teams for far less money.

Blazefire

March 9th, 2011 at 12:07 PM ^

Believe it or not, there are actually a lot of kids that go to OSU for an education. Not just to support the football team.

When all those kids find out that the AD would kotow to Tressel so much as to possibly put the hurt on the university at large (if the athletic dept loses money over this, it's going to be the School of Nothing to do with Athletics Whatsoever that gets a budget cut), they're going to be PISSED.

FreddieMercuryHayes

March 9th, 2011 at 12:01 PM ^

Wow, that was a strong stance I did not expect from a student newspaper.  I kind of agree with him though.  As a student, you carry the degree you earned out into the world, and Tressel is a huge representative of that university and thus your degree.  Wanting him held to the same ethical standards as anyone else is a valid argument.

I also like reading comments from people who clearly have no idea what is going on...Tressel is not being punished for what his players did you idiots.  He is being punished for lying.  And hopefully the team will be punished for playing ineligable players this whole season (aka cheating).