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NCAA Hits Buckeyes With Bowl Ban
The Urban Meyer Era at Ohio State will have to wait for year 2 to participate in a bowl game. The NCAA slapped Ohio State with a one-year bowl ban and other penalties on Tuesday for a scandal that involved eight players taking a total of $14,000 in cash and tattoos in exchange for jerseys, rings...
Ohio State Throws Jim Tressel Under The Buckeye
Ohio State filed a written response to the NCAA today over the allegations of impropriety, and in it, the the Buckeyes said it is all Jim Tressel’s fault. Ohio State said it will enact self-imposed sanctions by putting itself on probation for two years and by wiping the 2010 season off the record...
Texas Football And Institutional Control
Given the headlines that have plagued college football over the past couple of years, this piece submitted by a former Longhorn letterman who played under Mack Brown was particularly timely and relevant. He currently serves our country in the United States Navy and is the proud wearer of a...
Jim Tressel: Defending Your Life
Here's my two cents on the troubles with Tressel, published on SBNation.com. Fear compelled Jim Tressel to play ethical Tresselball. Punt forward a problem repeatedly for almost a year, play defense, hope for a turnover, and wait for the clock to tick to zero. It worked as well against SEC-style...
Goodbye Columbus: Ohio State Investigation Expands Yet Again
The sweater vest that Jim Tressel values so much had better be bulletproof. Tressel, aleady under investigation for lying to the NCAA, now has his hometown paper looking into the Ohio State version of Big Red Auto The Columbus Dispatch reports today that at least eight Ohio State athletes and 11...
Jim Tressel – Say Hi! to Bruce Pearl
And while you are at it, give a shout out to Kelvin Sampson. Y! Sports is reporting that Tressel knew about players selling memorabilia months before the infraction became public in December, and that he lied to the NCAA about the timeline. Quarterback Terrelle Pryor and four teammates were found...
Mad Hatter Heading Home?
There are numerous reports that Michigan wants to talk to LSU Coach Les Miles, and that he is more than willing to listen. Miles just finished his 6th year at LSU with a thumping of Texas A&M in the Cotton Bowl, and the Wolverines hope to appeal to his strong Michigan ties. Les Miles was a...
Late Tatgate Update
TPeezy and the rest of these body art aficionados, who had the temerity to exchange things they owned for services, are suspended! ...for the first five games NEXT season! I'm not sure the NCAA has the authority to punish somebody in the NFL but I have a call into Pete Carroll to check on...
Ink
It's sort of entertaining listening to Herbie trying to calmly discuss the potential implosion of the Ohio State Buckeyes football team this bowl season. I fear for his children. And couches. Rumor goes like this, a bunch of players traded signed merchandise for free tattoos at some tats parlor...
Is Michigan Jumping on the Coaching Carousel?
In the early 1970's David Brandon entered Michigan as an All-State QB. Brandon, a classic drop-back passer soon saw the Wolverines move to an option attack, so he moved over to defense. A career backup, Brandon thought about going into coaching, until Bo Schembechler suggested to the campus...
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