Tressel knew of gear scheme last April

[Chardon]

2 games?? Thats it? and its only against Akron and Toledo, so whats the point.

Tell that to Michigan.

 

[Rich]

Lol. I love these goofs. Suspend the players 5 games for selling their own stuff. Suspend the coach 2 games for lying about it. What a joke. Such a soft punishment might lend the NCAA to actually bring down a major punishment.

 

[kevinoc0]

Is he saying he couldn't tell the ncaa about this because they were under a federal drug trafficking situation?

Way to throw your players under the bus. Next time find a lawyer instead of lying about it you dumbass.

But it's ok, you'll learn from this.

 

[jonmchugh]

So am i correct in saying that the 250k fine was by OSU and he hasn't been fined by the NCAA yet? I wonder what that fine will be.

 

[jonmchugh]

Wait, I'm confused, how did these 6 kids selling their gear and a drug trafficing case connect with each other? i missed the part of the presser.

 

[Juice is Loose]

Tell that to Michigan.

Michigan hasn't been as successful the past few years. OSU always plays MAC teams and beats them handly everytime expect for the OU game a few years ago where they struggled, other than that its not even close. OSU doesn't wanna fire Tressel no matter what he does.

 

[Clevelandfan15]

2 games?? Thats it? and its only against Akron and Toledo, so whats the point.

Im sure the NCAA will suspend him for 2 games also. Maybe conference games for a total of 4.

 

[Rich]

Is he saying he couldn't tell the ncaa about this because they were under a federal drug trafficking situation?

Way to throw your players under the bus. Next time find a lawyer.

Yea, everyone needs to remember this.

Tressel knew about this stuff months ago but was ok with his players taking the heat while he never owned up to already have knowledge of the facts.

Basically, had it not been for Yahoo, he was going to let the players take the fall while he said nothing. Character.

 

[Chardon]

Yea, everyone needs to remember this.

Tressel knew about this stuff months ago but was ok with his players taking the heat while he never owned up to already have knowledge of the facts.

Basically, had it not been for Yahoo, he was going to let the players take the fall while he said nothing. Character.

I had forgotten about all of this until this article came around.

 

[Clevelandfan15]

Yea, everyone needs to remember this.

Tressel knew about this stuff months ago but was ok with his players taking the heat while he never owned up to already have knowledge of the facts.

Basically, had it not been for Yahoo, he was going to let the players take the fall while he said nothing. Character.

The way i understood it was Ohio State was filing their own report on this matter , but the yahoo report expedited it.

 

[Juice is Loose]

In my opinion, I think OSU only suspended him for 2 games because they don't wanna play Miami without the 5 players and Tressel.

 

[Chardon]

Michigan hasn't been as successful the past few years. OSU always plays MAC teams and beats them handly everytime expect for the OU game a few years ago where they struggled, other than that its not even close. OSU doesn't wanna fire Tressel no matter what he does.

I have no idea what you are talking about, but i was making fun of Michigan for losing to Toledo.

 

[kevinoc0]

if he didn't throw his kids under the bus none of us would know about a possible drug trafficking case involving the suspended players.

I may actually have to pick up the sports section and listen to knr tomorrow. What a fucking slimeball. He should have walked up to the mic and said, "I can't talk about it". Protect your kids and take the fall "coach". Or he could have told the ncaa to talk to the us attorny's office and lawyer up. But no, let your kids take the fall and as soon as your name comes up bury your kids even more.

 

[Mike Manifesto]

Lying and not telling something are two different things.

 

[DougHeil]

The way i understood it was Ohio State was filing their own report on this matter , but the yahoo report expedited it.

You are correct. But the fact remains that Tressel knew about this before the date he stated he knew about it. He lied. He allowed his players to take the hit at that time. In fact, he didn't tell anyone at all. I understand the idea that he was scared because the emails said it was confidential. What's so damn stupid is that OSU has a ready made university law firm he should have told. Why didn't he? What a moron. He could have covered his ass.

Anyway; the OSU suspension of 2 games is a laugh out loud kind of thing. If the players are given 5 games then Tressel should be given at least the same. Two games? The NCAA is going to laugh as well.

I know criticizing Tressel is a big no-no in here, but this warrants it.