How many games will the tOSU suspensions end up?

• that_guy

  Marcell Dareus got 2 games for getting $2K from an agent. This situation doesn't even involve an agent, so shouldn't be anymore than 2 games.
  
  The players made a mistake, it happened a while ago, to me this doesn't change my thoughts on any of those involved. They were given gifts, and they sold them, unfortunately that's a violation and they will be punished, but the punishment should fit the crime, and the crime doesn't seem all that significant to me...
• that_guy

  Tiernan;611769 wrote:^^^
  Not these "ni__er rich" thugs.

  
  Typing that racist crap is much worse than anything these players did.
• BigAppleBuckeye

  

  I see your point, and I am torn on this to be honest. Is it fair to the other guys on the team to significantly decrease their chance of victory in a huge bowl game based on the bad decisions of 5 knuckleheads? Then again, does it set a bad example for these guys to ever wear a Buckeye jersey again? I see both sides, I do ... what a shitty day, I was excited to have my first day of vacation start today, now this.
• Manhattan Buckeye

  BigAppleBuckeye;611764 wrote:Agreed, but these are a bunch of stupid kids who made mistakes. I am not happy with them, but if they are wearing Buckeye jerseys on January 4, I wil be pulling for them to help beat Arkansas.

  
  This is more than stupid. It was colossally stupid and selfish to boot. There is no way they weren't aware that this was against the rules....otherwise they wouldn't be doing this with such shady counterparties.
• voewoody

  

  KnightRyder;611690 wrote:i think 5 games is way too severe. i dont know 4 of the players involved but i have met danny herron and spoken with him on a few occassions. i take exception to you calling him a piece of shit. if you knew him you wouldnt say that. danny is a fine upstanding hard working young man that comes from a great family.

  
  Well tell Danny sorry for me and that I hope it was worth the $1150 he got for his Jersey, Pants and Shoes he sold that weren't his to sell! Also I have some jerseys at my house he could sell too if he will split the profits with me.
• Tiernan

  that_guy;611775 wrote:Typing that racist crap is much worse than anything these players did.

  You are soooo naive...their own teammates are calling them this.
• Heretic

  

  BigAppleBuckeye;611777 wrote:I see your point, and I am torn on this to be honest. Is it fair to the other guys on the team to significantly decrease their chance of victory in a huge bowl game based on the bad decisions of 5 knuckleheads? Then again, does it set a bad example for these guys to ever wear a Buckeye jersey again? I see both sides, I do ... what a shitty day, I was excited to have my first day of vacation start today, now this.

  
  It is one of those situations where it's easy to be torn on. I remember reading a few years back the variety of opinions that came from Satch Sullinger suspending Jared for a playoff game (which they lost) because he skipped a class (or some other academic no-no under his rules for athletic participation) his freshman year. On one hand, he showed that, even if it was his son, rules are rules and if you break them, you will be punished. On the other, you had to feel for the seniors on the team who saw their high school careers end prematurely due to a stud being out for the game.
• queencitybuckeye

  Manhattan Buckeye;611779 wrote:This is more than stupid. It was colossally stupid and selfish to boot. There is no way they weren't aware that this was against the rules....otherwise they wouldn't be doing this with such shady counterparties.

  
  OTOH, the "counterparties" haven't done anything remotely illegal.
• darbypitcher22

  

  i could see them being reduced to 2 games... just in time for the Miami Game
• queencitybuckeye

  darbypitcher22;611801 wrote:i could see them being reduced to 2 games... just in time for the Miami Game

  
  I'm thinking the opposite, that the NCAA will want to make tOSU take a figurative "perp walk" on regional TV for the Miami game.
• KnightRyder

  

  Tiernan;611769 wrote:^^^
  You're probably right BAB...most Buckeye Nationals kiss the ground these a-holes walk on. And that shit is what got us here in the first place. Some rich, fat white dude who never played a sport in his life offering a couple Gs to a college kid for his gold pants. Kick Arkansas ass is right but do it with the team players that follow the rules. Not these "ni__er rich" thugs.

  
  you know with comments like that , maybe that is why so many has a bad tastes for buckeye fans. that racist remark is totally uncalled for and unwarranted.
• darbypitcher22

  

  queencitybuckeye;611809 wrote:I'm thinking the opposite, that the NCAA will want to make tOSU take a figurative "perp walk" on regional TV for the Miami game.

  
  Good point.
• cats gone wild

  Did anyone watch college football live and their thoughts, especially Mark Mays?
• Automatik

  

  I thought Mark May was just being his normal self. Agree with the comments about the athletes "not knowing."
  
  Fuck that noise....they knew what they did and got caught. The entire situation is mindblowing to me.....sooo fucking stupid.
• jordo212000

  

  Is there any precedent for the NCAA reducing suspensions? I know pretty much every high profile suspension has appealed and to my knowledge, few, if any are reduced.
• Manhattan Buckeye

  queencitybuckeye;611790 wrote:OTOH, the "counterparties" haven't done anything remotely illegal.

  
  Indeed, nothing illegal about it, but they had to know this would blow eligibility guidelines. There is absolutely nothing illegal about any of these guys getting comped for tats or selling memorabilia, they just can't expect to maintain full eligibility while engaging in such behavior (and getting caught).
• Scarlet_Buckeye

  

  jordo212000;611838 wrote:Is there any precedent for the NCAA reducing suspensions? I know pretty much every high profile suspension has appealed and to my knowledge, few, if any are reduced.

  
  Seeing as how they did not reduce A.J. Green's, and it was virtually the same thing, I do not see them "reducing" these gentlemen's.
• darbypitcher22

  

  they actually sold more than AJ Green did. If they get reduced you would expect Georgia to be up in arms
• Ty Webb

  

  NCAA already set a precedent with this kind of situation with A.J Green,but that won't matter because the NCAA has their lips firmly planted on Ohio State's ass
• darbypitcher22

  

  ^^^^
  
  how so?
  
  Normally OSU gets fucked in the ass when it comes to shit like this
• jordo212000

  

  darbypitcher22;612177 wrote:they actually sold more than AJ Green did. If they get reduced you would expect Georgia to be up in arms

  
  Didn't Dareus from Alabama do something similar and only get 2 games? The NCAA is so random about how they levy punishments
• darbypitcher22

  

  I think Dareus took like 2K and a trip to Miami from an agent