How Much Trouble Is OSU and Tressel in Now?!

• j_crazy

  

  Where are all the clowns that said "Terelle Pryor will win at least 1 National Championship during his college years."??
  
  All this fucker managed to do was consistently fail to deliver on the field because of bad decision making on the field, and drive tOSU into the ground with his supid decisions off it.
  
  I'm not going to condone any sort of cover up, but the fact that they felt they had to do anything to cover for him is criminal.
  
  OSU deserves whatever's coming, but it'd be nice if these players would have never put them in this position.
• Automatik

  

  I remember when I first got into college football and OSU as a kid. I always thought that the game was more entertaining compared to the NFL and that it was cool that kids/students were on the field.
  
  Of course off the field stuff was going on, but I don't feel that the media ran with it like they do today. I'm growing soooo fucking TIRED of the off the field shit that occurs and how the media handles it. Also just the general dishonesty and shadiness that goes along with most big business.
• derek bomar

  

  I fucking Hate Terrelle Pryor
• Automatik

  

  I really hate how flat out stupid some of these kids are.
• Midstate01

  

  derek bomar;704792 wrote:I fucking Hate Terrelle Pryor

  
  Yea let's hate fucking 18-21 year old kids. Gtfo. Some of the ppl on here amaze me. Tress was wrong. Very wrong. But I'd still want my kid playing for him. And I still want him being the coach for my team. We found out tress isn't the second coming of Jesus last night. He made mistakes and will pay for them. People around the country already hate OSU. This doesn't change anything. Tress will come back with an edge we've never gotten to see. I'm looking forward to it. I can't wait to get to our house in japan Sunday and hang my buckeye flag. We still bleed scarlet and grey and support the players and the coaches.
  
  Go bucks.
• vball10set

  ou1980;704756 wrote:Until this point I thought Tressels job was safe...now I'm 80% sure his job will be terminated, not this week, but before the spring game.

  
  not a chance in hell--JT's not going anywhere
• thedynasty1998

  

  I haven't read anything on here since the presser, but here are some of my thoughts:
  
  1. Tressel never apologized. I do not like that.
  2. He said that he didn't come forward because of the confidentiality of the issue, however, the original email didn't ask for confidentiality.
  3. How stupid can he not to go forward when there was a federal investigation? Did he think it was going to go away.
  4. This isn't as big of an issue as some want to make it out to be.
• centralbucksfan

  Hey...Tressel screwed up, NO question, no excuses. He and OSU are and will pay the price. The haters can hate, and OSU fans will have to deal with it. They would hate anyway. Right or wrong, he was looking out for his players and made a poor judgement. He didn't pay someone, he didn't cheat recruiting wise, no agents are involved. Yes, its not good, nor do I condone what he did. Its a black eye for Tressel and the university, no question. And its easy to read the emails and come to some kind of judgement. But those with half a brain realize, there was probably much more to the situation than what is seen by the eye right now. I'd like to believe we have all been in situations where you have questioned your own judgement. Its not always an easy thing to do depending on the circumstances. I believe in my heart of hearts, he is a good man. I have met him, and seen him in action doing great things for the common good. I'll gaurantee he has done 100x more good, than bad. Unfortunately in this negative media blitz world we live in, those things never come to light and are rarely mentioned.
  Now we just wait for the NCAA and move on. OSU will recover. And I believe in time, Tressel will as well.
• september63

  

  www.ohio.com/news/top_stories/117626723.html
• LJ

  

  Who the fuck is Jason Lloyd?
• september63

  

  He covered the Bucks for 10 years. He currently works for the Akron Beacon Journal.
• Speedofsand

  

  In May of 2009, The Columbus Dispatch reported that since 2000, Ohio State had reported to the NCAA more than 375 violations -- the most of any of the 69 Football Bowl Subdivision schools that provided documents to the newspaper through public-records requests. Most of the infractions were minor and resulted in little or no punishment.
  
  http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=6194162&source=ESPNUHeadlines
• thedynasty1998

  

  centralbucksfan;704813 wrote:he was looking out for his players and made a poor judgement.

  
  This is the sentiment I really don't understand. And I'm not singling you out, because you are not the only one to say this. How was he looking out for his players? The only person he was looking out for is himself. If he was looking out for his players he either tries to cover it up (Bad) or confronts it before it get too big (not what he did).
  
  Ignoring the issue is not looking out for his players. This was a federal investigation, so by looking out for his players he chose to ignore the situation? Doesn't add up to me.
• mrtinkertrain

  I'm not sure who Jason Lloyd is but that was brutal and 110% factual. I hate to burst some OSU fan's bubble's but 2 games and 250K isnt going to make this one go away.
  
  The NCAA loves Tressel and the money he generates but even they have to maintain some form respectability.
• Gblock

  how bout the part where he said he didnt know who to notify?...wtf? been coaching for 20 years does he think we're dumb?
• derek bomar

  

  Midstate01;704801 wrote:Yea let's hate fucking 18-21 year old kids. Gtfo. Some of the ppl on here amaze me. Tress was wrong. Very wrong. But I'd still want my kid playing for him. And I still want him being the coach for my team. We found out tress isn't the second coming of Jesus last night. He made mistakes and will pay for them. People around the country already hate OSU. This doesn't change anything. Tress will come back with an edge we've never gotten to see. I'm looking forward to it. I can't wait to get to our house in japan Sunday and hang my buckeye flag. We still bleed scarlet and grey and support the players and the coaches.
  
  Go bucks.

  
  I am an alum and about to be a two-time alum. I can hate anyone who makes the university I love look bad. So you gtfo.
• derek bomar

  

  Midstate01;704801 wrote:Yea let's hate fucking 18-21 year old kids. Gtfo. Some of the ppl on here amaze me. Tress was wrong. Very wrong. But I'd still want my kid playing for him. And I still want him being the coach for my team. We found out tress isn't the second coming of Jesus last night. He made mistakes and will pay for them. People around the country already hate OSU. This doesn't change anything. Tress will come back with an edge we've never gotten to see. I'm looking forward to it. I can't wait to get to our house in japan Sunday and hang my buckeye flag. We still bleed scarlet and grey and support the players and the coaches.
  
  Go bucks.

  
  I am an alum and about to be a two-time alum. I can hate anyone who makes the university I love look bad. So you gtfo.
• LJ

  

  Speedofsand;704830 wrote:In May of 2009, The Columbus Dispatch reported that since 2000, Ohio State had reported to the NCAA more than 375 violations -- the most of any of the 69 Football Bowl Subdivision schools that provided documents to the newspaper through public-records requests. Most of the infractions were minor and resulted in little or no punishment.
  
  http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=6194162&source=ESPNUHeadlines

  They also have the most varsity sports in the country
• centralbucksfan

  thedynasty1998;704831 wrote:This is the sentiment I really don't understand. And I'm not singling you out, because you are not the only one to say this. How was he looking out for his players? The only person he was looking out for is himself. If he was looking out for his players he either tries to cover it up (Bad) or confronts it before it get too big (not what he did).
  
  Ignoring the issue is not looking out for his players. This was a federal investigation, so by looking out for his players he chose to ignore the situation? Doesn't add up to me.

  
  Not saying you are wrong, or I am right. But as I mentioned, we are only hearing and reading so much. We don't know the whole story, and never will. I have learned in my life, not to judge people so harshly having never walked in their shoes. Try to keep an open mind to most things.
• LJ

  

  mrtinkertrain;704833 wrote:but even they have to maintain some form respectability.

  
  that went out the window a long time ago, but no 2 games and 250k isn't going to make this go away. Probably tack on 4 more games.
• september63

  

  "The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour."
  
  
  Jim Tressel
• Writerbuckeye

  

  LJ;704839 wrote:They also have the most varsity sports in the country

  
  And the best self-reporting system in place. Virtually all of those were minor things found by the compliance people and reported.
  
  I laugh when people bring up that stat because it only shows how HONEST OSU has been at trying to keep its program clean. And as noted, they have the biggest athletic program (or one of the biggest) in the country.
• thedynasty1998

  

  Writerbuckeye;704860 wrote:And the best self-reporting system in place. Virtually all of those were minor things found by the compliance people and reported.
  
  I laugh when people bring up that stat because it only shows how HONEST OSU has been at trying to keep its program clean. And as noted, they have the biggest athletic program (or one of the biggest) in the country.

  I don't know if true or not, but I would imagine they also have more compliance officers than other Universities. If you want to argue that they are minor, that's fine. But don't use the excuse that the AD is so big they are going to happen regardless. That just means OSU doesn't take it seriously and is understaffed.
• SportsAndLady

  

  thedynasty1998;704873 wrote:If you want to argue that they are minor, that's fine.

  
  They ARE minor offenses! If they weren't, the majority of the infractions wouldn't have been minor penalties or no penalties.
• centralbucksfan

  thedynasty1998;704873 wrote:I don't know if true or not, but I would imagine they also have more compliance officers than other Universities. If you want to argue that they are minor, that's fine. But don't use the excuse that the AD is so big they are going to happen regardless. That just means OSU doesn't take it seriously and is understaffed.

  
  I think when you compare to everyone else who reports quite a few, then considering the size of OSU.....its all relative. And yes, they probably are understaffed. I think that would be common for many univesities in this area.