Herron Out For Nebraska, Posey Five Extra Games

• thedynasty1998

  

  ksig489;922451 wrote:Amen to this.
  
  
  Also...there wasn't much in the way of NCAA bashing on here until OSU got into trouble. Its amazing how much people dont care until it affects their precious Buckeyes.
  
  And I graduated from Ashland...so I am perfectly qualified to talk about OSU and its fans in whatever way I choose.

  That's part of the problem. There were so many on here who criticized the schools because of how their programs were ran and the problems they had. People thought OSU was above that. Now that OSU is in the spotlight, everyone is doing it. It just sounds so childish. I personally have known enough players over the years and saw the cars they drove and the apartments they lived in. It just never added up.
• Manhattan Buckeye

  " low paid workers who can't even use their 'status' to earn spending money working a charitable event. "
  
  I love the irony in this statement.
  
  No one forces an athlete to go to college. They can sit it out and enter the draft if they wish. If they want to go to OSU they get everything handed to them and are treated like gods....yeah, I feel very sorry for them.
  
  Posey can or cannot come back to the team. My guess is if he's done we'll be paying welfare stamps in Cincinnati for his family, because he certainly isn't ready for the NFL.
• vball10set

  Fab1b;922394 wrote:Io?

  
  lol--well played
  
  Lotzie, I've seen you mention numerous times that you went to OSU, but never said graduated from OSU...did you? just askin'
• HitsRus

  

  Also...there wasn't much in the way of NCAA bashing on here until OSU got into trouble. Its amazing how much people dont care until it affects their precious Buckeyes.

  Is that an arguement that changes any of the facts? Of course, because it affects the Buckeyes it gets talked about. This is primarily an OHIO board. It's called OHIO CHATTER.
  
  Several years ago, I posted on JJ about the 'clearinghouse' when my kids were aspiring college athletes...it got about 3 replies. So whatever it takes.
  So what if it is the Buckeyes...open your eyes. I'd say it probably doesn't matter that much to most college football fans anyway...just as long as they get good product for their Saturday afternoon fix.
• HitsRus

  

  They can sit it out and enter the draft if they wish.

  
  Yeah right. think about that MB...you're a pretty smart fella.
• se-alum

  

  Manhattan Buckeye;922456 wrote:" low paid workers who can't even use their 'status' to earn spending money working a charitable event. "
  
  I love the irony in this statement.
  
  No one forces an athlete to go to college. They can sit it out and enter the draft if they wish. If they want to go to OSU they get everything handed to them and are treated like gods....yeah, I feel very sorry for them.
  
  Posey can or cannot come back to the team. My guess is if he's done we'll be paying welfare stamps in Cincinnati for his family, because he certainly isn't ready for the NFL.

  +1. I've always hated when people say that athletes don't get enough for the millions the school makes. Going to college on a full ride scholarship is a luxury. Alot of kids would kill to be able to attend OSU and be virtually debt free four years later. They know what they signed up for, and they should follow the rules accordingly and quit whining about not getting enough from the school.
• ksig489

  HitsRus;922462 wrote:Is that an arguement that changes any of the facts? Of course, because it affects the Buckeyes it gets talked about. This is primarily an OHIO board. It's called OHIO CHATTER.
  
  Several years ago, I posted on JJ about the 'clearinghouse' when my kids were aspiring college athletes...it got about 3 replies. So whatever it takes.
  So what if it is the Buckeyes...open your eyes. I'd say it probably doesn't matter that much to most college football fans anyway...just as long as they get good product for their Saturday afternoon fix.

  
  We will have to agree to disagree on "facts"...I think the NCAA is doing the best they can with what they have. There are clearly MANY schools who are breaking the rules and unless they have something obviously happen, the NCAA can't do anything about it. Once they find out about a violation, they have to investigate it and it seems they have been doing that. The only thing that I feel could have been done better was the Cam Newton investigation...but unless they can prove Cam or Auburn did anything wrong...they can't punish them.
  
  
  
  I just think it is a joke to have no problem with a system until it affects you in a way you dont like.
  
  I think that rather than crying about the system OSU should clean house. Kick these kids off the team. Start suspending kids for anything done wrong. Skip a class...miss a game. Break curfew...miss a game. Violate an NCAA rule...lose your scholarship. Then make a point to publicly show you are looking deeply into the backgrounds of your recruits. Recruit only kids with solid moral character.
  
  People may think you can't win that way...but it has worked for Stanford.
• Tiernan

  Any decision to boot Posey, Herron...etc. from the team you can be sure has been completely removed from Fickell's hands at this point. He may still have some input but any axe chopping will be done by committee of Smith, Gee and University Attorneys. Fickell isn't even a lame duck at this point... he's a dead duck.
• Manhattan Buckeye

  and Vanderbilt
  
  and UVA
  
  Clean house. No excuse for cheating in this day and age. You'll get caught, and the rewards aren't worth it.
• ksig489

  I dont know that I would compare Vandy and UVA to Stanford
• Pick6

  

  krambman;922395 wrote:And now back to the topic at hand . . .
  
  Verlon Reed is out for the season with a torn ACL. Seriously, this can't get much worse. Now we can't even pretend to have a passing game.
  
  http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/7059170/verlon-reed-ohio-state-buckeyes-season-torn-acl

  maybe Evan Spencer can get some more reps. Seems to be the only WR that can get open.
• karen lotz

  

  vball10set;922461 wrote:lol--well played
  
  Lotzie, I've seen you mention numerous times that you went to OSU, but never said graduated from OSU...did you? just askin'

  
  Uh yes. I've mentioned several times what my dregree is in as well. You are a better stalker than to not know that.
• Tobias Fünke

  

  Automatik;922427 wrote:Ok.....go on...
  
  I stand by my statement...not one ND grad on this board.

  athlete37 graduated from Notre Dame.
• krambman

  

  Pick6;922495 wrote:maybe Evan Spencer can get some more reps. Seems to be the only WR that can get open.

  He's also dropped several passes as well. I know that he had that amazing catch in the opener, but hasn't had very steady hands since then. Maybe they can play Berry at WR some to get him more involved. At this point we have one QB that can't throw, and one whose favorite pass is the throw-away, and our top three receivers are out. Might as well line up in the Wing-T.
• vball10set

  karen lotz;922536 wrote:Uh yes. I've mentioned several times what my dregree is in as well. You are a better stalker than to not know that.

  No need to get testy, Lotzie, even though it tells me you're not at all comfortable answering the question. And hell, with over 17K posts in less than two years to your credit, is it any wonder I missed it?
• LJ

  

  vball10set;922561 wrote:No need to get testy, Lotzie, even though it tells me you're not at all comfortable answering the question. And hell, with over 17K posts in less than two years to your credit, is it any wonder I missed it?

  
  Leisure Studies
• karen lotz

  

  lol
• vball10set

  LJ;922564 wrote:Leisure Studies

  reps
• se-alum

  

  krambman;922550 wrote:He's also dropped several passes as well. I know that he had that amazing catch in the opener, but hasn't had very steady hands since then. Maybe they can play Berry at WR some to get him more involved. At this point we have one QB that can't throw, and one whose favorite pass is the throw-away, and our top three receivers are out. Might as well line up in the Wing-T.

  Philly will be back this week.
• karen lotz

  

  Tobias Fünke;922545 wrote:athlete37 graduated from Notre Dame.

  
  Can you believe that asshole troll is now at Ohio State? People like that crack me up.
• vball10set

  se-alum;922574 wrote:Philly will be back this week.

  Good news, and with Adams back on the Oline, our offense can't help but improve...I hope
• HitsRus

  

  We will have to agree to disagree on "facts"...I think the NCAA is doing the best they can with what they have. There are clearly MANY schools who are breaking the rules and unless they have something obviously happen, the NCAA can't do anything about it

  Which brings me back to my original point that the NCAA rulebook has become a bloated mess that even the most well intentioned programs violate, and 19 year old kids have trouble complying with.
  I don't think I'd have to much problem selling a lot of people here on the idea that the federal government has become a bloated monster over the past few decades.
  I submit to you that the NCAA has too. The game has changed since the days of pristine amateur athletics.
• HitsRus

  

  If they want to go to OSU they get everything handed to them and are treated like gods....yeah, I feel very sorry for them.

  Gods to the jock sniffer's...pieces of meat to everyone else.
• ksig489

  pieces of meat who get a free education, no debt upon graduation, and pretty much a guaranteed job anywhere in the state because they were a Buckeye.
• Dr Winston O'Boogie

  

  ksig489;922668 wrote:pieces of meat who get a free education, no debt upon graduation, and pretty much a guaranteed job anywhere in the state because they were a Buckeye.

  
  That's an arbitrary reward for what they do. For some, it's way more than they deserve. For others, it's not ever close. Are you telling me the Cam Newton was worth no more to Auburn (into perpetuity with memorabelia sales) than the cost of his tuition while he was there? Not even close.
  
  I don't feel sorry for the current players. You play by the rules as they are. And currently the scholarship is what they get. If they don't like that, they can pass on it. What I hate is the lack of a free market whereby the NFL can essentially force kids to take a below market rate. This is not a sustainable system in my opinion. I'm not smart enough to tell you how it will implode, but I think it will. It goes agains the free market value of our society. Perhaps someday there will be minor league football and colleges will get those who actaully want an education first and foremost.