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December 20, 2011

Never bought the possibility. Just did not see Chancellor Nordenberg signing off on Jim Tressel. The cover-up. So much plausible deniability that it is hard to deny. The undercurrent of fans, though, that somehow figured that if Tressel only got one-year show cause it was a possibility. However implausible.

That can die as the NCAA handed out its penalties on Ohio State and Jim Tressel.

You can read about the Ohio State penalties — 4 lost scholarships per year for the next 3 years, and a postseason ban for 2012-13.

For Jim Tressel, it is the end. He was hit with a 5-year Show Cause penalty.

He’s not coaching anywhere. No school is taking a chance on hiring him only to find out that the NCAA rejects him.





Well deserved

Comment by alcofan 12.20.11 @ 2:48 pm

Wow! And “WOW” again! Being a college grid fan is “more fun–ugh”- than swimming the English Channel. Frankly, I never saw that stiff penalty on Tressel and the Buckeyes coming. The NCAA is playing hardball. What an opportunity for the Panthers to hire a polished, honest and gifted Head Coach. Please, Pitt Search Committee, don’t blow it. With the Nits and the Buckeyes wounded, it would seem the Steel City gridders would have a chance to acquire at least, a Top 25 class. Rev. George in the “Stunned City” of Columbus

Comment by Rev. George Mehaffey 12.20.11 @ 3:02 pm

Maybe Urban Myer will be available !!!

Comment by TigerPaul 12.20.11 @ 3:07 pm

Wow.

Well, on the bright side, suddenly NCAA penalties against Penn State suddenly sound more plausible too.

WVU and Pitt. Suddenly the clean programs in the neighborhood.

Comment by Lee in Altoona 12.20.11 @ 3:10 pm

Thank God.

Now some of these morons suggesting PITT hire him, will latch on to some other moronic candidate.

Enough with this Ohio State crap. Walt was enough!

Comment by Emel 12.20.11 @ 3:44 pm

WVU is not a clean program. The Mylan RX guy is probably paying the NCAA off.

Or contributing to one of their possible political campaigns.

Comment by Emel 12.20.11 @ 3:46 pm

4 scholarships a year……what a joke.

If that’s the yardmarker, Ped State should lose 40 per year.

Comment by Emel 12.20.11 @ 3:48 pm

Lee – I hope you meant “Suddenly the ONLY clean programs in the neighborhood”.

We’ve always been a clean program.

Comment by Reed 12.20.11 @ 3:52 pm

WOW, I must admit I didn’t expect them to do anthing close to 12 scholarships.

Comment by Justinian 12.20.11 @ 4:00 pm

I am pleasantly surprised. The nCAA has now in the past year imposed serious sanctions on USC and OSU, 2 of its banner schools. Finally … it used to have the reputation of penalizing the lower level schools while slapping the hands of the big names.

Comment by wbb 12.20.11 @ 4:07 pm

Don’t take this as saying that I oppose Luke Fickell. I think he would probably be an alright hire for Pitt, especially with his local (Ohio/PA) recruiting ties. But some of been insistent that we hire Fickell because he is a clean cut man of integrity, etc. I don’t know if he is or not. But he DID work for Tressel. I would be very wary of that. I find it hard to believe that head coaches cheat and no one on their staff knows.

Comment by kanyon40 12.20.11 @ 4:28 pm

you know urban myer is shiting his pants does it start this year if so is he done recurting for the year do you know if so share with us.

Comment by FRANKCAN 12.20.11 @ 4:28 pm

Received my October and November Panther
Eyes today in the mail and who graces the last page? Ouch! Good riddance.

Comment by MariettaMike 12.20.11 @ 4:36 pm

Hey Chas, is this a joke like the Tomsula post? Or did Tressel and OSU really finally get popped?

Comment by velvil 12.20.11 @ 4:42 pm

Velvil the osu thing is not a joke and the tomsula thing is not a joke read smizik.
the stache is a real coaching app so now there are 4

Comment by FRANKCAN 12.20.11 @ 5:22 pm

Chill, FRANKCAN.

All Smizik did was quote/link the same story I did. It is still a joke as far as having any real legitimacy.

Comment by Chas 12.20.11 @ 5:42 pm

does anybody have a rivals account that they can tell me about the “new name” article

Comment by pk 12.20.11 @ 5:57 pm

OSU received a slap on the wrist compared to USC. The Trojans voided 24 wins, received a 2 year post season ban and lost 30 scholarships over 3 years….All for the Bush saga.

Comment by HbgFrank 12.20.11 @ 7:20 pm

HbgFrank,

No. It also had to do with the O.J. Mayo stuff. It was two sports — lack of institutional control — that did them in.

It didn’t help the way they stonewalled the NCAA. But it wasn’t “just Bush”

Comment by Chas 12.20.11 @ 7:34 pm

OSU was also cited for a lack of institutional control…There were many players involved over several years. This was not just about TP. As far as I know, the FB infractions at USC involved only Reggie Bush…The BB program received its own sanctions.

Comment by HbgFrank 12.20.11 @ 8:06 pm

lmao

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