SI investigation tears down "ignorant" Tressel and Ohio State

Values, shmalues. Jim Tressel is a cheat, a sham and a fraud. Eight years of countless violations at Ohio State which went unnoticed... and of course, add to that Tressel's cheating ways at Youngstown State -- oblivious to the people of Ohio, who want a winner no matter what.

How shameful is OSU? Read the Sports Illustrated investigation... even if 10% of it is true, it is a significant blight and shameful for the Buckeye Nation.

Expect the Buckeyes to vacate their victories the past year or more, a few years of probation, and scholarship losses. No death penalty, but expect USC/Reggie Bush - or worse - type penalties... especially since Tressel embarrassed the NCAA.

my favorite excerpts: "For more than a decade, Ohioans have viewed Tressel as a pillar of rectitude, and have disregarded or made excuses for the allegations and scandal that have quietly followed him throughout his career. His integrity was one of the great myths of college football. Like a disgraced politician who preaches probity but is caught in lies, the Senator was not the person he purported to be."

"Tressel violated NCAA bylaw 10.1 -- Unethical Conduct, one of the cornerstones of NCAA rulebook -- three times: first by failing to act when tipped off about the tattoo scandal; again last fall, by signing a standard form given to all coaches declaring that he knew of no violations; and then, last December, by not being forthcoming with school officials. Tressel's violations will almost certainly lead to sanctions that will follow him to any school that might hire him, making it highly unlikely that he will coach a major college program again. Like Woody Hayes, the ruination at the end of his Ohio State career will tail him forever."

WOW. Plead ignorance and give me death.

Hypocrit Jim Tressel hangs NCAA to dry, collects millions in dollars and laughs

Muskyburger On Tressel (hit the video link): gotta love Brent. He has much of this right: Tressel a hyprocrit, lying, cheating, and making the NCAA look bad... except Musky misses the part of values, where he says 1) "I would have been proud to send my kid to Ohio State" and 2) "if I was in the same position as him with regards to learning about the situation, I would have done the same thing."

Huh? Glad you ain't my dad, and glad I can teach my own kids different.

Response to #1) This ain't the NFL, Musky, and you know it ain't. So, with shady situations going-on at Ohio State for the last several years (or more), with respect to your kid you will settle on the con man (or any other gent/gal) him/herself conning you into everything is honky-dorey at Championship U? Ummm.... don't you get second or third opinions? You believe everything you hear and experience? As a journalist, you'd fit right in with Mitch Albom and the Fab Five. Eyes open and ears closed. Stupid.

As for #2) you would do the same thing? Huh? Where are your values? It is strict NCAA and institutional philosophy to hand over any perceived knowledge of violations to compliance staff (not that they are lawyers, but...) Ohio State is a membership organization. If they don't like NCAA rules, don't belong. As an NCAA member, you must comply by the organization's rules -- which means to hand over facts and perceived knowledge (yes, this is part of the rules... don't like it? change it!). If it ain't true, nothing to worry about. But, we all know now that The Vest knew the issues but was a moreover a hypocrit, a liar, and a cheat. So, if Tressel knew or smelled of a problem, be should have notified compliance and the man (NCAA). But, he is a bigger liar than he is a man of values, so he decided to lie. How pathetic.

This ain't over. NCAA looks terrible throughout this, with the extra pass to OSU players for the bowl game. Now, they may vacate the game for which they gave the extra pass? Huh? That is just brutally ugly, and Tressel left the NCAA and college sports hanging out to dry. The NCAA and fellow members should want blood on this. As, Musky said, "he should have learned from Nixon"... what is worse than the crime is the cover-up. And, it smells worse than that.

Tressel: You dumb-ass, tell the truth. What will you say on your million-dollar speaker's circuit? Lie and collect millions... you will laugh to the bank.

Jim Tressel is a piece of trash. I'm gonna pick up The Winners Manual... from the library. Tressel and Ohio State University are a piece of garbage. The NCAA won't do it, but they really should give OSU the death penalty. Jim Tressel and Terrel Pryor (a.k.a. Chris Webber) will make millions, and Pryor won't even graduate. Just to make everything look foolish, and professional.

Ohio State: Cheatin', lyin', scandalous. Burn the vest, Tressell gets canned.

The Vest is gone. Lovely. Arguably one of the most embarrassing eras in the history of college football, that continues today at Ohio State University. And it will continue. Jim Tressel, the hypocritical coach at OSU -- donning a persona of values yet failing to live up to his own standards -- has resigned after increasing pressure from the college football nation. Tressel's lies, pleas of ignorance, and general disregard for institutional values caught up with him...

But this era of trouble and mayhem is not over, with continuing investigations of 1) lack of institutional control over the players selling wares; 2) Tressel knowingly lying about his knowledge of the players' actions; 3) freebies from Ohio car dealerships... and who knows what else. Where are the values? This, and not to mention the cost ($250,000-plus) of the investigations and more importantly the cost to the perception of Ohio State University as a cheatin', lyin', scandalous football program.

He's not only embarrassed himself, the OSU football program, and Ohio State University, but also college sports and painted the NCAA with a black eye. The NCAA looks incredibly foolish in its initial suspension-after-we-let-them-play-in-a-bowl-game, with the impending findings of Tressel lying about his knowledge. Tressel had to be fired (or did he resign? what is the difference).

The Big Ten will be richer, better, more respectful, and more honorable without that trash continuing with Ohio State football under the leadership of Tressel. It will be good to be rid of a football coach who is bigger than the institution... Nick Saban, Les Miles, take note and tread lightly.

Why is this on the ES message board? 'Cause I don't like the vest and I can't wait until we kick their tail this fall. You hear that Buckeye Nation? For once, welcome to our world.



Oh, and Tressell will be laughing all the way to the bank, as he will probably get a $10 million golden parachute and you'll see him in the ESPN College Game Day booth or on ABC Sports earning $1 million or more per year as an analyst. Losers always win.