Ohio State's Jim Tressel resigns

funny listening to espn radio while driving back to the Ms. Gulf Coast and heard Herbstriet actually saying he was just "protecting" his players and what a great guy Tressel is.....protecting his players by lying to NCAA.....he is obligated to report the violations.....too funny Kirk defending him.........but what do ya expect from an ex acorn player who works for espn......he should be ashamed

I would like to put this out there:

If I were to cheat on my wife it would only be because I am protecting her.

I'm just sayin'...............

What OSU has going on is worse than what USC had and did.

ogredawg, most of the media folks that open their mouths and it goes against "their" school, comes back to bite them in the butt. Herbstreit called it honestly from the get go and then began to protect his money making position in the media (ESPN). Got so bad that short of a very serious problem, he moved to Nashville. Call it what we want, he got the hell out of Dodge. Can't stand by your comments, don't make them.

Going to be interesting after the SEC meetings in Destin, the current turmoil with OSU, and see where the NCAA lands after all of this. Can't blame OSU for trying to stay away from the dreaded decision that the NCAA placed on SMU.

Tressel is doing the same thing that he did with the players that he knew had problems. He understands the situation that OSU is in and he is trying to protect OSU by resigning. Anyone that tells me that Tressel is the only person with authority at OSU that knew this was going on is in the coverup up to their ears. Don't feel that we have seen the last resignation at OSU.

Can't you just smell the legal BS that is coming out of OSU behind closed doors with a room full of the best attorneys that several million dollars can buy . . . .

Can't stand Kiffin, if however OSU gets no more punishment than has been handed out to this point . . . . . as I have said before, the NCAA is doomed. Teams like Texas and others are beginning to work around and with TV contracts and popular opinion to end college football as we have known it.

ogredawg, you are on the mark. How damn funny Herbstreit is.


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Next . . . . . So believable. . . . . AD Smith. This is not over, and I am tired of these cats acting as if they are doing the "right thing". If you believe Smith did not know any of this . . . . . ok.


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So, what does OSU do with the trophy that came with the win against Arkansas? Go along with the NCAA ruling that the suspended players could play and act if nothing was wrong prior to New Orleans. Now Tressel is gone, the trophy stays because the NCAA thinks it made a good decision. Hang on folks, this ain't over.

Let's hope this is NOT the end of this issue. It should be just the beginning.

Let me explain something here. I only care about one football team on earth, and that's our DAWGS. I wish the Falcons well every year, but that's it. But I DO care and hope that OSU gets the "death penalty", though I know they won't. The NCAA doesn't have that much character and wisdom and fortitude. They are spineless criminals in their own right.

Here is why I hate OSU so much - I lived in Delaware, Ohio for two winters back in the early '90s. That's just north of Columbus. Let me tell ya'll about what that was like.

If you live in Athens, or any other college town, you should expect that every store and newspaper in town will live and breath that school's football program - except for ACC teams, where all they care about is basketball. And everyone knows that UGA fans can be pretty loud and proud about our team. I don't think there is anything wrong with a community wrapping itself up in their team. More power to you, because it's part of what makes college football so much fun. However - and this is a BIG however - OSU is genuinely OBNOXIOUS. I mean on the level of Tennessee and Florida, folks. OSU fans truly think their team and their school are the best at everything at all times and that's that. The Big Ten is the ONLY Ten to them. They genuinely LOOK DOWN on us. They brag about hwo great they are, and now we know that all this time they are nothing but a bunch of CHEATERS. I'm not just saying that - it's fact.

I hated living there. The only thing that made it worthwhile was when we played them in a bowl game and handed it to them. I didn't have to hear how great Herbstreit or Robert Smith were for at least 3 or 4 months after that. Thank you, Garrison Hearst.

So I'm hoping for the "death penalty" for their program. I have no doubt that they have NOT lost institutional control, but that instead the institution has CRIMINAL control, and they need to go a decade or two without football. Just my own humble opinion.

The tattoo place has been an issue since at least 2002 ESPN was reporting. Tressel has known about this cheating for nearly a decade. The man is dirty and has been dirty since Youngstown State. He got away with it by playing dumb.

I hope the NCAA slams OSU hard.

Amazing how the copy starts flowing out of the Tressel story. All at once there are things coming forth that have been in the backroom for sometime now. My guess is that Gee, Smith and Tressel thought they could beat this mess about two weeks ago.

The school's money maker and you have three clowns trying their best to slip past this mess with what . . . . 2, then a 5 week suspension.

An athletic director that did not know that Pryor had eight different cars since he arrived on campus. Right, Smith and Gee and Tressel did not have a clue.

NCAA has its butt in a jam. They are quiet and will remain quiet for some time. NCAA brass, this has been going on for many years . . . . did not take long to make a ruling on UGA. Call it what they want, now one of the sacred cow's of college football has been caught. Get this, caught by outside sources, not the NCAA. Great group of leaders . . . you betcha.