Tressel’s in trouble at Ohio State; Urban Meyer to the rescue?
"Urban, you'd look swell in one of those sweater vests." (AJC photo by Brant Sanderlin)
The NCAA has just accused Jim Tressel, who oversees the football program at The Ohio State University, of lying. Generally speaking, it doesn’t pay to lie to the NCAA. (Ask Bruce Pearl, who used to coach basketball at Tennessee.) There are those who believe Tressel, his stellar record notwithstanding, isn’t long for his job.
And then there’s Beano Cook, who believes Urban Meyer will coach Ohio State in 2012.
Beano Cook, who used to be a big man in college football circles, went on ESPN Radio last week and averred: “I’ve said on my Podcast. . . Urban Meyer will be the coach at Ohio State in 2012. That was my prediction and I stick by that prediction.”
Corporate synergy note: You can find Beano’s podcast, also on ESPN, by clicking here. And Urban Meyer, who once coached the Florida Gators, works for ESPN. At least he does until he decides to end his latest retirement.
A couple of things: Beano has been wrong before. (So have I.) He infamously predicted Ron Powlus would win two Heismans. (I infamously predicted Georgia would beat Florida and Urban Meyer in 2008. Also in 2010. I never learn.) That said, Beano could be onto something here.
Tressel is in trouble. He has already been suspended for the first five games of the 2011 season — Ohio State was ready to dock him two games, but Tressel requested three more — after failing to tell school officials he’d been given reason to believe his players had traded jerseys for tattoos. And Meyer is, among other things, a native Ohioan.
Born in Toledo. Grew up in Ashtabula. Played defensive back for the Cincinnati Bearcats. Started his coaching career at Ohio State. Has his Masters from Ohio State. Can do all the gestures to “Hang On Sloopy.” (Official rock song of the Buckeye State, FYI.)
Meyer does have one blip on his history. He outcoached Tressel and beat the hugely favored Buckeyes in the BCS title game in January 2007, giving rise to the notion that Ohio State couldn’t handle the big boys of the SEC. This was the notion Tressel was so desperate to debunk that he lobbied for those players suspended in the wake of the tattoo investigation to be allowed to play in the Sugar Bowl against Arkansas. (They played. OSU won, just.)
If Tressel does fall, there’d be no better choice as replacement. But one word of warning to Michigan fans: If your team should score a touchdown against the Meyer-coached Buckeyes and your players should feel the need to express their elation via an on-field dance … well, the Urbanator won’t like that. He won’t like that one little bit.
Oh, and one thing more: Readers have reminded me that The Ohio State University will meet The University of Georgia in 2020 and 2021. Mark your calendars, folks.
By Mark Bradley
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272 comments Add your comment
juvenal
April 25th, 2011
4:08 pm
much more interesting…
Mark Bradley
April 25th, 2011
4:10 pm
It’s amazing. juvenal is on a Jamal Crawford-like roll.
juvenal
April 25th, 2011
4:10 pm
hardly a low stress job…..
juvenal
April 25th, 2011
4:11 pm
osu, that is-fun to read this…
KingDawg
April 25th, 2011
4:15 pm
Mark – do you think being the 1st coach to win BCS in 2 different conferences ( hope not ) would be one of UM’s ego goals ?
Mark Bradley
April 25th, 2011
4:16 pm
Probably, KingDawg. The Urban ego is a massive entity.
Cuz
April 25th, 2011
4:16 pm
Tressel may be out but is Urban ready to go back into the fishbowl?
How about Bobby Petrino. If you can’t beat em, join em.
kaput
April 25th, 2011
4:16 pm
What does a hack columnist do when there’s nothing to write about? Pick up on guesswork piece by a guy who has been senile for better than a decade.
Oh well, at least your consistent.
Mark Bradley
April 25th, 2011
4:16 pm
Fun fact: Urban Meyer has had an undefeated season, but he didn’t do it at Florida.
Joey
April 25th, 2011
4:18 pm
Surely Urban will stay retired for a season or two, Mark.
But if he goes to OSU, will he have to empty his office at UF?
DawginLex
April 25th, 2011
4:20 pm
Unless Mrs Meyer has changed her mind, Urban won’t be coaching anywhere.
If he does, he will be a single man.
Buckeye
April 25th, 2011
4:22 pm
There is no new news here other than the “official” NCAA notificationhas been received.
Urba Meyer…..don’t see it. I would bet we go the younger route.
And all you mighty SEC! SEC! boys…………….no arrests, no criminal indictmemts, only poor decisions by 19 year old kids and an even poorer one by Coach Tressel.
At least they won’t vacate the Bowl Win, so I read. The NCAA deemed them eligible
As a father, I wonder what it would take for me to lie to protect my kid. Situational, of course, but I cannot say I wouldn’t.
As Woody himself said, “show me a hero and I’ll show you a tradegy”.
Recall I predicted a resignation, sooner than later. It’s still sooner.
DA
April 25th, 2011
4:24 pm
Doesn’t Georgia have OSU on one of their future schedules (a home and away)? Can’t remember what years though.
kramer
April 25th, 2011
4:24 pm
Mark…Beano Cook? You base this article on a “prediction” from him? You’re better than this, Mark. Or at least I thought you were.
Mark
April 25th, 2011
4:24 pm
Fun Fact: Urban Meyer won two national championships….BOTH of them at Florida.
Buckeye
April 25th, 2011
4:24 pm
Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern
ejchis
April 25th, 2011
4:25 pm
Michigan fans would enjoy seeing Urban at OSU. Mr. Meyer couldn’t handle the Wolverines when his Gators hosted a New Year’s Day home game against Michigan a few years ago.
Buckeye
April 25th, 2011
4:25 pm
DA,
2020, 2021
scooby
April 25th, 2011
4:27 pm
So the Gators hosted a bowl game? News to me.
College football fans aren’t always the brightest. Thanks for proving it again, ejchis!
Buckeye
April 25th, 2011
4:27 pm
There’s only one coach that worries more about his hair than Urban and that’s Win Win.
Peadawg
April 25th, 2011
4:28 pm
“Fun fact: Urban Meyer has had an undefeated season, but he didn’t do it at Florida.”
OOOoooh goody, trivia. Utah beat Pittsburgh in the Orange Bowl or Fiesta bowl…can’t remember which…to finish undefeated.
Buckeye
April 25th, 2011
4:30 pm
Clinch,
Finish your Dilly Bar. Can’t wait for you to chime in.
Paul in RDU
April 25th, 2011
4:31 pm
Buckeye
Many fathers will lie to protect their children – but it seems to me that the person Jim Tressel was most concerned to protect by lying to the NCAA was a middle-aged man with a propensity to wear sweater vests.
Looks like things could get rough for a proud and storied program.
Brandon Spikes
April 25th, 2011
4:33 pm
Coach better not go up there, I’ll gouge his eyes out. I’m still a little upset with him for making me sit half a game anyway.
UGA will still suck
April 25th, 2011
4:33 pm
Slow day at the AJC, Bark?
Joey
April 25th, 2011
4:35 pm
ejchis – even my Dawgs whipped Urban that year. Y’all shoulda got y’all some of Urbans Gators the season before or the season after.
Ask Tressel and Stoops.
DawginLex
April 25th, 2011
4:35 pm
Tressel will quit and the NCAA will have won. The 5 games will expand into forever.
By the coach leaving, the school will escape major penalties since Tressel will be the sacrificial lamb.
Meyer ain’t going to columbus.
Next coach will be a young up and comer.
Brutus the Buckeye
April 25th, 2011
4:36 pm
Pat Sajak
5$ Dawg
April 25th, 2011
4:36 pm
The spread worked so well at Michigan, I can’t imagine Ohio State passing on it.
Buckeye
April 25th, 2011
4:38 pm
Paul,
Call me a fool but Tressel is anything but selfish. Short of the Death Penalty, we’ll be ok. Vacate the prior season, won’t change my life. No Bowl(s). Sucks for me on game day. Game day also sucks when you lose the Liberty Bowl. Loss of scholarships? Oh well. I’m just hoping that there is not another (pardon the pun) ‘Shoe to drop.
EW
April 25th, 2011
4:40 pm
Don’t really have any reason to feel this way other than it’s just my gut. But Urban just seems like an a$$hole.
Jeff
April 25th, 2011
4:41 pm
Jeff…you never learn? Picking UGA over UF in 08 and 10??? How many times did you pick UGA over UF for the 25 years we owned them 20-5????? Hmmmmmm….football did not start in 91….except for maybe UF. That UF has won the 17 of 20 etc and we still confortably lead the series says who REALLY knows how to beat who in Jacksonville……but then again, being a sportswriter (and I use the term loosly) for the AJC one would fail to mention that in all the bashing about how UF owns Fla and always have according to guys like you…..
Blue Machine
April 25th, 2011
4:41 pm
Fun fact: Michigan owns the SEC and, the year before it made the mistake of hiring RichRod to bring his defenseless smurf spread game to the Big Ten, the Wolverines took Urban down on New Year’s Day. Indeed, Lloyd Carr was 8-3 against the oversigning cheaters of the SEC, including two wins over Florida. And now that Brady Hoke, the defensive coach who recruited and built the great Michigan defenses of the 1990s is back, I don’t think Michigan will be all that worried about taking on Meyer.
Dawglasville
April 25th, 2011
4:43 pm
Tressel reminds me of Tom Osborne. Osborne got tired of getting thumped by Switzer so he started taking more chances by recruiting high risk kids. I think that Tressel got tired of the SEC hanging around his neck so he rolled that dice as well.
Buckeye
April 25th, 2011
4:44 pm
DawginLex,
We shall see.
If Mike Vick can earn redemption, Jim Tressel has a much shorter road. He is a teacher of “young people” and if there was ever a teaching moment about owning up to the truth and of facing adversity, this is it. He still has his team and his staff at his back – for whats it’s worth.
Paul in RDU
April 25th, 2011
4:44 pm
Actually Buckeye – the Liberty Bowl didn’t bother me at all. The Shreveport, whatever they call it, Bowl (will always be the Poulan Weedeater Bowl to me) bothered me until about 5 minutes after the game ended – I haven’t taken sports that seriously since April 15th, 1989.
A serious question – do you think that OSU is going to go all-in with Tressel (and risk a major hammering ala USC) or will they force him out?
MS. Bully
April 25th, 2011
4:45 pm
I know one thing Blue Machine, Mississippi State didn’t cheat and kicked that tail on New Years Day!! Welcome to the SEC!!
5$ Dawg
April 25th, 2011
4:46 pm
Sorry Mark – you’re actually predicting someone would leave the state of Florida to live in the state of Ohio???
Buckeye
April 25th, 2011
4:48 pm
Dawlasville,
Don’t give your mighty SEC! SEC! so much credit.
Another case in point when it works for you, you claim the SEC! SEC! mantle. When it doesn’t, a la Cam/Auburn, you give them the business.
In the meantime you record says you were 6-7 last year and lost to Conf USA in the LIberty Bowl.
Talk SEC! SEC! smack, Dawglas, when you play in Atlanta in the Dome and the date starts with December, not September.
Brutus the Buckeye
April 25th, 2011
4:48 pm
My wish list:
Chuck Norris
JDawg1785
April 25th, 2011
4:49 pm
I highly doubt this will happen. Florida is a way more attractive job than Ohio State and Meyer walked away from the former due to mounting health concerns. He’d be wise to take care of himself and his family rather than returning to a profession that was taking a scary toll on him.
Blind NCAA
April 25th, 2011
4:49 pm
If Meyer does this then he’s just a plain out liar. Again. “I’m leaving as coach of UF to spend more time with my family” (actually to be a tv analyst on ESPN last year).
Tressell is dead-to-right guilty. We shall see if the NCAA has a backbone or if they are still jellyfish ?
Paul in RDU
April 25th, 2011
4:50 pm
Didn’t representatives of Mississippi State offer Cam Newton’s father $180,000?
Michigan Blue
April 25th, 2011
4:51 pm
This is good news ! Me & Tom Brady will share a fw beers and laughs tonight !
Buckeye
April 25th, 2011
4:54 pm
Paul,
I honestly don’t know if they’re all in. It appears to be the case so far. Very little material information came out today that was not part of the self-reporting back in March.
I do know this, Tressel will not boogie off the NFL and leave Ohio State behind to suffer the consequences. And that is what sucks about the entire process – it’s the future kids that pay the price. How can Reggie Bush’s actions impact Matt Barkley’s ability to play in a Rose Bowl?…just don’t get it.
Alphare
April 25th, 2011
4:54 pm
Buckeye, you’d think we live in SEC country, but somehow my subdivision has more buckeye fans than any other team.
football history channel
April 25th, 2011
4:56 pm
beano cook is cool
Buckeye
April 25th, 2011
4:57 pm
Any houses/foreclosures up for sale??
Dawglasville
April 25th, 2011
4:58 pm
Buckeye You are very defensive. I would never talk smack about something I have zero control over. I can’t control if UGA wins or loses. I can’t control if the SEC wins championships or not. It saddens me that the SEC walks such a thin line with the NCAA. I hate it that SEC schools don’t care if they graduate players or not. I hate it that it appears that Ohio State and Tressel have choosen the same course. That is my only point.
Paul in RDU
April 25th, 2011
4:58 pm
Buckeye,
I understand your concerns how in NCAA cases the punishment tends to be born by many innocents – but there has to be some consequences for the institution as a whole (as Voltaire put it, when explaining why the British Navy hung an Admiral for losing a battle against the French – pour encourager les autres)
Buckeye
April 25th, 2011
4:59 pm
football history,
Beano is cool and funny. Ever his his call-in’s to Cowherd. They’re hillarious and end with Colin asking Beano what’s he’s having for lunch. It’s usally salad.
Beano’s comments about Meyer and Ohio State is nothing but conjecture and give’s MB something to blog about.
Buckeye
April 25th, 2011
5:00 pm
Paul,
Good point. And, if you read the document, there is not a “lack of institutional control” issue in this case.
ClinchCountyDawg
April 25th, 2011
5:00 pm
Buckeye
Do you think Meyer will start wearing cute wittle sweater vests if he becomes the coach at Ohio State? I don’t see Meyer stepping down to the Big Ten after coaching in the SEC.
Va'jayjay Jackson
April 25th, 2011
5:01 pm
Jim Tressel is toast, but not because Beano Cook says so. Jim Tressel will be dumped, because they will suddenly wake-up an realize their program has become a thug-a-thon and will give sweater vest boy the boot. I’ve heard Phil Fulmer is still looking for work!
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April 25th, 2011
5:04 pm
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Sweater Vests R Us
April 25th, 2011
5:04 pm
Wal-Mart is having a sale on Buckeye sweater vests. Corruption is running rampant in THE Ohio St. football program, come get your $.05 sweater vest.
Morgan Fairchild
April 25th, 2011
5:06 pm
ESPN is reporting that Lane Kiffen is interested in the vacant Ohio St. job.
PS – I love lamp!
Buckeye
April 25th, 2011
5:07 pm
Dawglas,
Hell yes I’m defensive. I’m digusted and defensive. It’s my program on the line. I’ll keep Tressel, forgive him, and the sooner Prima Donna Pryor and friends leave, the better.
Buckeye
April 25th, 2011
5:09 pm
Sweater Vests,
Hmm, can’t recall the presse release that Walmart carries Nike
Morgan,
I’ll take Tressel over Kiffin any day. Kiffin’s wife, now that’s a different story!
jarvis
April 25th, 2011
5:09 pm
I wonder how the spread would look with a bunch of slow white linemen trying to get down the field…
Oh yeah, we saw that at Michigan the last 3 years. It didn’t look so good.
Brutus the Buckeye
April 25th, 2011
5:09 pm
Curly Hallman
Buckeye
April 25th, 2011
5:10 pm
DwaginLex,
I’m with you. I bet anyone here a Dilly Bar that Tressel’s eventual replacement is NOT UM.
RomeDawg
April 25th, 2011
5:10 pm
I am of the mindset that as long as your college is paying the NCAA the required ransom they will over look almost any act. (Ex: Auburn and Cam Newton and the 2011 OSU Sugar Bowl Win.)
Let’s face it ladies….college sports are solely about the money.
Buckeye
April 25th, 2011
5:11 pm
Clinch,
Urbane has his own style. Les Miles has his hat. Spurrier has the visor. Win with has the hair spray.
Bobo, Bobo, a pirate's life for me
April 25th, 2011
5:12 pm
haha, nice ending paragraph Mark.
Buckeye
April 25th, 2011
5:12 pm
Clinch,
Your shift run a bit late today?
Brutus the Buckeye
April 25th, 2011
5:12 pm
Gerry “Bring back the Magic” DiNardo
Old Dawg
April 25th, 2011
5:14 pm
There’s really no other option for Ohio State than to fire Jim Tressel. It was BS that he was able to maintain his players’ eligibility for the bowl game, in what was clearly poor decision making by the NCAA (Alabama and UGA fans can puke now at the hypocrisy) and with more of the story coming to light, perhaps the bowl game should be forfeited.
As for Meyer going to OSU in 2012, it would be a natural fit. Though the lack of SEC quality talent might drive him nuts.
Oh well, this gives all the talk shows and sports bar folks lots to talk about.
I still trying to figure out how this happened. I mean, the Big 10 is an academic oriented conference, isn’t it?
Matt from MN
April 25th, 2011
5:22 pm
Is there a bigger blow-hard and inaccurate college “analyst” than “the Beanster”? When was the last time he was right about anything of significance? How does this guy have a job and why does anyone listen to him?
Auburn Fans are horrible
April 25th, 2011
5:23 pm
Too bad the NCAA can’t get their $hit together on the Newton Case.
But I love to see THE Ohio State in trouble. It is too bad that Tressell has to be the lamb. I would pay money to watch the jackass that decided Ohio State needed to stress the ‘THE’ slowly strangled.
Calling it ‘THE’ Ohio State university is almost as annoying as Miami players calling it the ‘U’ and Auburn fans claiming their National Title is anything but a rental.
dawgfan
April 25th, 2011
5:24 pm
I counted four UGA references in a column about Urban Meyer going to Ohio State. Am I the only one that finds this odd?
Auburn Fans are horrible
April 25th, 2011
5:25 pm
Well…it did get us posting on here dawgfan.
Mark Bradley`s Booster
April 25th, 2011
5:26 pm
I don`t believe a word of all this speculation started by Beno Cook.
First no one on any blog anywhere nor any media person knows if Tressel will be fired. Its common these days to put the cart before the horse. Why not wait until the NCAA or Ohio State make some statement(s) about the coaching status of Tressel before continuing this nonsense?
Brutus the Buckeye
April 25th, 2011
5:28 pm
Mark Bradley`s Booster,
Tressel’s out like a fat kid in dodgeball.
sogadog
April 25th, 2011
5:30 pm
I predict Urban remains an ESPN television commentator / announcer. It is a high profile (good for the ego), low stress (good for the body) , high paying (good for the wallet) job. If he wanted to get back into coaching after Florida, he would have gone to Notre Dame.
could it be that urban's wife likes columbus
April 25th, 2011
5:31 pm
after all you are comparing columbus to a conference that has fans who beat up opposing fans an who piss in their own library. than there is the trash and no I’m not talking about just the fans…. the buckeye fans would never disrespect the school like sec fans.
i have attended games in many of the sec venues and i have attended games at the horse shoe. a clear case of a$$ vs class. it is not a priority to sneak flasks at tosu into the games and get as drunk as you can possiblie get while acting like an ass in the process. they enjoy football for the sport not for the partay.
than we have columbus ohio. columbus ohio is a jewel of a college town. meanwhile the sec has places like athens where the restaurants smell of urine, stale beer and vomit. just like the fans.
lastly who the hell wants to hang around fan bases that are still fighting the civil war over n over n over n over n over n over again.
just saying………………………
Beast from the East
April 25th, 2011
5:34 pm
“columbus ohio is a jewel of a college town”
Yeah, and I’m Brad Pitt.
Buckeye
April 25th, 2011
5:35 pm
Auburn Fans,
Ohio State changed their name in 1878 to The Ohio State University. Tressel had nothing to do with it,
Buckeye
April 25th, 2011
5:37 pm
Beast,
Ever been to Columbus?
hey brad
April 25th, 2011
5:38 pm
the truth hurts. you can deny it all you want but columbus ends up in the top 10 lists of many ‘best cities to live in’. matter of fact they fell in the top 10 this year as well. google it.
meanwhile ….. urnine trash and vomit oh my.
Buckeye
April 25th, 2011
5:39 pm
Brutus,
Funny line….out like a fat kid in dodgeball………….
superDawg
April 25th, 2011
5:40 pm
SEC-14 osu-0
Beast from the East
April 25th, 2011
5:40 pm
Buckeye,
Spent a week there for work. Thought it was a hole. Crime’s pretty bad from what I hear. To be fair, most college towns are much the same (Gainesville, Tallahassee, Athens, etc.).
Ohio State groupie
April 25th, 2011
5:40 pm
You can fire O’ Jimbo, but please dont mess with our hard schudule at the beginning of every year. I just dont konw what I would do if you too away the Ohio’s, Youngstown St. Akron, Toledo’s away. Just fire Tressel
teewest
April 25th, 2011
5:40 pm
Ya Har Har!!! Ol Markus strikes again!!!! He serves up a helping of fried coach and EVERY buckeye fan in the south comes out!! Markus YOU are a genius i tell ya!! You ought to have your own cooking show “Fried Coaches with Markus Bradley” Hey how bout some fried Derek Dooley with some smothered Les Miles on the side!!!
Concrete Jungle
April 25th, 2011
5:42 pm
Tressel to Georgia State?
hey brad
April 25th, 2011
5:42 pm
i find it funny that of all the disparaging things i had to say about the sec venues the only thing you could pick up on was my ‘jewel’ comment. sounds like you agree with what i had to say.
btw i lived in columbus for 6 years so i have first hand knowledge unlike YOU!
Beast from the East
April 25th, 2011
5:43 pm
@hey brad,
Just busting your chops. I’ve been to every stadium in the SEC except for Fayetville. Not a big fan of “college towns” now that I’ve quit binge drinking and chasing 18 year old girls.LOL! I prefer a city like Atlanta where there is actually something to do for adults.
Buckeye
April 25th, 2011
5:43 pm
Old dawg,
“lack of SEC quality”…. Are you referring to Fulmer Cup wins, academic achievement, alumni bases, notable alums, graduation rates, exactly what?
Buckeye
April 25th, 2011
5:46 pm
Beast,
I don’t think of Columbus as a college town a la Athens, Oxford, OH, South Bend. While the university plays a major role, Columbus, like Atlanta, has seen expansive growth. Hardly ‘Cowtown” anymore. Hell, the “Outerbelt” (270) goes the entire way around the city.
beast that is fine.....
April 25th, 2011
5:48 pm
everybody has an opinion but i was dead serious on the top 10 places to live. i have been following those lists for years and columbus does fall in the top 10 repeatedly. even without tosu students columbus still has a population that is over 100k so it can stand alone on its own accomplishments.
Beast from the East
April 25th, 2011
5:49 pm
Buckeye,
It’s been (more than) several years ago. To each his own. If I leave the ATL, it’ll be for the Florida coast again. I do miss the water!
Beast from the East
April 25th, 2011
5:52 pm
Buckeye,
All kidding aside, do you think Tressel will resign? I think he weathers the storm and all is forgotten by mid-season. I surely don’t think the administration will force him out based on the stance they took already.
Buckeye
April 25th, 2011
5:53 pm
Beast that and Beast from,
A quick Google reference reveals Franklin County which emcompasses most of Metro Columbus boasts a population of over 1.1 million.
Buckeye
April 25th, 2011
5:57 pm
Another quick look reveals TV market ratings…
Columbus – 32
By Comparsion………
Lexingtin – 63( For you, Dawgin)
Columbia, SC – 79
Knoxville – 59
Clinch Country – Still has rabbit ears with foil wrapped around them
more on columubus ohio
April 25th, 2011
5:59 pm
http://www.relocateamerica.com/ohio/cities/columbus
http://www.relocateamerica.com/top-100-cities/2010/top-10-large-cities.cfm
and the list goes on.
Buckeye
April 25th, 2011
6:00 pm
Beast,
Yes, I do think Tressel will resign and said as much on this blog when the story broke. I predicted he would resign soon than later. Also predicted 2010 vacated, Sugar Bowl vacated (crap) , No Bowls for two years.
ClinchCountyDawg
April 25th, 2011
6:01 pm
Buckeye
I hear Pat Dye and all of the Bowdens would be interested in the Ohio State job. Pat Dye would be a step up in the morals dept.
Beast from the East
April 25th, 2011
6:01 pm
Buckeye,
I just don’t see it happening. I’ve been wrong a time or two in my life, so I wouldn’t be willing to bet on it.
ClinchCountyDawg
April 25th, 2011
6:02 pm
Buckeye
I want my MTV!!!!
Buckeye
April 25th, 2011
6:13 pm
Beast,
He’s well entrenched in the Buckeye State. I won’t be suprised either way.
He’s built one helluva good will bank account and I, for one, hope he stays. His play calling, ” the punt is the most important play in football” and all that drive us crazy. That said, we can expect to be in the national football conversation, not sure who has a stronger BCS record.
If Bill Clinton remained in office, Tressel has no worries.
Buckeye
April 25th, 2011
6:14 pm
Clinch,
Easy, Son. Leave it to Beaver comes on soon. And if you clean your plate, maybe you can stay up with the grown-ups for The Lawrance Welk Show.
ClinchCountyDawg
April 25th, 2011
6:16 pm
Buckeye
I can pick up three channels with my Ronco combination TV and CB antenna. But, two of them only play Hee Haw reruns over and over and over and over. I’m Buck , I’m Roy, I’m picking and I’m a grinning.
JASon
April 25th, 2011
6:16 pm
What Tressel did was illegal, no doubt. I mean, he basically covered up something he knew was illegal, and didn’t tell anyone about it for over a year. He should be punished, no doubt. The problem I have is, some kids got a few tattoos. Its not like they were paid thousands of dollars, or any money at all. But thank god we have a huge federal investigation over a few tattoos. One of these days the cost of all of this inane federal policing, domestic and foreign, is going to have to be paid for by America. So that will be fun to look forward to.
Buckeye
April 25th, 2011
6:16 pm
Clinch,
Tressel is a Welk fan, so you know.
WIN WITH RICHT
April 25th, 2011
6:18 pm
Buckeye
What is Ohio State’s standing in the current run for the Fulmer Cup? A distant second to Auburn.
Buckeye
April 25th, 2011
6:20 pm
Jason,
What you meant to say was, the NCAA has charged Ohio State with NCAA viloations. No one was arrested. Get that through your thick skull. To my knowledge, the NCAA is conducting an investigation, not the Feds. The Feds were looking into the Tattoo shop owner. The kids happened to pick the wrong ink shop.
ClinchCountyDawg
April 25th, 2011
6:21 pm
Buckeye
I’ll bet that when Tressel wants to get his freak on that he puts on an old Osmond Brother album. Down on the Lazy River. Rock out!!!
Buckeye
April 25th, 2011
6:21 pm
With With,
Unranked. No arrests, felony or otherwise. Said it once, won’t comment until there is an arrest.
P.S. One word suggestion for you, Win WIth…………………..MasterLock
Buckeye
April 25th, 2011
6:22 pm
Clinch,
You play? Multiple intsruments?
Not A Hewitt Fan
April 25th, 2011
6:23 pm
Tressel lasts one more year….Urban year after…..He ll get bored watching daughter at Tech play V Ball after this year.
Buckeye
April 25th, 2011
6:24 pm
Clinch,
Upgrade to HD once the county’s wired. Start a layaway asap!
i find it not only amusing but fitting
April 25th, 2011
6:24 pm
that tressle can now be called a scum ‘dawg’.
J-Man
April 25th, 2011
6:25 pm
So MB what do you think of Judge Nelson ruling for the NFL lockout to end?
illegal?
April 25th, 2011
6:27 pm
last time i looked breakin ncaa rules is not illegal. if that were the case vince every 4 years dooley would still be in jail as would most sec coaches.
Dawg48
April 25th, 2011
6:29 pm
Buckeye …….. just goes to show if you win no matter what you do a fan base wants to keep you.. And if you are losing you can’t do anything right for the fan base to want to keep you around! My opinion tressel new what he was doing he new if he lost those guys he would not even maid it to a bcs bowl to play a SEC team. The best thing for Ohio state to do is get rid of him cause it will hurt them recruiting in the future cause of tressel being a liar
Pago Pago DAWG
April 25th, 2011
6:31 pm
Actually, not many people would give up FL for OH! tressel will probably fire the president of ohio state before the NCAA takes care of him.
Buckeye
April 25th, 2011
6:32 pm
http://www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com/2011/3/11/2044789/fulmer-cupdate-auburn-goes-all-in-the-front-door-with-a-gun
Win With,
Latest Fulmer Cup rankings…..SEC! SEC! SEC!
WIN WITH RICHT
April 25th, 2011
6:33 pm
Buckeye
That should be no arrests or indictments yet. But, I am sure that will change shortly. Once the hammer falls, Ohio State will jump up in the race for the Fulmer Cup.
Dave
April 25th, 2011
6:33 pm
This is exactly why Meyer quit. He didn’t want to lose more games in the SEC. Needs to be in a conference like O St’s.
He should take it, but needs 3 years off to recover from burnout and spend some time watching his kids grow up.
Buckeye
April 25th, 2011
6:35 pm
Win With,
Oh, ok. Wake me up when it gets close. SEC! SEC!
blazerdawg
April 25th, 2011
6:36 pm
Dang Bucky, you have been on here non-stop since 4:22! You need your own show, like Finebaum or Buck & Kincaid.
WIN WITH RICHT
April 25th, 2011
6:36 pm
Buckeye
According to those ratings, there are three Big Ten teams in the top nine. Iowa State, PennState, and Nebraska.
Poopdawg
April 25th, 2011
6:36 pm
Don’t see Tressel stepping down nor should he. But the NCAA will make his and OSU life miserable in the future.
Dawg48
April 25th, 2011
6:40 pm
Tressel should not get the chance to step down! He should be fired he lied to his employer he lied to the media he lied to the NCAA he should be fired!
Go figure
April 25th, 2011
6:41 pm
2020? Meyer will retire by 2018 if he takes the job.
Doubt Urban goes
April 25th, 2011
6:41 pm
Depends on what happens and I doubt he’d go this year.
WIN WITH RICHT
April 25th, 2011
6:42 pm
Buckeye
How many teams are there in the Big Ten? Yall must stop counting when you run out of toes.
Gator Hater
April 25th, 2011
6:43 pm
Ha! Urban retired to be with his family! He takes the OSU job, he loses whatever last shred of credibility he ever had.
On the other hand, he can cheat with the best of ‘em, so Columbus might be a good spot for him.
april register
April 25th, 2011
6:45 pm
I will be so very pissed about this! He can’t coach the Florida Gator’s because of the high stress level, his health and his family. What is changing to allow his to coach at Ohio State? I wish the best for Coach Meyers but I will PERSONALLY feel so betrayed by him and his decision.
WIN WITH RICHT
April 25th, 2011
6:47 pm
I don’t see Meyer coaching in a mickey mouse conference. After coaching in the SEC, The Big Ten is a major step down. Who is the last big time SEC head coach to go to the Big Ten?
coondawg69
April 25th, 2011
6:48 pm
I might give this some merit if it wasn’t for Beano “Ron Poulus will win 3 Heismann trophies and 2 National championships while ND” Cook. Granted, Ron did have a win against a ranked opponent… and that is 1 more win that I ever had!!!
Beano Cook is to serious college football whip Glenn Beck is to serious reporting. Granted, both are successful and very funny!!!
H
April 25th, 2011
6:49 pm
Beano Cook….the guy who predicts Penn State will win the National Title every year. His sunset passed a long time ago.
Old Dawg
April 25th, 2011
6:50 pm
Buckeye: no, I’m referring to the use of the term by Big 10 administrators every time a playoff system is introduced. Every time it is mentioned, the conference commissioner, university presidents, ADs etc all say they don’t want to participate in the playoff because it would interfere with academics.
The contradiction with that is, DIII has a playoff and those schools are much more difficult academically.
As for the Clinton-Tressel issue, those are two different playing fields … athletics and politics, and if we can remember this, Larry Flynt proved that many of the folks chasing after Slick Willie were doing the same thing, including big Newt.
In regard to employee-employer scenario like Tressel, or athletic regulatory agency like the NCAA, then you have more than amble reasons to fire the coach … aka Tennessee and Bruce Pearl.
BG
April 25th, 2011
6:58 pm
Mark, Urban would turn the Ohio State players in to a bunch of pot smoking thugs. AKA Florida!
NCAA Acountability
April 25th, 2011
7:02 pm
All that I have heard so far about penalties for OS is Tressel leaving or vacating wins. The only real options to hold Ohio State accountable are: 1-3 year ban on bowl games, reduced football scholarships, death penalty ala SMU. Anything short of one of those 3 and the NCAA is truly inept.
WDE
April 25th, 2011
7:03 pm
Buckeye
I know you hate UGA, as do I, but don’t you think you guys have some bigger issues right now?
WDE
April 25th, 2011
7:04 pm
“I don’t see Meyer coaching in a mickey mouse conference.’
Speaking of bad football teams, what was UGA’s record last season? Ohhhhh, that’s right. 6-7.
KINGDAWG
April 25th, 2011
7:05 pm
I see there is a KINGDAWG imposter. Note the first and original KINGDAWG is always ALL CAPS for emphasis
WDE
April 25th, 2011
7:07 pm
Auburn = BCS National Champs
UGA = Fulmer Cup Champs and 6-7 losers of the Liberty Bowl.
WOOF WOOF!!!!!
Time
April 25th, 2011
7:41 pm
I generally can’t stand anything OSU. They have some of the most arrogant and obnoxious fans of anyone in the country. And they’re the new Notre Dame. Meaning that no matter what, idiot media types will ride their jocks to a top poll spot year after year after year. They play in a creampuff conference, that evidently needs remedial math (there’s 12 not 10 in the Big “Ten”) and gets handed shots at national titles that they simply don’t deserve because they’re not that good. For god’s sakes, they’re the only school in the country that has EVER made me root for Florida.
That being said, I find the whole thing stupid and hypocritical. The LAST people I want to hear ride a high horse on honesty and ethics are the criminal syndicate that is the NCAA. If I were Tressell I’d stand up in front of every camera and point the finger right back at the NCAA.
Time
April 25th, 2011
7:46 pm
@WDE
Auburn = Temporary BCS Champions (fixed it for you)
LakeDawg
April 25th, 2011
7:49 pm
Beano likes bean dip.
BullDawgerino
April 25th, 2011
7:52 pm
Fact: Mark Richt beat Urban Meyer and Teblow. Fact.
Chuck
April 25th, 2011
7:58 pm
His heart could not handle another pressure cooker. I mean what if he had to play Saban again. Not good.
SAL
April 25th, 2011
7:58 pm
Wonder if CMR is nerveous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
looks like the big ten aint so lilly white any more
April 25th, 2011
7:59 pm
cheatin? the big (and righteous) 10?
say it ain’t so. Michigan and Ohio State….IN THE SAME YEARS! Gasp??
come on down from your high horse boys, and join the rest of us. SEC cheaters. cant say any more that “we lost because you cheat..”
bigdawg
April 25th, 2011
8:01 pm
UGA will not play OSU unless its a bowl game. Like always we will cancel when the games are only a couple of years away. (See Oregon among others). Shoot the Atl. Sports Council basically had to get down on bended knees and BEG us to play Boise in our all backyard (We kept turning them down so we could play the Louisiana A&M’s of the world. Sick of the high dollar tix to watch us trash some no name football program.
icedawg
April 25th, 2011
8:02 pm
Not likely, not likely.
Curious George
April 25th, 2011
8:24 pm
Will Urban ever find a quarterback at Ohio State who is as KISSABLE to him as Tim Tebow?
vince doolittle
April 25th, 2011
8:25 pm
so much for health and family issues???
ATL - Buckeye
April 25th, 2011
8:26 pm
Mark, love your work, I used to enjoy reading it when I still lived in the greatest city on the earth.
I am a current Columbus resident, OSU Alum, and real estate agent; word in our circles is that Urban is buying a place in Upper Arlington (the Ohio WASP-y equivalent of Buckhead) just minutes from OSU.
SAL
April 25th, 2011
8:37 pm
Enter your connemts here.
no falcon way
April 25th, 2011
8:45 pm
Meyer didn’t take the Notre Dame job when he was deciding between it and the job in Gainesville, after talking to former OSU coach Earl Bruce who told him he’d never be up for consideration for The Ohio State job if he was the head coach in South Bend. One of Urban’s former players at BGSU is now completing his residency in cardiothoracic surgery at The Cleveland Clinic. So, if he has any further heart trouble, he’ll be in (CJ’s) good hands, quite literally. Come back to Columbus, the Buckeyes need you, Coach Meyer.
Coffee Bluff DAWG
April 25th, 2011
8:45 pm
The last time Beano Cook made an accurate prediction was in 1989 when WV played for the NC. Don’t think he’s been right since…
Chris
April 25th, 2011
8:51 pm
Why is it that you only see OSU gear the day after they win something of half importance?
JB
April 25th, 2011
8:58 pm
2012? Mark Richt, who loves a pro offense, might be available
you can't fix stupid
April 25th, 2011
9:02 pm
@Chris:
Oh little UGA … importance and success in life measured only by stadium size and ugly clothes marketing.
outlaw
April 25th, 2011
9:02 pm
I think urban Meyer should go back to Florida where he belongs I’ve been an Ohio State fan for 45 years but if they bring Meyer in as a head coah Im done with Ohio State
Dawg 1
April 25th, 2011
9:07 pm
You have to admire Buckeye. He defends his boys to the end. Little doubt in my mind that much has been swept under the rug here and will not come out until later, long after a coaching change.
Don’t forget your boy Maurice Clarette. And please make the argument that this didn’t happen while at OSU. This guy was a problem while on campus from the time he got there. Heart warming story of Clarette returning from the scene of the crime or is it ‘to the scene of the crime’.
http://www.cleveland.com/buckeyeblog/index.ssf/2010/07/maurice_clarett_back_at_ohio_s.html
Not so sure Urban wants this – money isn’t a problem and there apparently really are ‘health issues here’. Many rumors about problems with the Florida program that Urban left behind. Seems a ‘natural’ for TV.
Barf
April 25th, 2011
9:23 pm
Is Ohio really 1-10 against the SEC, what a loser!
Barf
April 25th, 2011
9:26 pm
Ohio and Michigan what a couple of dumps no wonder millions have left
Truth
April 25th, 2011
9:37 pm
What pisses me off and what I have heard no media mention, is how Tressell and Ohio St lied their way to a $9 million dollar bowl. Are they giving the $ back?? Hell, the $250k fine for Tressell was only part of the bonus $ (that lying SOB) recieved for cheating to get to the Sugar bowl. Talk about a joke school, AD and President. Now, can you imagine if Mark Richt had allowed AJ Green to play – hiding his discretion through the season – and we made it to a BCS bowl? Answer, the NCAA would have never allowed him to play in the bowl game if they found out, games would have already been forfieted and on and on and on……
eddie long
April 25th, 2011
9:40 pm
if the penis don’t fit, you must acquit…
Skeezix
April 25th, 2011
9:42 pm
One more example of the sad state of affairs in college sports. We have too many ethically challenged coaches and administrators. No wonder so many of today’s youth are cynical and don’t know right from wrong. Even when some have a history of corruption, they just end up coaching elsewhere. Exhibit #1 –characters like Calapari ( who has left destruction whereever he has been) are still allowed to coach in the NCAA.
Otter
April 25th, 2011
9:49 pm
So um… I thought he retired to spend time with his family… does that happen more in Ohio than Florida?
Skeezix
April 25th, 2011
9:49 pm
Mark: Every time our nation’s college athletic programs are involved in graft and corruption –write about it!! Then write about it again! Keep pounding the message home that this mess has got to be cleaned up. Especially, get on the Presidents of the guilty colleges!
Grim Reaper
April 25th, 2011
10:04 pm
Mark Richt makes Tressel look like an amateur cheater.
Death penalty to UGA.
It Ain't Rocket Science
April 25th, 2011
10:05 pm
I think Tressel will either resign or be let go by OSU once the NCAA rules on it. I think the AD seems to be distancing himself from Tressel now. Shame this guy followed the way of so many big time coaches and sacrificed his integrity this way. Hope for OSU sake that it is settled quickly as the 2011 season is fast approaching. Is there an assistant at OSU capable of running the team for a year? The university shouldn’t be cited for lack of institutional control, since he lied to them as well.
trupert
April 25th, 2011
10:15 pm
Urban would be a great fit for OS and it would be a stress free job until he had to play a SEC team in the Bowl game.
Delbert D.
April 25th, 2011
10:16 pm
Meyer probably won’t consider The Ohio State University. There’s a reasonable possibility that Gee will dismantle the athletic department, following the Vanderbilt precedent.
Delbert D.
April 25th, 2011
10:18 pm
By the way, Beano really works. I never eat chili without it.
trupert
April 25th, 2011
10:22 pm
Reading these comments by all these Auburn and Alabama fans is like watching a episode of the Jerry Springer show, nothing but lies and false accucations pointed at others to try to bring everyone else down to their level.
Tree killer
April 25th, 2011
10:28 pm
Urban left Florida with his own problems, that was obvious. Odd how media covered it up.
And they were not health reasons folks. He showed up in Bristol 3 months later, so much for family time:) I will leave it at that.
But he could be headed to coach there, but not this year. Let them lose 4 games, then he will “come to the rescue”!!!!!
We need more Beano Cooks in this world
April 25th, 2011
10:30 pm
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Tree killer
April 25th, 2011
10:33 pm
Barf, yes they are1-10
And that 1 will be taken away….:) they cheated and have now admitted. Bet that dumb AD would
Ike to take those early comments back now….”I hope tressel doesn’t fire me”………….what a joke.
Wise Man
April 25th, 2011
11:05 pm
Take away the five ineligible Buckeye players,
and Ohio State is really 0-11.
David Granger
April 25th, 2011
11:21 pm
I didn’t think OSU was planning to fire Tressel. If they fired him after giving him a “pass” for the bowl game, they would have looked worse than if they kept him…and a big name program like that cannot afford to look stupid. And they could always excuse it away by claiming that he realizes it was a mistake, and has assured the administration that nothing like that will ever happen again…the usual BS that gets slung around in such cases. But this most recent charge…if the NCAA can substantiate it at all…might well give OSU the cover they need. (And, in fact, might just force them to get rid of him.)
I don’t see Urban Meyer returning to coaching for awhile. He’s got a few million socked away in the bank by now. And and he will make a good salary as a TV analyst just working during college football season, without all the hassle and worry of being a coach. The only reason he might, I think, is that he’s a native Ohioan.
I have to admit, it would be fun to see what he could do with Terrell Pryor…who fits his offensive scheme pretty good.
Mike
April 26th, 2011
1:16 am
Tressel will not be fired/resign and will be back through 2011 and beyond and Urban Meyer isn’t going anywhere – at least for another year or so …
SeaShark
April 26th, 2011
1:56 am
Jim Tressel is already suspended for the first five games of the 2011 football season at his own request, and Ohio State administrators will probably suspend him for the entire season before they respond to the NCAA letter. OSU will then review Tressel’s employment status after the season and the guess here is that Tressel will be fired, leaving a shameful legacy of cheating and one unearned national championship handed to the Buckeyes by the ref who made a phamtom pass interference call against Miami that allowed the Buckeyes to convert a game winning 5th down score. I frankly hope that OSU fires Tressel for “just cause” this week, which will allow the university to stop payment on his contract immediately.
The NCAA is not amused by Tressel’s intentional misconduct and deceit, and does not suffer lying fools gladly. The NCAA will pile on sanctions against OSU that will be much more severe than the university’s previously announced self imposed sanctions.
The Ohio State head coaching job is a career summit that will attract multiple A List candidates. Let the Urban Meyer speculation begin!
woody
April 26th, 2011
2:15 am
could it be….get over it you can’t beat an SEC team-go hand out some buckeyes for good luck.
Dennis Hall
April 26th, 2011
6:19 am
Just won? Typical Mark Bradley moronic comment…..win by 50 or it does not count? How many points do you need to win by for a victory to count? I’ll bet UGA wishes for a few more – Just wins, just like you do Mark.
Buckeye
April 26th, 2011
6:50 am
Crap. It wasn’t a dream………….
Paddy
April 26th, 2011
7:05 am
Getting a tip from Beno Cook is like believing the tooth fairy is really the Easter Bunny.
buckeye blast
April 26th, 2011
7:07 am
Urban Meyer will be the next coach at The Ohio State U—mark it down! OSU will come after meyer with $5 million per year plus a ton of benefits—he will not be able to turn down one of his dream jobs. OSU will be back in the BCS mix in 2 years after Meyer gets on campus. He won the national title in year 2 at florida–he’ll do the same at OSU. OSU–back on top!!!
Buckeye
April 26th, 2011
7:52 am
buckeye blast,
While I hate to disagree with a fellow Buckeye ( whose support, by the way, is a welcome addition to the board), I do not see Ohio State wanting nor Urbane Meyer accepting the position in the unlikely event it is offered.
Ohio State football is one thing – tradition. No one coach, quarterback or team is bigger than that tradition. Urbane is all about Urbane. Tressel came in understanding the tradition, honored it, beat the team up north and teased us with BCS wins and losses. The team up north, wisely, has brought in Hoke to once again honor the great traditions.
Urbane has been there, done that. Go back and watch the tapes of the NC loss and tell me you want Urbane Meyer in Scarlett and Gray.
O-H..
Buckeye
April 26th, 2011
7:54 am
woody,
funny,woody. really funny.
TommyJack
April 26th, 2011
7:56 am
Good. Yet one more reason to pull against OSU.
Buckeye
April 26th, 2011
8:09 am
Borrowed from an entry in the Columbus Dispatch blog but worth posting!
SAY IT AIN’T SO JIM
Some folks think Tressel’s a liar,
I say there’s smoke and there’s fire,
With Herbie now gone,
“For Sale” in his lawn,
Maybe Kirk’ll sell his house to U. Meyer?
UGASlobberknocker
April 26th, 2011
8:14 am
If he did take the job, how long before he has another “QUIT” attack? I would be afraid to hire him not knowing if he had any staying power. Plus even Meyer would know that if he took this job so soon after he quit at Fla his credibility would be shot.
Cant see it happening..although I do think Tressel is gone.
Whisky Breath
April 26th, 2011
8:38 am
Mark, aren’t you just repeating the obvious? This is why newspapers writiers are becoming relics.
You have to take the info, and have a decent viewpoint on the subject.
Chuck
April 26th, 2011
8:49 am
In a big city like Columbus, it takes a lot to get arrested, certainly more than “emerging from an alley” or not knowing the spelling of a middle name you deliberately don’t ever use, or even the heinous act of skinny dipping.
Like Tech, OSU benefits from livin in the umbrea of a large city with serious crime to worry about. Walking from one portent to another with a beer won’t be the subject if a sting like it is in Mayberry.
Pago Pago DAWG
April 26th, 2011
8:50 am
There were some reports that Coach Rod was visiting ohio state yesterday. Pretty funny.
Florida | MrSEC.com
April 26th, 2011
8:59 am
[...] saving-face outcome to (OSU’s) sorry mess.”Mark Bradley of The AJC wrote yesterday that “If Tressel does fall, there’d be no better choice as replacement.”And there are more. Across the web the train of speculation has left the station. Meyer to OSU [...]
icallbs
April 26th, 2011
9:01 am
I hope Ohio S keeps Tressel. This could only be more delicious were it Notre Dame.
npgator
April 26th, 2011
9:02 am
I thought Beano gave up the booze!
npgator
April 26th, 2011
9:05 am
I hate to say it but if the Buckeyes get the same Urban Meyer that coached Florida last year – they can have him.
PMC
April 26th, 2011
9:10 am
Can we just dispel all the “oh we care so much about the kids” BS?
It’s a bottom line buisniess and Tressel has been awesome at his primary job.
We know why he lied to win. He did it again in December and everyone but the NCAA knew it then. Why? So that the 5 could play and they could have a chance to win the sugar bowl.
Winning and bringing glory to the school is the primary job of a head football coach and it’s the only thing that will allow a coach to keep his job.
Cheating is rampant everywhere, we know this because the rulebook keeps expanding and yet the policing takes forever.
I don’t think he should be fired if the school still wants him to stay, but he shouldn’t have contact with his team at all (none of this only off on Saturday crap) for at least a calendar year (because a player would lose all eligibility for much less than this) he should be fined that years total salary (not to be paid by the school) and all wins that occured using the illegal players should be wiped out as is the precedent. That’s the only thing that will allow for ample deterrant.
It wasn’t a recruiting violation so I see no reason to ban postseason, TV or scholarships on the school. They have to hammer Tressel though, otherwise the floodgates are open.
Tosh.No
April 26th, 2011
9:11 am
Wow, a Buckeye fan trying to talk garbage to GA fans knowing the axe is about to fall on their sub par program. That is too funny. Thanks Buckeye, that joke made my morning. the last time ohio state was relevant was long before I was born.
PMC
April 26th, 2011
9:12 am
He should lose all interaction with the school and with college football entirely for at least a calendar year. That will give him plenty of time to write another book on ethics.
Reality Check
April 26th, 2011
9:13 am
OSU has a great tradition and short of Alabama as good or better than any other SEC team. However, from the outside Coach Tressell will leave a legacy of cutting corners, lieing and cheating. Does anyone remember the mysterious test that Maurice Clerett was able to take at the national championship so he would be eligible. Coach Tressel is a liar and if he had any integrity would step down. This is the watergate of college football and he should be impeached as Nixon was. Sorry Buckeye but you poke fun at UGA’s Liberty Bowl loss while the only way you won your bowl game was your coach who lobbied hard to have the five players play knowing all along they were ineligible. The worst part is this has nothing to do with the players or even boosters that were out of hand because that can happen to any school. Your coach covered everything up and goes into kids homes and talks about respect, working hard, etc. while he is a snake behind closed doors.
PMC
April 26th, 2011
9:15 am
Also, I don’t think Meyer is a good fit for OSU. They’ve got a coach that’s still working well that has excersised some extremely poor judgement in the name of winning. He’s got to be punished of course but why fire the coach if he’s still beating Michigan and winning Big 10 titles?
Ohio State football is an embarrassment
April 26th, 2011
9:17 am
OSU’s latest round of lying and cheating is a black eye on NCAA football and they need to be drop kicked and kicked hard.
Theirr coach needs to either quit or be fired immediately AND their winning games over the period in whch these THUGS were on the team ……………… stripped of them.
Wait and see …………… Barry O will comment liketh community punk activist he is, as he desperately needs to win Ohio in 2012 ………….. he will lose otherwise.
OSU grads for now are humiliated.
Maurice Clarett
April 26th, 2011
9:29 am
How come OSU never got in trouble when it was learned that Clarett was taking money and not attending classes while at The Ohio State University?
If the NCAA keeps digging, bet there is A LOT of stuff that Sweater Vest covered up over the years…
They should have to vacate the 2001 Natty Championship, since they didn’t deserve it anyways (bogus late pass interference call)….
Booger
April 26th, 2011
9:36 am
Maybe Urb can take some of the big UF pot stash with him to Columbus!! The Swamp: “Home of the Smokin’ Gators!” Always breakin’ the rules, always a dainty pat on the hand.
Honesty & Integrity
April 26th, 2011
9:37 am
The Sugar Bowl Trophy should be transferred to Arkansas.
Auburn Fans are horrible
April 26th, 2011
9:37 am
buckeye blast…Assuming Corch took the job at OSU, I think 2 years to national prominence is a bit ambitious.
Florida had a pretty good team when Corch took the job…in the 3rd most fertile state for top recruits. In Ohio, it would take 3-4 years just to start pulling the studs from the south. I don’t think THE Ohio State University will ever be strong enough to compete with the SEC. Certainly not with Ohio recruits alone. (How hard is it to recruit against Youngstown State and Akron btw? “Be a buckeye not a zip.” “OK”)
THE OSU’s recent success is entirely attributed to WAC level competition in the second weakest BCS conference (Oh, and when the ACC passes you by, you conference is in trouble). If you were not in a BCS conference do you really think that any of your past 5 or 6 or 8 seasons would have been strong enough to warrant an at large bid? No chance. Now it turns out that you had to cheat to be THAT good. You should be embarassed.
Mobile Dawg
April 26th, 2011
9:40 am
The real humiliating thing is that we as fans put up with the “cheating”, “lying”, etc., in the name of winning and sportsmanship. Same with putting up with the folks running our “federal government”. People have allowed themselves to be manipulated, paying the bills, all for the good of the few, and have forgotten that we really do have control, we’ve just forgotten how to exercise it, or we’re afraid. That’s the beast we’re all dealing with right now.
Football Guy
April 26th, 2011
9:51 am
Meyer better be careful. That Ohio Oregano is as good as Gainesville Green. And you really dont think all those cornfields have corn, do you?
Um, ah, um the last time
April 26th, 2011
9:51 am
UGA back in the Coach Ray Goff era defeated Ohio State either 21-7 or 21-14 with Kirk Herbstreit at QB and Robert Smith as THE highly regarded Big 10 tailback. They had nothing. We handled them without ever trailing in the old Citrus Bowl or the then newly named Cap One Bowl in 91 or 92.
OSU and the Big 10 do not play well vs SEC squads. The entire world knows this to be true. I never use one year to support my arguments …………….. college is a legacy of traditions and here is one UGA tradition:
Heck look at UGA vs Wisconsin with two or three wins over the last 12 years and look at UGA’s stomping of Michigan in 65 ( i was washing my dad’s car listening to it ) when Michigan was then # 1 in ANN ARBOR !!!
UGA also took care of mouthy Andre Rison in the 88? Gator Bowl vs the Michigan State Spartans and AGAIN IN the Cap One about three years ago.
Folks …………. we all know that “UGA IS PITIFUL” right??? Then how do they own the Brand Name schools of the bIg 10 over the last 45-50 years??? Hmmmmm???
Let the hate spew forth.
Goooooooooooooooooooooooooo Dogs.
Go Dogs.
Nerds! Nerds! Nerds!
April 26th, 2011
9:55 am
They should hire Maurice Clarett. He knows all the tattoo parlors and car dealerships.
I wish these young men would realize that you have two career choices when you get your hands and neck tatted- professional athlete or tattoo artist. Lets face it, very few do anything in athletics.
Someone needs to get in their face and tell that appearance DOES MATTER in our society.
Auburn Fans are horrible
April 26th, 2011
10:06 am
Nerds! What about being in a Punk Band? I think Pryor would be a great front man in a Punk Band.
I miss Maurice Clarett. The story where it took 6 policeman to subdue him was awesome. The tasers wouldn’t work because he chose to wear a bullett proof vest on the way (allegedly) to shoot his girlfriend. THE OSU is as dirty as any place…just the media infrastructure in Columbus is similar to Tuscaloosa and Germany under Hitler. Information control just works people.
The best part is the Buckeye fans never miss a chance to point out each and every one of the traffic related arrests in Athens.
joe
April 26th, 2011
10:07 am
The NCAA MUST put as much heat on Tressle as they did on Pearl, otherwise they are just hypocrites, which we already know.
Hoops Guru
April 26th, 2011
10:08 am
As a former high school principal at a school which would have some 50+ D1 coaches come visit every Spring…..No one…I repeat no one, ever entered a school building with the professional class that Jim Tressel did. Would always wear a suit (not the logo attire all those khaki clad coaches would wear), he would always check by the Principal’s office to seek permission to enter the building. He was the ultimate in higher education class. It is with a deep regret that I view this mess he was involved in at OSU. I have always held him up to such a high standard due to the actions I witnessed. To think we now enter him into the Bruce Pearl club is so sad. Another case where our heroes have glass feet.
shankit
April 26th, 2011
10:17 am
Blue Machine, “Michigan owns the SEC???
Georgia owns Michigan and the Big Ten, with
wins over Michigan, Ohio State, Wisconsin,
Purdue, etc.
baconator
April 26th, 2011
10:41 am
I hate Tressel. I hope he burns in the under world for his wrong doings and usage of such great and inmeasurable talent.
Tradition.....
April 26th, 2011
10:58 am
Again folks OSU football is all about tradition, those traditions include beating Michigan, cheating and losing to the SEC teams they play. All about the tradition….
Buckeye
April 26th, 2011
11:17 am
Reality,
The reality is that I have never defended Tressel’s apparent actions, or lackthereof. The reality is the NCAA, not Tressel, Gee, or Smith declared Pryor and Co. eligible for the Sugar Bowl. Bad decision by the NCAA with the benefit of hindsite? Absolutely. Is Tressel evil, immoral, a “snake”? You have your opinion, I have mine.
The reality is you went 6-7 and lost to Conf USA in the LIberty Bowl. That’s reality. Do I think Win With is a good man? Yes. Is he a great coach of a perennial top 5 program. Nope. That’s reality.
I must agree with you, however, that the Tressel legacy is forever tainted in some corners. That said, Democrats cheer for Bill Clinton. Eagle fans and cerain Falcons fans cheer for Mick Vick. Golf fans certainly roared for Tiger at Augusta a few weeks back. I will cheer again for Jim Tressel.
P.S. Curious, why do some call Saban Satan?
ColaDawg
April 26th, 2011
11:28 am
Anyone got any information on Justin Houston failing the combine drug test???
Tressel
April 26th, 2011
11:29 am
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Dawg258
April 26th, 2011
11:31 am
Mark, even if he is the coach in 2012….. what percentage do you give him of being around in 2020? I’d say 0%
He’s an overrated coach, that manipulates the system in order for him to look better than he truely is.
I wouldn’t send my kid to play for him! No discipline, No Loyalty, Not trust worthy, and only looking for someone to make him look better (Selfish) and watch out for him to not take responsibility for any failure, he’d rather pass the buck on to someone elses tab.
I’d equate him to the Sean Combs of Coaching
Old Dawg
April 26th, 2011
11:32 am
Buckeye: referencing UGA’s 2010 in this discussion is like apples and spare tires, there’s no connection. There was obviously a lot of lobbying on the part of OSU to have the players eligible for the bowl game, with the carrot of suspensions early next season used to suppress the outcry from administrators and fans all over the country.
Tressel knew of these infractions for a year and then lied about them. It’s clearly obvious the NCAA is taking a much more stern look at the situation and we’ll see what the final penalty will be.
One thing to remember, and I mentioned this in a post last week, once the NCAA gets its sites set on a program, it will continue to pursue the case until they find a reason to penalize the school. I have no idea what the penalty will be, but it will happen.
Auburn Fans are horrible
April 26th, 2011
11:33 am
Buckeye–I could tell you as soon as the NCAA said the players could play in the Sugar Bowl that the NCAA had f**ked up…I don’t need hindsight. I guess knowing that our player broke the same rule and was punished immediately (ok as immediately as anything ever happens with the NCAA anyway) led me to believe that losing a high profile QB for a BCS game would hurt the TV numbers for a BCS game and that the NCAA is much more concerned with pleasing TV partners than enforcing their criminally complicated rule book.
Tressell screwed up. Do I think he is as diabolically evil as either of the SEC head coaches in Alabama? Nope.
Covering for your kids is one thing…consistently exploiting loopholes in the NCAA rule book is another. Chizik turning a blind eye to a booster paying Cam’s Daddy and Saban’s oversigning and using Medical hardships to cut players are both much worse than Tressell trying to protect his players.
All that said…I still believe that THE OSU is the hemmoroid of College Football.
Auburn Fans are horrible
April 26th, 2011
11:33 am
ColaDawg–huh…he must have spent Spring Break in Gainesville!
PMC
April 26th, 2011
11:35 am
Cola Dawg, he was hanging out with Janoris Jenkins.
WDE
April 26th, 2011
11:56 am
I think its funny that some folks think that OSU won’t be stripped of the Sugar Bowl title as the NCAA had cleared those players to play. Folks the NCAA can say they acted on false information, as OSU didn’t give them the complete picture on who knew what when….so taking the Sugar Bowl win away is very possible…does it change anything..Hell Yes..OSU will still be winless vs the SEC..
Auburn Fans are horrible
April 26th, 2011
12:09 pm
…says the Auburn imbecile that still thinks they’ll have their BCS trophy a year from now. Hey-O!
Time
April 26th, 2011
12:21 pm
LOL @ the Buckeye fans who are posting along the lines of they think Meyer is coming and he is going to somehow win NC’s there where Tressel has failed miserably.
Sorry folks, that’s just not going to happen. You are a Big Math Error Conference team. Which means that you will get a couple “star” players that might be good, or might just look good due to the level of competition. The depth of your team will be pathetic, as it always has been. And when you run up against true football powers like SEC teams or Texas/OU/USC you get SMOKED. Tressel, Meyer, Parcells, doesn’t matter who you get. You’ll always just be a second tier team that gets media hyped up with the big boys, until you get bent over their knees and spanked.
WDE
April 26th, 2011
12:25 pm
Auburn Fans are horrible… they will get that trophy when they pry it from my cold dead hands!
DawgDad
April 26th, 2011
12:28 pm
From my vantage point we are in an era of college football tantamount to the steroid era of Major League Baseball. Cheating is rampant, the fans turn a blind eye and clamor for more wins, and the supposed leaders either facilitate or let it happen.
Tressel should be disqualified from ever again coaching or teaching at an NCAA institution. Otherwise, just what message is being sent to the kids and to society in general?
Buckeye
April 26th, 2011
12:29 pm
Auburn,
I enjoyed reading your 11:33 post. Thoughful, respectful until the end. Hemmoroid of college football. I thought that was reserved for the whatever SEC! SEC! team is playing the other SEC! SEC! team on any given Fall Saturday.
Buckeye
April 26th, 2011
12:32 pm
DawgDad,
I’ll give you Tressel if you give me Bill Clinton who instilled in million of kids of a generation that OS is not sex. Explaining a lie for covering up for his players pales in comparisoin in explaining a lie for not having relations with that woman….in the Oval Office, no less. Have some perspective.
Wolverine!
April 26th, 2011
12:32 pm
tressel will get fired, osu appoints an interim coach to try and get meyer next year. In the meantime, Michigan is back! Look for UM to take over this series, starting in 2011—ohio state is in disarray and michigan has a new coach and tons of talent.
Buckeye
April 26th, 2011
12:37 pm
Wolverine,
Good to see you. I hope you are right. It makes the rivalry.
WDE
April 26th, 2011
12:37 pm
Wolverine! Son your going to have to win something to back that big talk up with. After the way a 2nd tier SEC team ran over you in your bowl game I’m thinking all that big talk is doodley squat.
Buckeye
April 26th, 2011
12:39 pm
Time,
uga is the second tier team…be it in the SEC! SEC!, nationally or any other way you want to slice it. Facts are facts.
Buckeye
April 26th, 2011
12:40 pm
WDE,
It’s “didly” not “dodley”. Get your squats straight.
Kanoacaptain
April 26th, 2011
12:49 pm
Southern schools are routinely excoriated by the NCAA no matter how minor the violations,while Northern schools skate. Ohio State’s too valuable to the BCS for its program to be weakened with sanctions,so Tressel will apologize and keep coaching,Ohio State might lose one or two scholarships and keep playing in BCS games,and nothing will change with that. In addition,if Urban couldn’t take pressure at one football school,he won’t coach at another one anytime soon. He broke down as Butch Davis did,so I look for him to coach a school that isn’t so serious about football,as Butch Davis elected to do.
dog gone it
April 26th, 2011
12:50 pm
Fire mark the underachiever as soon as possible please….do it yesterday!
Hawker1
April 26th, 2011
12:52 pm
Buckeye, did Woody really say “tradegy”?
Buckeye
April 26th, 2011
12:57 pm
Typo, hawker. excuse TFOOM.
Dawg Gone
April 26th, 2011
12:59 pm
Buckeye a 2nd tier SEC school is exactly what OSU hopes to be one day. You would struggle to make 2nd tier in the SEC.
Dawg Trainer
April 26th, 2011
12:59 pm
So Blue Machine thinks Meeshigun owns the SEC? Well, the Wolverines just smoked us in b-ball, so I’ll give him that. But my memories tell me last time we played in football the Vols (borrowing a term from UGA) GATA. Same with The OSU. And when you let Bully (MSU) run you off the field…You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can be used against you in a court of law or a MB blog. You know the rest…
WDE
April 26th, 2011
1:00 pm
Buckeye typo excuse TFOOM too…
Auburn Fans are horrible
April 26th, 2011
1:14 pm
Buckeye…my Hatred ot OSU is tied to 3 things: stressing the ‘THE’, Kirk Herbstreit, and the Rose Bowl. THE is an article only to be stressed by self important a-holes. OSU gave the world Kirk Herbstreit who inexplicably has been given the power to affect the polls in college football! Finally the Rose Bowl…a has been bowl game that is single handedly preventing a college football playoff.
THE is annoying to everyone but OSU fans. Kirk Herbstreit has been on Florida’s Nuts for about 5 years and downgrades our dawgs almost as often as Mark May, who I think is mentally handicapped. And god bless the Rose Bowl for standing strong ot the Big Ten might just be totally irrelevent! They should keep standing strong because if a playoff was ever istituted, OSU would get to play every year and they would get crushed in the first round every year. This way at least you get your BCS payday regardless of how awful your team is.
I love you!
Jim Crow
April 26th, 2011
1:17 pm
My only concern with Meyers, that over 30 of his recruits have criminal offenses since their playing days with Florida. Not a good record.
Buckeye
April 26th, 2011
1:25 pm
Auburn
As I learned and posted yesterday, “The” became part of the official name back in like 1878.
Kirk Herbstreit? Well, someone gave the world Nancy Pelosi and she’s affected a lot more than college football polls.
The Rose Bowl preventing a playoff? Most would argue it’s the College Presidents.
Get crushed in the first round? Conjecture. That’s why they would play the games.
BCS Payday? I’ve not seen a dime.
I love you too. Second best uni’s in college football.
Buckeye
April 26th, 2011
1:27 pm
Dawg gone,
2nd Tier in the SEC! SEC!?
That’s why we scheduled Vandy and Tennessee before we take you on in 10 years.
Buckeye
April 26th, 2011
1:29 pm
Anyone know John Houston’s cell? I’d like to hook up with him so I can, you know, chill.
Dawg Gone
April 26th, 2011
1:35 pm
Buckeye My point exactly your going to start training with Vandy and Tennessee..but it may backfire I don’t think your bunch can beat the Vols.
Historical Dawg
April 26th, 2011
1:42 pm
Buckeye, nice of you to bring up last year’s Liberty Bowl, as I assume it was an effort at reconciliation based upon shared experiences. I am concerned, however, that some readers may not have fully appreciated your intentions. You see, OSU also lost in the Liberty Bowl, 23-11 to the Air Force Academy back in 1990. It seems that we do have some things in common after all.
tony barefoot
April 26th, 2011
1:58 pm
Meyer would excel in the mediocre Big Ten.But I would look at Belotti and Patterson for the programs long-term stability.Recovering from Meyers gimmick spread will take 2-3 yrs.Regarding comments vs the SEC,well Big Ten peeps when you are successful scrutiny comes looking!
tony barefoot
April 26th, 2011
2:12 pm
To Buckeye,re Saban:Saban is a “grinder”he shows up at the ath. facility at 5:30 am and leaves at 10:30pm,he is demanding,driven,and relentless and demands the same of all that are affiliated with the TIDE program.If he is referred to as Satan that would be from MSU&LSU supporters whom feel chided.You will find that Saban runs perhaps the most compliant program in the NCAA.The programs afforded BAMA players are well above and beyond most others.Saban is a football machine and will only get better during his tenure at BAMA.The TIDE program is set to be a force year in and year out as we speak,Saban has just begun to stock the necessary talent to make a long-term run at SEC and NCAA dominance.ROLL TIDE ROLL!Good luck with your current situation and think long-term if you replace your current coach for the sake of the OSU tradition.
It Ain't Rocket Science
April 26th, 2011
2:15 pm
It is said that the best defense is an offense. A lot of the bloggers on here are proving the saying. This blog is supposed to be about OSU and Tressel. Why don’t we all try and stick to the subject for once.
What has Auburn, UGA or any other school got to do with OSU’s coach getting caught. I thought little kids did this sort of stuff.
Auburn Fans are horrible
April 26th, 2011
2:45 pm
It Ain’t Rocket Science…your right it ain’t rocket science! What could OSU, Auburn, and UGA all have in comon in the last year? Hmmm…I don’t know and NCAA investigation!?
Auburn was investigated and either Auburn has gotten so good at cheating that there is no proof or the NCAA is just too stupid to find it.
UGA was investigated and turns out AJ sold a jersey to a person that can be considered an agent.
OSU was also investigated and it turns out that their players sold memorabilia and got discounted tattoos.
So the NCAA handing down consistent penalties and or investigating NCAA violations to the same extent across all schools is pertinent to the discussion of OSU’s coach getting caught.
I thought even a little kid could recognize this sort of connection? I know most kids understand when to use a ‘?’ and when to use a ‘.’. You should look into that.
bamafan
April 26th, 2011
2:50 pm
Tressel has embarrassed himself, OSU (or is it TOSU?), and all Buckeye fans. My neighbor who is a Buckeye wants Tressell gone……………how quickly things change! One day Tressel is the most conservative, clean image guy (the seater vests help) and the next day he is a lying scumbag who even lied about the lies. TOSU must make a clean break to retain its image…….might be a good idea to get rid of President Gee at the same time. That guy is an idiot and everybody knows it.
zack
April 26th, 2011
3:13 pm
Tressel not going anywhere. Urban Myer, please
Dr. Kenneth Noisewater
April 26th, 2011
3:14 pm
chuck oliver had a good point today on 680am…AJ Green’s suspension was 4 games for selling a jersey for $1000. Tressel already has 5 games but made it worse by lying about- more punishment to follow. And don’t forget Dez Bryant who had to sit out a whole year for hanging out w/ PrimeTime
Buckeye
April 26th, 2011
3:16 pm
bamafan,
Gee made be an idiot but I like to odds that his W2, benefits package and 401K make yours look like a knat on an elephants caboose.
gcs
April 26th, 2011
3:24 pm
I would be highly surprised if Urban returned to coaching in 2011.
2012 seems like too soon since he had that mental/physical breakdown but OSU might just be his dream job.
I seem to recall his wife is also from Ohio so I am guessing most of their family is in the state too.
.
Buckeye
April 26th, 2011
3:29 pm
Bradely,
Fork time. New topic please.
Ohio State is evil. uga still runs this state though remains a national wannabee program. Bama fans kills trees. Auburn buys players Tech will forever be Nerds Nerd Nerds.
So let’s continue to worship the tattooed, illiterate, dope smoking, rap/bling culture loving hoods that are on every big time roster.
bamafan
April 26th, 2011
3:36 pm
Buckeye – it is not nice to attack folks who are supporting your school and who recognize the pain and embarrassment caused by Coach Tressel and by President Gee. Not sure why President Gee’s net worth is relevant to any discussion on this blog but apparently you think so. I root for TOSU every year against Michigan, but after reading your posts, I may have to change my mind.
Buckeye
April 26th, 2011
3:46 pm
bamafan,
If you are so sanctimonious, take the afternnoon and go pay your respects to Toomer’s Corner. I’ll call the Drug Store and give them my cc # – the lemonade’s on me.
It Ain't Rocket Science
April 26th, 2011
5:04 pm
Auburn Fans are Terrible,
I believe the blog is titled, “Tressels in trouble-at Ohio State-Urban Meyer to the rescue”. So now, what does Aubnurn, UGA, UF, Ala. or any other school not mentioned in the title have to do with it? The article was not a comparison of sentences fitting the crime. Perhaps you need to drop down off that high horse you are on. Let’s not get into a discussion about education either. You will not match mine so leave it alone. And for the record, I type poorly, always have and always will. I don’t need some person whom I am sure is much my junior in both age and intellect, correcting anything I do or say.
bill
April 26th, 2011
9:34 pm
something else to consider, Florida has NEVER beaten Michigan.
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April 27th, 2011
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KS
April 27th, 2011
7:27 am
Just because you were wrong and Cook was right about the prediction of the GA vs FLA game, that doesn’t mean that hes right about Meyer.
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BuckeyeBrave
April 28th, 2011
8:46 am
For the record, Tressel did not lobby for the tattoo-gate players to play in the Sugar Bowl, the Sugar Bowl CEO demanded they play so that his bowl game didn’t lose its luster (as if we needed further proof that $$$ rules the NCAA). We’ve has consistent rumors over the last several weeks that Meyer was buying a house here in Columbus. I don’t know whether the rumor is true or not.
zack
April 29th, 2011
1:47 pm
The Buckeye’s are too clean for Urban Myer. Urban would have too much recruiting to do like the 37 arrests his players had in 6 years as him as the coach.
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