Tressel Resigns From Ohio State in Shame

[superman7515]

Jim Tressel tenders resignation (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=6606999)


Embattled coach Jim Tressel has resigned from Ohio State.

"After meeting with University officials, we agreed that it is in the best interest of Ohio State that I resign as head football coach," Tressel said in a statement Monday morning. "The appreciation that Ellen and I have for the Buckeye Nation is immeasurable."

School president E. Gordon Gee announced Tressel's departure in a letter sent to Ohio State trustees.

"As you all know, I appointed a special committee to analyze and provide advice to me regarding issues attendant to our football program," the letter said, according to The Columbus Dispatch, which first reported Tressel's decision. "In consultation with the senior leadership of the University and the senior leadership of the Board, I have been actively reviewing the matter and have accepted Coach Tressel's resignation."

Assistant coach Luke Fickell, who had been named to fill in for Tressel during the first five games of the 2011 season in which he was to be suspended, will take over as the interim head coach, Ohio State said in a news release.....

[StorminASU]

I wonder if OSU will follow the downward spiral Michigan went into after a coaching change? Of course switching to the spread hurt worse there.

[AggieFinn]

If Urban Meyer eventually ends up taking the job you wonder what kind of offense he'll run.

[bonarae]

I wonder if OSU will follow the downward spiral Michigan went into after a coaching change? Of course switching to the spread hurt worse there.

Probably. The 5 game suspension for the affected players is still in effect even with Tressel gone.

I also wonder what this will happen to the other 'The Game' (Michigan-Ohio State rivalry)... I think Michigan will return to its winning ways in this rivalry.

[Purple Pride]

Terrelle Pryor is next

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/sports/stories/2011/05/30/zzz.html

[bonarae]

Terrelle Pryor is next

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/sports/stories/2011/05/30/zzz.html

Well, if he will leave the team... Michigan will return to its winning ways in the Big Ten. xrolleyesx

[blukeys]

June 31 will be a BAD day for Tressel. SI has a new article coming out. Will go back to Tressel's days with Youngstown State and his cheating ways. He's unlikely to survive this.

Last I checked June 31st is a day that will never come.

[Purple Pride]

Sorry, meant 5/31

[Skjellyfetti]

When is the Supplemental Draft? If I were Terrell Pryor and it wasn't too late... I'd be gone.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

I really believe he was cheating at YSU. They were a nothing before he arrived and have been a nothing since he left.

[bonarae]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/magazine/05/30/jim.tressel/index.html

Above is the SI article you guys were talking about.

[LegalGaSouthernEagle]

This article should be a wakeup call to those who think that their school's should stay in FCS because it is somehow a more pure version of amateur athletics than FBS is. It's not. The checks are just a little smaller in FCS.

[PaladinFan]

This article should be a wakeup call to those who think that their school's should stay in FCS because it is somehow a more pure version of amateur athletics than FBS is. It's not. The checks are just a little smaller in FCS.

This article has nothing to do with that.

College football is crooked. Period. People just accept that crookedness.

[bonarae]

College football is crooked. Period. People just accept that crookedness.

The Ivies are aware of this, that's why the Presidents had decided years before not to get their (and the programs') feet wet in this mess. But what is the real reason why we're not participating in the playoffs? That is a complicated story, and it also goes beyond scandal in the higher tiers.

[Cleets]

The Ivies are aware of this, that's why the Presidents had decided years before not to get their (and the programs') feet wet in this mess. But what is the real reason why we're not participating in the playoffs? That is a complicated story, and it also goes beyond scandal in the higher tiers.

Ugh... Don't get me started on this topic
Although if pressed I will admit I'm glad the Ivy league doesn't participate in the playoffs - for several reasons - which I won't get into here

so go **** yourself **** ****** **** and while you're at it ****** **** for ****** the third string ***** ****** **** always ***** ******* party dress and ***** eat creamed corn through a ****** ***** number eight *****

[Gil Dobie]

We don't give a damn about the NCAA, the NCAA, NCAA
We're from Ohio O-H
We don't give a damn about the NCAA,
We're from Ohio O-I

[blukeys]

Sorry, meant 5/31

No problem I hit the wrong keys all the time.

[blukeys]

Tressel has been a hypocrite and a slime from day one. He was an assistant at OSU in the 80's. Do you think he was unaware of the OSU shenanigans back then? He got boosters to give cars to players at Youngstown State and he got a slap on the wrist. Maurice Clarett has a bunch of stories to tell but he is keeping his mouth shut.
Tressel has lied every step of the way in this so called "investigation". One can certainly point to other instances of bad behavior but Tressel's behavior while professing to be a model of a Christian man is too much to take.
Tressel has been caught with his pants down on 3 separate occasions. Enough of the excuses.

[Franks Tanks]

Tressel has been a hypocrite and a slime from day one. He was an assistant at OSU in the 80's. Do you think he was unaware of the OSU shenanigans back then? He got boosters to give cars to players at Youngstown State and he got a slap on the wrist. Maurice Clarett has a bunch of stories to tell but he is keeping his mouth shut.
Tressel has lied every step of the way in this so called "investigation". One can certainly point to other instances of bad behavior but Tressel's behavior while professing to be a model of a Christian man is too much to take.
Tressel has been caught with his pants down on 3 separate occasions. Enough of the excuses.

Tressell has a pattern of rule breaking and doing shady stuff. This isn't about a few players who traded a charm for a tat, it is a long history of Tressell and O$U looking the other way.

[blukeys]

Tressell has a pattern of rule breaking and doing shady stuff. This isn't about a few players who traded a charm for a tat, it is a long history of Tressell and O$U looking the other way.

Youngstown State looked the other way as well.

[LegalGaSouthernEagle]

This article has nothing to do with that.

College football is crooked. Period. People just accept that crookedness.Of course it does. The article shows pretty clearly that Tressell's violations started at Youngstown State. We're talking the early 90's at the I-AA level, and they were giving players cars and cash. That's not small-time corruption.
So often, fans who are against moving up to I-A will cite as part of their reasoning for their position that I-AA is a much purer form of amateur athletics, and not as corrupt as I-A is. Clearly this article shows that the same cheating goes on at the I-AA level. What it also shows is that, quite frankly, cheating is more likely to be overlooked at the I-AA level because the media spotlight isn't as bright as it is in I-A.
I guess there are legitimate reasons as to why a school would rather be I-AA than I-A, but the "purity of the game" isn't one of them.

[bkrownd]

The Ivies are aware of this, that's why the Presidents had decided years before not to get their (and the programs') feet wet in this mess. But what is the real reason why we're not participating in the playoffs? That is a complicated story, and it also goes beyond scandal in the higher tiers.

THis kind of thing isn't limited to football, and that hasn't keptthe Ivy League from participating fully in other sports.

[ngineer]

This article has nothing to do with that.

College football is crooked. Period. People just accept that crookedness.

Also, basketball. Any sport that generates revenue, rather than just 'covering its expenses' is ripe for corruption.

[ngineer]

We should have known all along that Tressel had a 'vested' interest in more than just football. (;-)

[ASUMountaineer]

We should have known all along that Tressel had a 'vested' interest in more than just football. (;-)

Rimshot!

[blukeys]

Youngstown State needs to change their fight song to "Baby You Can Drive My Car".

[jmufan999]

i have been saying since the maurice clarett incident that not only is Jim Tressel guilty, so are many other college football coaches. and i also agree with those who believe this happens at the FCS level. i think it's much more common than many would like to believe.

[jmufan999]

why does my above post have the word "guilty" twice in a row but it's not there when i try to edit it?

[bonarae]

http://msn.foxsports.com/collegefootball/story/Former-Ohio-State-coach-Jim-Tressel-is-product-of-flawed-system-053111?utm_source=bleacherreport.com&utm_medium=referral


At the book’s outset and at its best, authors James Miller and Tom Shales document how a group of businessmen and entrepreneurs built a multibillion-dollar TV network from the foundation of broadcasting tape-delayed college football games and live NCAA tournament basketball games.

NCAA shamateurism birthed the self-proclaimed Worldwide Leader in Sports.

It should come as no surprise that in 2011, even with big-time college athletics grotesquely sick with corruption incubated by the lie of amateurism, no major media outlet will mount a serious, consistent call for an overhaul of NCAA rules.

We owe our existence to the exploitation of shamateur football and basketball players. We must support the lie.

[Big Al]

http://msn.foxsports.com/collegefootball/story/Former-Ohio-State-coach-Jim-Tressel-is-product-of-flawed-system-053111?utm_source=bleacherreport.com&utm_medium=referral

That's a pretty accurate indictment of the whole deal, I'd say.


i have been saying since the maurice clarett incident that not only is Jim Tressel guilty, so are many other college football coaches. and i also agree with those who believe this happens at the FCS level. i think it's much more common than many would like to believe.

The rules are stupid but Tressel deserves no sympathy. He knows what it takes to be a winner and he set himself up for the fall, anyways.

When my wife was in grad school, she received a full scholarship along with a paid teaching or research assignment every semester. Athletes should receive the same stipend that a graduate student would receive. That isn't the only rule that should be changed but it would be a good start.

Oh, and the # of fb scholarships should be cut in half at the D-I and D-II level.

[StorminASU]

Rimshot!

Rimjob!

[ASUMountaineer]

Rimjob!

xlolx