Jim Tressel Resigns

Jim Tressel has resigned from Ohio State after 10 seasons - ESPN (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=6606999)

Lol, SMU part Deux.

1. Urban Meyer: This is the grand slam hire for Ohio State, given Meyer's pedigree, track record and age. Meyer grew up in Ohio, graduated from the University of Cincinnati and was a graduate assistant for the Buckeyes in 1986-87. He stepped down at Florida after the 2010 season and is spending more time with his family and doing TV for ESPN. In the book Meyer wrote in 2008, he said that Notre Dame, Ohio State and Michigan were the only coaching jobs his wife had no power to veto.

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Absolute disgrace. All he had to do was the right thing, and he instead chose to try to cover it up. Great, great coach, really ashame.

If Urban Meyer goes there I would be really unhappy. Especially with the reasons he gave for leaving Florida.

I guess I should sell all my stock in red and grey sweater vests.

Absolute disgrace. All he had to do was the right thing, and he instead chose to try to cover it up. Great, great coach, really ashame.

If Urban Meyer goes there I would be really unhappy. Especially with the reasons he gave for leaving Florida.

Well it's not like Florida is really to hurt by Meyer leaving. They still have Florida recruits as well as both an elite offensive (Weiss) and defensive mind (Muschamp). I mean can you imagine Notre Dame under Weiss with Florida kids and an actual defense? They would have been National Champs. I mean I know Muschamp is the HC but Weiss is an absolute steal as an offensive coordinator. Of course I grit my teeth when I hear people doubting Weiss's ability to gameplan for SEC defenses, because you know, they're more complicated then NFL Defenses :silly:

Sports Illustrated investigation on Jim Tressel, Ohio State - SI.com - Magazine (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/magazine/05/30/jim.tressel/index.html?eref=sihp&sct=hp_t11_a3)

wow, interesting stuff.

And it looks like ole TP hopefully might have taken his last snap too at OSU:

Report: NCAA launches separate probe of Ohio State QB Terrelle Pryor - ESPN (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=6608432)

Good, I hate OSU. Maybe this will shut their fans up for a few years. They've become like the Boston Red Sox fans of college football.

I used to have respect for Tressel. He did and said the right things but he's no Tony Dungee aparently...this problem was more widespread than we ever thought.

Pryor won't have to come back now and I doubt he will. Tressel made his suspended players promise to come back after their 5 games as part of their "plea deal" to play in the bowl game last year...to delay their punishment so the university still had a shot at winning and getting paid. That struck a bad cord with me then and I was never a huge fan of Pryor, but now it seems his whole team was out of control. Where was the AD's oversight in all of this? Nowhere. I guess Tressel had a big enough presence to get a free, unmonitored pass at running the show. Bad idea with anyone.

word was TP when he was being recruited, had a very high potential to be a POS. looks like that was right. too bad, cause the kid is a super talent

Pryor won't have to come back now and I doubt he will. Tressel made his suspended players promise to come back after their 5 games as part of their "plea deal" to play in the bowl game last year...to delay their punishment so the university still had a shot at winning and getting paid. That struck a bad cord with me then and I was never a huge fan of Pryor, but now it seems his whole team was out of control. Where was the AD's oversight in all of this? Nowhere. I guess Tressel had a big enough presence to get a free, unmonitored pass at running the show. Bad idea with anyone.

Next years class, always better :D

Still we can get him in the supplemental draft for a late round pick. I personally think he's a better pro prospect then Newton as Newton only had one year starting and put up his numbers in a spread offense. Pryor put up 27 TD's 11 Int's and a 65% completion rate in a pro style offense. Mobile, strong armed, and now possibly accurate.

Of course fringe members of a certain site are suggesting that Pryor play WR or CB in the NFL (Passive Aggressive FTW)

I'm not going to jump up for joy, dealing with my own alma mater's sanctions. I'll just say this... the NCAA is a sham and the players need to be paid.