Wisch: Terrelle Pryor And Eric Gordon, Brothers in Harm
By Dave Wischnowsky– Four years ago, when Terrelle Pryor – then the most celebrated prep quarterback in the country – signed with Ohio State, he was hailed by the sweater-vested faithful as a...
View ArticleThompson: Problems Long From Over For Buckeyes
Brutus and the Buckeyes are in trouble. Or should I say – more trouble. A black cloud is hanging over The Ohio State University after five football players were suspended in December and now with Head...
View ArticleThompson: Tressel Offers NCAA Golden Opportunity
College football’s year of scandals continued this week, with The Ohio State University being the latest guilty program. In a year when numerous big name college football programs have been sanctioned,...
View ArticleMuller: Does The NCAA Need To Bring Back The Death Penalty?
By Shawn Muller– With the Final Four coming up this weekend, the Bulls pushing for an NBA title, and Opening Day for the Sox and Cubs approaching, there are plenty of other things that I should be...
View ArticleTressel Apologizes For Rule Violations
Ohio State coach Jim Tressel apologized for letting people down Wednesday, and acknowledged that some may view him as a cheater in the wake of NCAA violations that resulted in a five-game suspension....
View ArticleNCAA Claims Tressel Lied To Keep Players On Field
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) The NCAA is claiming that 10-year coach Jim Tressel lied and withheld information to keep several of his players eligible and on the field after they had accepted improper benefits...
View ArticleMuller: Jim Tressel Needs To Resign
By Shawn Muller– CHICAGO (CBS) No one likes it when they find out a person who they thought they could trust is a complete phony. Once this happens, you can never be sure if that person is ever telling...
View ArticleReport: Ohio State Players Received $14K, SUV In Trades
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) A newspaper has reported that several Buckeye players traded dozens of items to the owner of a tattoo parlor, receiving tattoos, $14,000, and in one case a sport-utility vehicle....
View ArticleReport: OSU Looking Into Car Sales
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Ohio State’s director of compliance is reviewing at least 50 car sales to Buckeyes athletes and relatives to see if they met NCAA rules, The Columbus Dispatch reported Saturday. The...
View ArticleTressel Will Pay For His Own Legal Team
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Jim Tressel will pay for his own defense lawyers as the Ohio State head coach faces charges that he was aware his players had received improper benefits and didn’t report it....
View ArticleTressel Resigns As Buckeyes Head Coach
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Jim Tressel, who guided Ohio State to its first national title in 34 years, resigned Monday amid NCAA violations from a tattoo-parlor scandal that sullied the image of one of the...
View ArticleSports Illustrated Probes Downfall Of Buckeyes’ Tressel
COLUMBUS, Ohio (CBS) — An investigation by Sports Illustrated delves into the decline and fall of Ohio Buckeyes coach Jim Tressel, who resigned Monday amid NCAA violations from a tattoo parlor scandal....
View ArticleWithout Change, College Football Recruiting Will ‘Get Worse Every Year’
CHICAGO (WSCR) Once revered for being a beacon of integrity, Ohio State head football coach Jim Tressel signed on Monday, in the midst of a scandal. While the scandal is new to Tressel and Ohio State,...
View ArticleReport: Gruden Would Take OSU Job If Offered
CHICAGO (CBS) Shortly after Jim Tressel resigned as Ohio State’s head coach, the speculation about his replacement started up. Two of the biggest the names that have been mentioned are Urban Meyer and...
View Article‘No Chance’ Pryor Plays Another Game As A Buckeye
CHICAGO (WSCR) In their last game of the 2010 season, Terrelle Pryor led the Ohio State Buckeyes to a 31-26 win in the Sugar Bowl. And as each day passes, and more reports about Pryor surface, it looks...
View ArticlePryor’s Cars Now Focus Of NCAA Investigation
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — On Monday, head coach Jim Tressel resigned as the Ohio State head football coach. The resignation stemmed from his cover up of players receiving improper benefits. On Tuesday, the...
View ArticleJack Nicklaus Defends Tressel
MIAMI (AP) LeBron James is at the NBA finals. Jack Nicklaus is hosting the Memorial. Neither can avoid the current mess surrounding Ohio State football. James is a longtime Buckeyes fan, and Nicklaus...
View ArticleOhio State President: Athletic Director’s Job Is Safe
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Ohio State President Gordon Gee said Wednesday he expects university athletics director Gene Smith to stay on despite head football coach Jim Tressel’s resignation and a growing...
View ArticleUPDATED: Pryor Has License Reinstated
Updated on June 2, 2011 at 2:05 p.m. COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Head coach Jim Tressel was recently the center of controversy and an NCAA investigation at Ohio State, now it looks like that focus is shifting...
View ArticleTerrelle Pryor’s Lawyer Questions SI Story
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) The lawyer for Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor has questioned the facts in a Sports Illustrated special report on the Buckeyes’ NCAA problems, saying the story is “90-percent...
View ArticleHoge: An Embarrassing 12 Months For Big Ten
By Adam Hoge- CHICAGO (CBS) It’s been nearly a year since the Big Ten announced the addition of Nebraska to the conference. It was a coup that no one could criticize and it was a move that put the Big...
View ArticlePryor’s Guardian Says QB Will Stay At Ohio State
JEANNETTE, Pa. (AP) Terrelle Pryor’s godfather and legal guardian believes the embattled quarterback will finish his career at Ohio State. Willie Burns said he spoke with Pryor two days ago. While they...
View ArticleWisch: What If College Athletes Went On ‘Strike?’
By Dave Wischnowsky– CHICAGO (CBS) The NFL is embroiled in a lockout. And its players are ticked. The NBA might be headed toward a lockout. And its players will be ticked. The NCAA, meanwhile, is not...
View ArticleTerrelle Pryor Leaving Ohio State
Updated on June 7, 2011 at 5:25 p.m CHICAGO (CBS) Terrelle Pryor’s career at Ohio State is over, the university confirmed Tuesday. The decision by the former Buckeyes quarterback was first reported by...
View ArticleDorfman: College Sports Scandals: We All Deserve Some Blame
By Daniel I. Dorfman– CHICAGO (WSCR) These past few years on fall Saturday afternoons, I’ve found myself watching Ohio State football knowing the athletes in Columbus, Ohio represented the best college...
View ArticleOSU President: Despite Resignation, Tressel Will Still Pay $250K Fine
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — On Thursday, Ohio State president Gordon Gee confirmed that NCAA investigators have left the university’s campus after reviewing allegations that football players received...
View ArticleOSU President: Football Scandal A ‘Temporary Condition’
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The once proud Ohio State football program suffered a black eye as a result of scandals involving head coach Jim Tressel and star quarterback Terrelle Pryor. According to...
View ArticleFickell Claims He Didn’t Know About OSU Violations
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Two weeks after Jim Tressel was forced to resign in the midst of an NCAA investigation into a coverup of improper benefits to football players, interim Ohio State coach Luke Fickell...
View ArticleOhio State To Submit Response To NCAA On Friday
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith says he’s disappointed with “where we are” in terms of NCAA violations by its football program and the sanctions that will come with it,...
View ArticleOhio State Evaluation Form Rates Tressel ‘Unacceptable’
Updated on July 15, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An evaluation of former Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel’s job performance in 2005-06 rated him as “unacceptable” when it came to...
View ArticleOhio State Will Not Face ‘Failure To Monitor’ Charge
(CBS) Ohio State will avoid the always serious “failure to monitor” charge that could have resulted in a postseason or television ban. The Columbus Dispatch reported Friday: The NCAA has notified Ohio...
View ArticleOhio State Forfeits Bowl Payout As NCAA Hears Case
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Ohio State’s hearing before the NCAA took only four hours. Now it must wait up to 12 weeks to find out how it will be penalized for rules broken by its football program. A...
View ArticleHoge: If True, Big Ten Should Kick Penn State Out
By Adam Hoge- (CBS) As far as NCAA scandals go, this is as bad as it gets. It’s worse than the worst recruiting violation. It’s worse than free tattoos. It’s worse than top bowl officials skimming...
View ArticleNCAA To Hand Down Final Sanctions To Ohio State Today
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State will find out its NCAA fate later today. Athletic director Gene Smith confirmed to The Associated Press early Tuesday that the NCAA’s committee on infractions would...
View ArticleOhio State Banned From Postseason In 2012
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The NCAA hit Ohio State with a one-year bowl ban and other penalties on Tuesday for a scandal that involved eight players taking a total of $14,000 in cash and tattoos in exchange...
View ArticleHanley: Ohio State AD Gene Smith ‘Clueless’
By Brian Hanley (CBS) — Gene Smith, the clueless Ohio State athletic director, shouldn’t be the only one “disappointed with the NCAA’s decision” Tuesday. The NCAA hit Ohio State with a one-year bowl...
View ArticleTressel Taking Administrative Job At Akron
CLEVELAND (AP) — Jim Tressel is getting a “second chance” at the school where he started coaching. The former Ohio State coach, who resigned in disgrace last May amid a cash-for-tattoos scandal at the...
View ArticleMuller: Winning Shouldn’t Save Bobby Petrino’s Job
By Shawn Muller- (CBS) Stop embarrassing yourselves, Arkansas Razorback fans. Holding a rally on the University of Arkansas campus Monday evening to show support for head football coach Bobby Petrino?...
View ArticleRead: NCAA Ohio State Public Infractions Report
(CBS) The NCAA gave Ohio State a one-year postseason ban Tuesday and took away four scholarships, while adding an extra year of probation. Ohio State had already self-imposed a two-year probation...
View ArticleHoge: NCAA Gets It Right With Ohio State Punishment
By Adam Hoge- (CBS) I can’t believe I’m writing this, but the NCAA got it right with the sanctions it handed Ohio State Tuesday. The breakdown of the punishment is as follows: – A one-year postseason...
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