Tressel Out (per Columbus Dispatch)

But ... but ... Alabama's got a Saban statue! And there's a community to heal from the tornado devastation!

 

He may get hit with a show cause penalty and won't be a college coach again. But that's not to say an NFL team won't offer him money as a "consultant" if not an assistant coach, as happened to Kelvin Sampson.

 

When he was at Youngstown I had a coach tell me: "If he doesn't break the rules, he sure does heat up the bar and bend them."

 

Gotta love all the Michigan fans crowing about Tressel and Ohio State cheating. The same Michigan that just had NCAA problems itself.

Of course, with Tressel gone, Michigan may actually have a chance at beating the Bald Nuts this year.


I'll agree on one thing with the Michigan fans. It is kind of weak for OSU and Tressel to announce this on a holiday.

 

Would Gee consider Chris Petersen, or is he not deserving?

 

Tressel hates Memorial Day

 

I'm not arguing, just asking... Is the only difference between what happened to Tressel and what happened to Pete Carroll that Carroll bailed out at the right time?

 

Pretty much. Carroll knew the posse was coming and got out of town. Tressel apparently had no where else to go.

What a cesspool big-time college sports have become. I can partially excuse the 19-year-old kid who has no idea what he's getting into, but the adults who condone it? Perhaps schools need to get a bit tougher, like providing all athletes a complete list of NCAA rules and saying "You break the rules, you're off the team and out of school". Of course, the fact it takes years for some of this stuff to come to light doesn't help matters.

 

Don't think Carroll spent as much time polishing his halo. And watching this happen to the Big Tweleven is just an added dollop of joy.

 

Pryor about to be done at OSU also:

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

 

The supplemental NFL draft suddenly gets more interesting. Letting those guys play in the Sugar Bowl now looks like an even bigger sham.

 

Funny you mention that. We went to Tuscaloosa today. First thing Ms. Slappy, the huge Alabama fan, said is how disproportionate the statue is to a person. From the waist down, he's built like Herman Munster instead of Pee-Wee Herman.