Tressel resigns

[maxduck]

http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.co ... ohio-state

[TualatinDuck]

Ohio State must be prepping to get hammered, otherwise there is no way in hell they let go of the sweatervest. Color me suprised. While firing the coach will not get them off the hook with the NCAA, it will soften the penalty since they are attempting to self correct during the process.

[MFRDuckFan]

Ohio State must be prepping to get hammered, otherwise there is no way in hell they let go of the sweatervest. Color me suprised. While firing the coach will not get them off the hook with the NCAA, it will soften the penalty since they are attempting to self correct during the process.

They're going to get hammered just like USC as they should. The NCAA didn't hold back because Kiffin came in so they now have a very difficult dilemma. They definitely painted themselves into a corner.

[Duck24]

I just went on bucknuts and read some comments from their fanbase and my God these people are screwed in the head. They say that this is all created by the media, despite this Tressel is a man of his word blah blah blah. What part of he repeatedly lied, covered up for his star players, lied some more, and then gave a piss poor excuse for his actions, leads to the media creating this? Good lord those people are something else. This has to make you wonder what else has been swept under the rug.

[uostudent]

I just went on bucknuts and read some comments from their fanbase and my God these people are screwed in the head. They say that this is all created by the media, despite this Tressel is a man of his word blah blah blah. What part of he repeatedly lied, covered up for his star players, lied some more, and then gave a piss poor excuse for his actions, leads to the media creating this? Good lord those people are something else. This has to make you wonder what else has been swept under the rug.

I wouldn't judge a fanbase on some message board talk. The OSU fans I met at the Rose Bowl were awesome. Everyone knew that the Vest was going to have to resign - it was only a matter of when. Have to wonder when teams like LSU, Bama, etc. will be taken down by the NCAA....probably never since everyone but Vandy cheats in the SEC and their commissioner will help cover everything up.

[woundedknees]

The players are as bad, or worse...

http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/ ... esignation

"Center Mike Brewster: Coach Tressel was one of the most honorable men I ever had the chance of being around..he taught me endless life lessons"

Tight end Jake Stoneburner: Tress taught me life lessons and how to become a man. I will forever be grateful that I played for such a great man. He is irreplaceable.

Left tackle Mike Adams: #coachtress is what young people everywhere should strive to be! What don't break us will make us

Linebacker Andrew Sweat: You have done a tremendous amount for us as football players but more importantly developing us as men. Thanks

Evidently, learning from a liar and a cheat is "An important Lesson About Life", such as was portrayed on black and white tv shows like "My Three Sons", and "Father Knows Best", back in the '60's...

LOL at former basketball coach, Bobby Knight:

http://www.insidethehall.com/2011/03...-on-mike-mike/

"There is no coach in college sports that’s a better example, in my mind,
of what coaching is all about and what it should be and how things should be
done than Jimmy Tressel. He has done a great job at Ohio State, not
because he’s won a lot of games, but because he has won a lot of games
doing things the absolute right way. And I think that he would be at the
top of the heap when it came to picking guys that did things the way they
were supposed to be done. There isn’t anybody who is better in that regard
than Jim Tressel is.”

Then Bobby goes on the claim all Tressel did was inadvertently miss some minor rule...

[greenyellow]

Those reactions from players and Bobby Knight are just sad. A good and honorable coach would not cover up incidents like this.

[maxduck]

The players are as bad, or worse...

http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/ ... esignation

"Center Mike Brewster: Coach Tressel was one of the most honorable men I ever had the chance of being around..he taught me endless life lessons"

Tight end Jake Stoneburner: Tress taught me life lessons and how to become a man. I will forever be grateful that I played for such a great man. He is irreplaceable.

Left tackle Mike Adams: #coachtress is what young people everywhere should strive to be! What don't break us will make us

Linebacker Andrew Sweat: You have done a tremendous amount for us as football players but more importantly developing us as men. Thanks

Evidently, learning from a liar and a cheat is "An important Lesson About Life", such as was portrayed on black and white tv shows like "My Three Sons", and "Father Knows Best", back in the '60's...

LOL at former basketball coach, Bobby Knight:

http://www.insidethehall.com/2011/03...-on-mike-mike/

"There is no coach in college sports that’s a better example, in my mind,
of what coaching is all about and what it should be and how things should be
done than Jimmy Tressel. He has done a great job at Ohio State, not
because he’s won a lot of games, but because he has won a lot of games
doing things the absolute right way. And I think that he would be at the
top of the heap when it came to picking guys that did things the way they
were supposed to be done. There isn’t anybody who is better in that regard
than Jim Tressel is.”

Then Bobby goes on the claim all Tressel did was inadvertently miss some minor rule...

Andy Staples goes directly to the point...

Try for a moment to remove whatever school-colored glasses you might own and consider the following questions:

-- If Tim Tebow, Percy Harvin and Alex Smith had been found guilty of breaking NCAA rules, what would you think of former Utah and Florida coach Urban Meyer?

-- If Ricky Williams, Vince Young and Colt McCoy had all been penalized for running afoul of the NCAA, what would you think of Texas coach Mack Brown?

-- If college sports' governing body had forced LaRon Landry, Rolando McClain and Mark Ingram to miss games for their transgressions, what would you think of former LSU and current Alabama coach Nick Saban?

You probably didn't have to think too hard about the answer. If the three highest profile players of a big-time coach's career all got dinged by the NCAA, you would think that coach might be dirty. So why, after Maurice Clarett, Troy Smith and Terrelle Pryor all faced NCAA sanctions, did people still think Ohio State coach Jim Tressel was squeaky clean? Why, after Tressel admitted in March that he played ineligible players and lied to the NCAA about it, did people still rush to his defense, claiming him an otherwise perfect coach who made one little mistake?

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/w ... z1Nr8d2tIo

Also not a surprise that apparently the "resignation" wasn't entirely voluntary.

According to the Columbus Dispatch, which broke the story on Tressel’s resignation, the now-former head coach was “encouraged” to resign by unnamed individuals. It’s unclear precisely who those individuals were, but the talk of Tressel stepping down for the good of the program had reportedly commenced several weeks ago.

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[Juice]

interesting comments from coach knight... especially considering he completely ripped John Calipari for pretty much the same thing.

[uodux1212]

interesting comments from coach knight... especially considering he completely ripped John Calipari for pretty much the same thing.

Then Bobby goes on the claim all Tressel did was inadvertently miss some minor rule..

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This is laughable. Tressel put his signature on a piece of paper stating he didnt know of ANY violations that had occurred at his program, later to be found out to be a total lie. How is that inadvertently missing a minor rule?!? Ummmmm, sure pal.

[greenyellow]

interesting comments from coach knight... especially considering he completely ripped John Calipari for pretty much the same thing.

Then Bobby goes on the claim all Tressel did was inadvertently miss some minor rule..

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This is laughable. Tressel put his signature on a piece of paper stating he didnt know of ANY violations that had occurred at his program, later to be found out to be a total lie. How is that inadvertently missing a minor rule?!? Ummmmm, sure pal.

Considering his past history of not telling the truth at Youngstown State, it was probably only a matter of time before he got caught at tOSU.

[amazon]

I know the Hitler YouTube videos have been well ridden, this one is pretty funny with his reaction to the Tressel reaction.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HWubSaq ... ture=share

[MFRDuckFan]

I know the Hitler YouTube videos have been well ridden, this one is pretty funny with his reaction to the Tressel reaction.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HWubSaq ... ture=share

That was fricking hilarious!!! +100

[woundedknees]

[amazon]

The new vest.