Ohio St coach Jim Tressel could be in big trouble...

[Judge Jude]

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news;_ylt=AiId8xx6shWPQub3aI3xxgs5nYcB?slug=ys-osuprobe030711

"Ohio State coach Jim Tressel was informed that several Buckeyes players were selling memorabilia more than eight months before the school claims it was made aware of the scheme, a two-month Yahoo! Sports investigation has found.

Tressel received information that players were selling items to Edward Rife – the owner of Fine Line Ink Tattoos in Columbus – as early as April 2010, according to a source. However, neither Ohio State nor the NCAA investigated the transactions or the players’ relationship with Rife until December 2010, when the school claims it was informed of the situation by the local United States Attorney’s office."

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That sweater vest might not be enough to save him this time....

[frae]

2 games suspension so far. The Sweater Vest's "clean" image may finally get some **** to stick to him.

[Hammer]

good.......the 'penalty' last year was a farce.

[Judge Jude]

Are these the two games against Little Sisters of the Poor?

The NCAA is pretty dumb, but even they may not be dumb enough to fall for this laughable self-imposed penalty. The USC of the midwest may finally get its comeuppance. They are THE corrupt football program, after all....

[Hammer]

Are these the two games against Little Sisters of the Poor?

The NCAA is pretty dumb, but even they may not be dumb enough to fall for this laughable self-imposed penalty. The USC of the midwest may finally get its comeuppance. They are THE corrupt football program, after all....

The Big 12 would beg to differ.

[davidgrey]

The NCAA needs to make an example of one of the football powers or things will never change. They already have a black eye from the Cam Newton fiasco and by allowing the suspended Buckeye players to play in the Sugar Bowl. I would expect them to tack on a little, but he likely will avoid anything major (Though when you look at all the little violations that OSU has had in recent years that have gone with minor or no punishments, you'd think at some point they'd have to pay the piper.

In May of 2009, The Columbus Dispatch reported that since 2000, Ohio State had reported to the NCAA more than 375 violations -- the most of any of the 69 Football Bowl Subdivision schools that provided documents to the newspaper through public-records requests. Most of the infractions were minor and resulted in little or no punishment.

[Judge Jude]

holy smokes, if half of this is true, Tressel makes Pete Carroll seem like a choir boy:

http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/tressel-false-ncaa-innocent-claims-before-osu-29665