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12-07-2007, 09:15 AM
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Originally Posted by vioravis
Isn't he violating the NCAA guidelines by providing personal benefits to a player? I hope not, but reminds me of the Jim O'Brien incident.
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Thats sounds nothing like the OB incident.
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Reason: not speaking from a compliance standpoint but in general about the gesture...I don't believe OBs account
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12-07-2007, 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by ShakerBuck
Thats sounds nothing like the OB incident.
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It sounds nothing like the Savovic mess. You could argue that it sounds somewhat comparable to the Radojevic situation, at least as O'Brien described it.
Just to be clear, I don't think for a second that there was any sort of violation here. O'Brien, in the most generous possible interpretation of events, was very careless and stupid, two things which I'm pretty confident Tressel would never be. |
12-07-2007, 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by StoRMinBrutus
Someone sent this too me inter-office here at Ohio State. I have no idea who it was from so I can't verify but it sure sounds like something he'd do.
A short story about JIm Tressel:
Tyson Gentry is a young man that is from Sandusky Perkins High School . He walked on at OSU as a freshmen for wide receiver. He was doing well, but he went up over the middle for a high pass and was hit and came down wrong and has been paralyzed from the waist on down. Now for the rest of the story.
The following is a true Jim Tressel story you WON'T read about (and that's unfortunate).
A friend of Tyson Gentry (and his family) came to Columbus a few weeks ago and he came away with the following story after spending an afternoon with them:
Gentry works out (rehabs) at the OSU football facility and he spends alot of time on one machine in particular. About a month ago Tressel is walking through the room and stops by to say hello to Gentry. Real small talk type of stuff, Tressel asked him about the rehab, etc... and Gentry mentions things are going well. Tressel asks about some of the exercises that Gentry does and Gentry mentioned that the machine he is presently on seems to do the best for him and that he uses it whenever it is available. Apparently it is a popular machine to use in the facility. After a couple of more minutes of talk, Tressel leaves and that's it.
However, the following week Gentry goes to the doctor's office for a visit, etc.. comes back home and in his garage is a brand new version of that machine...paid for ($6,000) by Tressel himself with a note that says "you'll never have to wait in line to use it again."
No additional comments needed. He's a class guy.
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JESUS CHRIST TRESSEL STOP GIVING ME REASONS TO NOT HATE YOU!!!!
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12-07-2007, 05:05 PM
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Originally Posted by SNIPER26
JESUS CHRIST TRESSEL STOP GIVING ME REASONS TO NOT HATE YOU!!!!
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hahaha
i think the longer this thread goes on, the more you're going to be faced with that dilemmea.
and if the NCAA feels that they need to punish someone for providing a workout machine to aid a paralyzed former player, let em. Tressel is a class act, and i'd rather him feel that he can do what's right rather than what the NCAA deems "appropriate."
if helping out tyson gentry isn't appropriate, [censored] 'em
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12-13-2007, 02:55 AM
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OSU, Tressel and an AWESOME recruiting statistic!!
Check this out, to see if I am right (and feel free to either agree, or tell me where I erred):
POINT: Every Buckeye football player that Jim Tressel has recruited that either: 1) is currently on the roster; 2) graduated; or 3) left after their junior years (a.k.a. "early Entry") for the NFL ... of all the "long-term" Buckeyes -- ONLY TWO have not had the opportunity to play for the BCS NC Game.
Could that be correct? His first class and his 2002 class were obviously on the sidelines inPhoenix, against Miami ... the '04, '05 and '06 classes were on the sidelines in "The Debacle in The Desert" last January ... and the Class of '07 will be on the sidelines Jan. 7.
That means only the players of the Class of 2003 that left early never got a chance to play in a BCS NC Game -- DONTE WHITNER and ASHTON YOUBOTY.
Could this be correct??? When you weed out the guys like Darius Hiley, Freddie Lenix, Dennis Kennedy, Erik Haw, Chad Hoobler, Walter Dublin, etc. ...
BUT -- Could it be correct to say that every player that Jim Tressel has recruited for OSU who chose to stay with the team "to the end" has been to a national championship game?
Someone ... troubleshoot this assumption. But, if it's correct -- can you imagine? "EVERY" RECRUIT?!?!!?
That is all.
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12-13-2007, 04:02 AM
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Originally Posted by jflinnbuckeye
Check this out, to see if I am right (and feel free to either agree, or tell me where I erred):
POINT: Every Buckeye football player that Jim Tressel has recruited that either: 1) is currently on the roster; 2) graduated; or 3) left after their junior years (a.k.a. "early Entry") for the NFL ... of all the "long-term" Buckeyes -- ONLY TWO have not had the opportunity to play for the BCS NC Game.
Could that be correct? His first class and his 2002 class were obviously on the sidelines inPhoenix, against Miami ... the '04, '05 and '06 classes were on the sidelines in "The Debacle in The Desert" last January ... and the Class of '07 will be on the sidelines Jan. 7.
That means only the players of the Class of 2003 that left early never got a chance to play in a BCS NC Game -- DONTE WHITNER and ASHTON YOUBOTY.
Could this be correct??? When you weed out the guys like Darius Hiley, Freddie Lenix, Dennis Kennedy, Erik Haw, Chad Hoobler, Walter Dublin, etc. ...
BUT -- Could it be correct to say that every player that Jim Tressel has recruited for OSU who chose to stay with the team "to the end" has been to a national championship game?
Someone ... troubleshoot this assumption. But, if it's correct -- can you imagine? "EVERY" RECRUIT?!?!!?
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Pretty good post for a first one! Only fact I didn't know is that Dublin was out.......any details?
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12-13-2007, 06:20 AM
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Originally Posted by jflinnbuckeye
Check this out, to see if I am right (and feel free to either agree, or tell me where I erred):
POINT: Every Buckeye football player that Jim Tressel has recruited that either: 1) is currently on the roster; 2) graduated; or 3) left after their junior years (a.k.a. "early Entry") for the NFL ... of all the "long-term" Buckeyes -- ONLY TWO have not had the opportunity to play for the BCS NC Game.
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True. There is an article about that very point on here somewhere...
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12-13-2007, 06:24 AM
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First off, welcome to BP.
This should lead to some pretty good discussion.
One minor detail: I'm not sure I would include Freddie Lennix and Dennis Kennedy in your list of examples. If I remember correctly, neither of them were able to clear admissions, so they were never on the team. To suggest that they didn't stick it out to the end is kind of deceiving, since neither ever really got started.
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12-13-2007, 01:36 PM
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