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5 players suspended for 5 games in 2011 regular season (Appeal has been denied)

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SmoovP;1844287; said:
Try living amongst the Gumps.

They are literally insane with a raging arrogance that belies a deep, deep insecurity.

This was posted on an Arkansas board before one of our games*:



* there is some debate about this post - if it's real or not. Regardless of the answer to that question, it's a dead solid representation of the Bama mindset.

They are insufferable.
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Good friend of mine moved to Mobile when we were in high school...3 years later i drove down with my cousin while we were students at Ohio State.... part of the trip was spent in a college house in Tuscaloosa that had a Bear Bryant shrine.... I mean we were in the under belly of the SEC...mouth breathing going on and no knowlege of football anywhere outside of Bama....12 NC's on a plaque...i was looking at the years and thinking....I thought Nebraska won it that year or Ohio State that year or ND this year....they were like "hell no they didnt, 72 was the year we finished number one in the sun peach writers hall of fame poll"....66 this 68 that etc etc...still had a good time drinking with them. All they knew about Ohio State was Woody hit a Clemson player which they all really respected:(
 
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jimotis4heisman;1838870; said:
am i still alone that these kids should have been kicked off the team?

if they play in the bowl game im done. i no longer will be a season ticket holder
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I have been away for Xmas vacation with the family so I'm not going to read the whole thread but from what I have seen so far this pretty much what I keep coming back to even a week later.

I am personally embarrassed that "my" school has stooped to SEC levels of win at all cost and manipulated the suspensions to go into the soft part of next years schedule. I can't support this, the AD or the head coach who were party to it. I don't think the kids should be thrown off the team, 4 games is the established punishment but it should start now. Taking an extra game to allow them to play in the Bowl game is nearly as disheartening to me as the Cam Newton debacle. My enjoyment of college football was been steadily diminishing over the past few years and this with Cam Newton have pretty much ended it.

It makes no difference in the grand scheme but I won't attend another game, buy any merchandise or spend 3+ hours watching this team again while Smith is AD and Tressel is coach.

I plan on enjoying the company of BP and keeping loose tabs on Buckeye football through you guys but the team deserves every bit of bad karma that is coming its way for such nonsense. I won't ever root against them but I just can't bring myself to feel bad for misfortune befalling corrupt men.

Words can't express how disappointed I am.
 
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Deety;1844706; said:
Jax, those aren't quite the facts. Might want to read the rest of the thread before you bail.
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first 20 pages are taking shots at people spreading false rumors and the last 10 are about toasters.

What is the net-net? How are Tressel and Smith not party to this?
 
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Is there anything more than their word holding these young men back from saying they will come back until after the bowl and then bolting? I hope that none of them go that route as they would be notorious for a generation if they did, but really, are we talking about handshakes here?
 
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Jaxbuck;1844712; said:
first 20 pages are taking shots at people spreading false rumors and the last 10 are about toasters.

What is the net-net? How are Tressel and Smith not party to this?
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OSU initially suspended the players for the Sugar Bowl, the NCAA stepped in (as it turns out, at the behest of the Sugar Bowl organizers) and told OSU to let them play, and instead suspend them for the five games next year.

The pages of this thread in between the first twenty and last ten were spent arguing over whether or not OSU should volunteer to essentially turn it into a six game suspension by adding on the bowl game anyway. Then Tressel gave the ultimatum to the players. To me, he's the only one coming out of this without making a fool of himself.

Gene Smith had a really bad presser, but I don't think he showed any grave errors in judgment or compromised the integrity of the program in any way.

In short, I think you should stay on the bandwagon. Some players screwed up, the NCAA sold out its own authority again and Tressel handled it all gracefully.
 
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jlb1705;1844790; said:
OSU initially suspended the players for the Sugar Bowl, the NCAA stepped in (as it turns out, at the behest of the Sugar Bowl organizers) and told OSU to let them play, and instead suspend them for the five games next year.

The pages of this thread in between the first twenty and last ten were spent arguing over whether or not OSU should volunteer to essentially turn it into a six game suspension by adding on the bowl game anyway. Then Tressel gave the ultimatum to the players. To me, he's the only one coming out of this without making a fool of himself.

Gene Smith had a really bad presser, but I don't think he showed any grave errors in judgment or compromised the integrity of the program in any way.

In short, I think you should stay on the bandwagon. Some players screwed up, the NCAA sold out its own authority again and Tressel handled it all gracefully.
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Omission: Jim Delany
 
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Wow, I just heard Lee Corsl say that these players should be benched for the Sugar Bowl and that Tressel can set a precedent. What a bunch of crap from this hypocrite. Is there any doubt that this OSU hater would never bench a kid because of conduct? Corso would probably start a kid on death row.
 
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