re: Tressel Alleged to have forwarded e-mails to Pryor's Mentor

of course this whole argument is pretty irrelevant. the point is that Tressel never reported the violations (whether you want to call them minor or not), seemingly so they could continue to play without being suspended. then he misled the NCAA about his reason for not reporting it. i think we can all agree that's a pretty big deal.

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So if a player fails a drug test for weed thats a major violation?

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Not an NCAA

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minor NCAA violations are secondary

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minor violations warrant suspensions most of the time as well.

Tom Izzo received one for a secondary violation. Also, Jacob Pullen at Kansas State received a 3-game suspension for a secondary violation.

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AJ Green got a third of the year suspended for selling a jersey. that seems like a lot to me.

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and yet it was a secondary violation as well. LINK

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Georgia has self-reported 14 secondary violations, including five in football, that occurred during the last six months of last year. The most notable violation involved A.J. Green selling his Independence Bowl jersey

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It is obvious that Tressel values the Mentor/Protege relationship

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Go read Ohio State's scout site. I know all team boards tend to be overrun with blind homers but Ohio State fans take their homerism a step forward. They're over there patting themselves on the back for being different and on top of things unlike all the corrupt SEC programs because they...get this....."self reported" the violations. They literally think that because they self reported this in January 2011 that all is well. That little matter of their head coach lying to the NCAA TWICE and knowingly playing ineligible players?

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If they fire Tressell within the month they have an argument IMO. Then they will have removed the party responsible for lying to the NCAA and not reporting the problems

If they don't fire him then IMO they have no argument

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I want a shirt that says, "Tre$$el BCC'd me!"

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nice

That booster probably gave Pryor the same hookup Newton got from Auburn.

I'd be more concerned with that relationship than worrying about Tressel if I'm Ohio St.
You better believe the NCAA will start asking questions.

The seemingly best comparison to what Tressel did is when Dez Bryant was ruled ineligible for the entire year for lying to NCAA investigators when asked if he met with Deion Sanders or met with any agents that represented Sanders. Meeting with Sanders wasn't a violation but lying was the violation.

Even if we bought Tressel's argument that he was concerned about confidentiality, then he still should have made an addendum to the NCAA paperwork that certified that he had reported all possible violations before last season began. Now that it seems clear that he didn't care about confidentiality, his behavior was exceedingly inappropriate.

As he's the head coach and apparently knowingly withheld this information, tOSU should have all wins vacated for last season, Tressel should be fined his entire salary, and he shouldn't be allowed to coach for a year (at least). He's had numerous allegations that he is knowingly obtuse going back to this tenure at Youngstown State. The NCAA should send a strong message that cheating isn't allowed.

I'm glad you feel that way. Now stop posting. Nothing that serious will happen, and it shouldnt. You don't even seem like you know all the facts

I have nothing to add to this thread, other than I like the guy who calls longhorns- The Texas Douche.