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OSU ban a big surprise for Urban Meyer
Ohio State football has been hit with penalties more serious than athletics director Gene Smith - and new coach Urban Meyer — figured it would.
Today, the NCAA has handed the school a one-year ban on post-season play and cut nine scholarships from the football program over the next three seasons - all punishment for violations that had been uncovered in the past year.
The bowl ban goes into effect after next season, which means the Buckeyes will get to play Florida in the upcoming Gator Bowl.
The school also goes on probation for three years.
The stiffest sanction though was leveled on former coach Jim Tressel, who was saddled with a show-cause penalty for not only covering up violations by players who traded memorabilia and autographs for tattoos and cash, but then allowing those same players to play.
Tressel eventually was forced out of his job at OSU last Memorial Day. He now works for the Indianapolis Colts. For him to return to college football in the next five years, the school that wants him would have to “show cause” for hiring him. Most schools will skip the hire rather than going through that process.
OSU already had imposed self sanctions, including vacating all the wins from the 2010 season, returning money made from the Sugar Bowl last January and reducing five scholarships over the next three years.
Smith recently said he thought that would be enough of a sacrifice to satisfy the NCAA.
And when he was hired last month, Meyer said he had been assured by Smith that no further major sanctions were coming. He said that had been one of his first questions before taking the job.
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By Autographed sports memorabilia
January 3, 2012 5:43 AM | Link to this
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By Bill Palmer
December 25, 2011 2:55 AM | Link to this
I love Michigan and men
By WHATEVER
December 23, 2011 8:29 PM | Link to this
I really don’t think this situation will get better under the Urban Meyer system. He will have to recruit the same group of athletes that the liar in the vest did, thugs, punks, and tatted freaks. Whom all believe it is owed to them, because that is all they know and expect. Just consider whom the current group of idiot’s voted the MVP, a person that started this whole mess, unbelievable
By JimTheVest
December 23, 2011 9:27 AM | Link to this
Just watch, Elwood Gordon Gee will get a large year-end bonus or a big raise after this.
By wtf
December 23, 2011 9:22 AM | Link to this
wtf is Smith the AD when Archie Griffen is present????????
By Trust me, Urban
December 21, 2011 2:51 PM | Link to this
Randy 1956, You comment is on the mark.
By null
December 21, 2011 2:50 PM | Link to this
@im5150 did you get your name from impact wrestlings bully ray.cause it says 5150 on his shirt.and you know?that stuff is fake!!!!
By oldtimer
December 21, 2011 10:29 AM | Link to this
Ohiodale: Ohio State plays MAC teams to help them finance their football programs. And they aren’t the only big school to do it. Alabama played Kent State this year and paid Kent $1 million. Nick Saban is a former Kent player. Check the future schedules of all major teams and you will find them filled with MAC-caliber opponents.
By ohiodale
December 21, 2011 9:12 AM | Link to this
I cannot believe the number of people defending OSU. The NCAA is a joke. The NCAA is all about money not the students. How many of the OSU players actually graduate? I heard the numbers are well below the national average. OSU plays 4 or 5 worthless games every year. OSU should be playing all huge schools not Kent State, Ball State, Toledo, etc. At least in the NFL the bad teams are still NFL caliber teams. Even the Browns are in most of their games.
By Joe
December 21, 2011 9:05 AM | Link to this
The NCAA does not allow people to dispose their property as they see fit. Look at Georgia’s Coach Righdt. He compensated some of his staff out of his checkbook because he thought they deserved it, and guess what, the NCAA said it was a rules violation. Apparently the NCAA supercedes the US Constitution.
By jeff
December 21, 2011 8:31 AM | Link to this
I am a die hard bucks fan but the fact that Gene Smith still has a job is comical. This ban is going to cost the school alot of money and it is his job to monitor these things. Ohio State and Smith need to go in different directions
By bstrong
December 21, 2011 7:07 AM | Link to this
JJ,,,,Your an idiot….Your post does just the opposite for a team, Got to be a UM fan,,,,the distraction takes away focus and has potential to wrecks a season! It’s all behind them now, 9 recruits over 3 years, haha….Urban will cut lose that many or more by next year of Tressels dump he cant use, and bring in his own kids. So that penalty is fixed….The bowl ban! funny to, a first year coach and a pressure free year to win to incorperate your system! Doesnt get any better for a coach!!!!! And UM folks thought they could finally start winning again. Tough to swallow I know!!!
By Bstrong
December 21, 2011 6:47 AM | Link to this
This is just crazy dumb….The jerk off over at USC from TN, blisters the system, and countless others breaking rules to clearly give you an edge with the game, and BOOM, over selling your propety, all this. NCAA!!! Can you say over reg,,,,under reg!!! Have a standard and follow it. Meyer will still dominate the recruiting trail cause kids want to play for him and they know he can get them to a Sunday ticket better than anyone!!!! Go Bucks!! And, if UM struggled this year with OSU, it will be ugly for em from here out.
By cj
December 21, 2011 5:54 AM | Link to this
I think the NCAA purposely waited for OSU to lock into some bowl so think could drop this bomb for next year.
By Randyman1956
December 20, 2011 11:38 PM | Link to this
At the end of the day, this had very little to do with the players involved or their actions. That was settled long ago. Today’s decision was about egos. Gene Smith’s constant in- your-face defiance of the NCAA and his publicly stated presumption of the NCAA’s final determination. First and foremost, Smith needs to go for being incompetent and wreckless. State should not have gone to the Gator Bowl and then mouth off about future bowl appearances. Most of this penalty was due to Smith’s arrogance. Now, Meyer has to convince these newest recruits from decommitting.
By Deb
December 20, 2011 9:47 PM | Link to this
Where is Tebow when we need him?
By bubbaboy16
December 20, 2011 8:42 PM | Link to this
The whole thing was stupid anyway. The guys sold there own property so they could get tatoos. That would be like my work telling me I couldnt have a garage sale to get rid of my own stuff.It is a B.S. rule and a B.S. penalty.
By ANDY WALKER
December 20, 2011 8:31 PM | Link to this
The lawsuits piling up against the NCAA will make them bankrupt & irrelevant before OSU’s 3 year probation is up. The top conferences will form their own organization w/o the self righteous small colleges who preach integrity but take the free cash they don’t earn.
By Tony
December 20, 2011 7:55 PM | Link to this
Wow, harsher than expected, but not as harsh as USC, Miami better watch out…they might get the death penalty!
By Nittany Lion
December 20, 2011 7:49 PM | Link to this
I hope all of you feel better venting…..bottom line here is that compared to Penn State and that pervert they call coach Sandusky, this is all very trivial. The Buckeyes will endure this and I guaruntee they will kick Michigan’s a*s in 2012 and be playing for the BCS Crown in the not too distant future!! Go Bucks!
By Joe
December 20, 2011 7:31 PM | Link to this
Archdeacon, nice headline.
By null
December 20, 2011 7:08 PM | Link to this
im5150 sounds like you are a cry baby.i hope you go up to that state up north.and you get bit in the a*s by a wolverine.
By jj
December 20, 2011 7:00 PM | Link to this
OSU is a bunch of cheaters.they get what they deserve.lets see how they do in a season without drama and cheating i hope the new coach can turn the program around.go bucks
By Clint
December 20, 2011 6:14 PM | Link to this
Unbelievable ….. The NCAA is punishing a University for being honest . Ohio St aided in the investigation + turned over the information and didn’t hamper the investigation . We are talking about very minor infractions nothing criminal or anything involving drugs or large sums of money or cheating in recruiting . What this has done is showed ’ honesty ’ doesn’t pay with NCAA . Need to be more like the SEC and cover it all up ….LOL Gene Smith was just too honest and filed everything with the NCAA on very minor issues involving tattoos and memorabilia .
By Not a Michigan fan
December 20, 2011 5:20 PM | Link to this
At least OSU showed the other teams how NOT to run a football program. Next time let the chips fall where they may even if it costs your #1 player.
By Patrick
December 20, 2011 5:06 PM | Link to this
People, people, don’t put your trust in college or pro sports - watch and support your local high school teams where players and coaches have higher goals than money and mostly do it for the love of the game - not so in the levels above them, and that of course invites all the “high standards” we have, sadly, come to expect.
By im actually smart
December 20, 2011 4:41 PM | Link to this
hey watchdog-not one single penny of taxpayer money is spent on ohio state football..you can hate all you want, but at least know what you are talking about!
By Watchdog
December 20, 2011 4:30 PM | Link to this
Well at least our tax money won’t be wasted sending every player, band member and hanger on to some worthless bowl game like the Gator Bowl this year (or the Tater Bowl for the Bobcats)
By sir grammar
December 20, 2011 4:15 PM | Link to this
Why is the NCAA so slow to react? OSU should have been banned from last year’s and this year’s bowl games, when many guilty players were/are still in the program. And why are the AD and pres still in charge; they should be gone!
By SUPERFLY
December 20, 2011 4:14 PM | Link to this
GOOD BYE GENE
By Tomas
December 20, 2011 4:09 PM | Link to this
This is typical over-the-top actions by an organization who hates OSU. If this had the enemy up North, very little would have been done. I think May May must have been on the committee who came up with this BS. I also agree with the last writer who wants traitors in this state to move up to that rusted-out freezer up North. Good riddance as you are no better than the shoe bomber or that other US guy fighter for Al Quaida..
By Lane Kiffin
December 20, 2011 3:58 PM | Link to this
It could have been worse.
By ?
December 20, 2011 3:53 PM | Link to this
lm51….go move to Michigan
By lm5150
December 20, 2011 3:35 PM | Link to this
Just one more thing for Buckeyes fans to cry about, although they cry plenty already.
By bruce
December 20, 2011 3:28 PM | Link to this
welcome to OHIO STATE, URBAN….
By Trust me, Urban
December 20, 2011 3:28 PM | Link to this
Urban Meyer’s first mistake at Ohio State was trusting Gene Smith. Watch your back Urban.
By still a osu fan
December 20, 2011 3:23 PM | Link to this
what about penn state.and miami.dont leave them out.