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The Fixer

imalive wrote:

Congrats OHIO UNIVERSITY BOBCATS for winning the "Baked Potato Bowl" :thumbup:

it was fucking thrilling!

that game was awesome. micky tettleton's kid is a solid college QB

the ragin cajuns pulling off the upset was also exciting.

the college games were a million times better than the putrid nfl game last night (as always)

Wobbie

The Fixer wrote:

imalive wrote:

Congrats OHIO UNIVERSITY BOBCATS for winning the "Baked Potato Bowl" :thumbup:

it was fucking thrilling!

that game was awesome. micky tettleton's kid is a solid college QB

the ragin cajuns pulling off the upset was also exciting.

the college games were a million times better than the putrid nfl game last night (as always)

fuck the haters. these EARLY bowl games are the good ones....unlike the "national championship" which will have an hour long pregame (at least), hyperventilating announcers and some boring ass football.

plus, the famous idaho potato bowl has a WAY better trophy than the "national championship"


"sweet"


terrible

The Juggler

that's a lot of starch for one bowl game.

Wobbie

The Juggler wrote:

that's a lot of starch for one bowl game.

pictures don't do it justice....just look at Turbin's face

first bowl win in 117 years of bobcat football :shock:

The Juggler

imalive wrote:

The Juggler wrote:

that's a lot of starch for one bowl game.

pictures don't do it justice....just look at Turbin's face

first bowl win in 117 years of bobcat football :shock:

well if they had 50 bowls or whatever, each year for the previous century, i'd suspect they'd have won a few before now. tough not too


congrats though.

Wobbie

The Juggler wrote:

imalive wrote:

The Juggler wrote:

that's a lot of starch for one bowl game.

pictures don't do it justice....just look at Turbin's face

first bowl win in 117 years of bobcat football :shock:

well if they had 50 bowls or whatever, each year for the previous century, i'd suspect they'd have won a few before now. tough not too


congrats though.

not just a "smart guy" school anymore

The Juggler

imalive wrote:

The Juggler wrote:

imalive wrote:

pictures don't do it justice....just look at Turbin's face

first bowl win in 117 years of bobcat football :shock:

well if they had 50 bowls or whatever, each year for the previous century, i'd suspect they'd have won a few before now. tough not too


congrats though.

not just a "smart guy" school anymore

you calling robert turbin dumb?

Wobbie

The Juggler wrote:

imalive wrote:

not just a "smart guy" school anymore

you calling robert turbin dumb?

No....I'm saying OU is now kinda stanford-like - smart students; football powerhouse

Wobbie

get ready for the Beef O'Brady's Bowl!!!

norm

The NCAA today stunned Ohio State University’s football program by banning it from postseason play after the 2012 season, multiple sources told The Dispatch.

The penalty means Ohio State automatically is out of the running for any bowl, or a Big Ten or national championship next year, just as newly appointed head coach Urban Meyer is wooing recruits to the Buckeyes.

Athletic Director Gene Smith said previously that while Ohio State has been declared a repeat violator that failed to properly monitor its football program, a bowl ban would be out of line with penalties handed to universities with similar violations.

In its ruling to be made public this afternoon, the NCAA Committee of Infractions will levy the bowl ban and two other penalties on top of the ones the university already imposed on itself, the sources said. The NCAA will:

* Strip four more football scholarships over the next three years on top of Ohio State’s prior forfeiture of five scholarships over that span.

* Add an additional year of probation to OSU’s self-imposed two-year probation for the football program, meaning any violations through the 2013 season could draw harsher-than-normal penalties.

The NCAA also will hand a show-cause penalty to former head coach Jim Tressel for failing to report that some team members improperly sold memorabilia and for allowing ineligible players to compete throughout the 2010 season.

The show-cause penalty against Tressel signifies he is a serious offender and means that any NCAA school that hires him could be subject to sanctions for appointing him as football coach absent a showing it should escape penalties.

Meyer took the job as Ohio State’s 24th head coach on Nov. 28, and did so, he said, with his eyes open about what could come from the NCAA, but feeling good about the prospects.

"I just did a lot of research” before he took the job, Meyer said on Monday. “I contacted people outside of Ohio State before I accepted the position, some trusted people I have within the NCAA and other people that dealt directly with the NCAA.”

He has been asked about possible penalties as he has recruited prospects and their families, Meyer said.

The coach said he has told them there were no promises about the NCAA case, “but that there has been extremely positive feedback, and that we’re going to find out soon,” Meyer said.

The NCAA levied its second-most-severe charge — failure to monitor — on Nov. 3, finding that Ohio State failed to keep an eye on a booster who gave players cash for a charity appearance and overpaid others for part-time work.

In hopes of appeasing the NCAA and warding off tougher sanctions, Ohio State offered up punishments that included the loss of five football scholarships over three years. The NCAA tacked on the loss of four more scholarships today.

The university could choose how many of those scholarships won’t be handed out in any of the three years.

The university also previously placed itself on probation for two years; vacated the 2010 season, including the Ben Ten and Sugar Bowl titles; and forfeited its $338,811 share of Sugar Bowl proceeds.

The NCAA ruling follows a season in which Tressel was forced out, former quarterback Terrelle Pryor departed for the pros rather than face ongoing NCAA questions, and starters such as running back Daniel “Boom” Herron and receiver DeVier Posey missed chunks of the season to suspensions.

The scandals that led to Ohio State’s downfall on and off the field arose months apart, fueling a pending move to create a centralized compliance office in which athletic overseers no longer will report to athletic director Gene Smith.

In a series of emails beginning April 2, 2010, Tressel learned from Columbus lawyer Chris Cicero, a former walk-on player for the Buckeyes, that Pryor and other players had sold gear, memorabilia awards to a tattoo-parlor owner.

Rather than report the players’ receipt of improper benefits, Tressel vaguely warned his players to watch their conduct and kept his silence. He later said he did not come forward because he feared for his players’ safety and did not want to compromise an FBI investigation of drug dealing by the now-convicted Rife.

On Dec. 7, 2010, the U.S. attorney’s office informed OSU that memorabilia from football players, including Big Ten championship rings, had been seized during its investigation of Rife. Tressel still did not reveal what he knew.

OSU suspended Pryor, Herron, Posey and two other players for the first five games of the 2011 season, but they were allowed to play in the Sugar Bowl.

On Jan. 13, OSU officials uncovered Tressel’s email exchanges with Cicero, prompting the Ohio State and NCAA investigation of the memorabilia sales and Tressel’s history of untruthfulness.

On March 8, Ohio State announced that Tressel would be suspended for the first two games of the 2011 season and fined $250,000 for violating NCAA rules.

President E. Gordon Gee and Smith stood behind Tressel, saying neither they nor other OSU officials were aware of the player memorabilia sales, a stance with which the NCAA agreed.

At a news conference, Gee was asked if he had considered firing Tressel. “Are you kidding? I’m just hopeful the coach doesn’t dismiss me,” Gee quipped, a line for which he later apologized.

Tressel’s suspension was later extended to the first five games of the season to match that of his players.

On May 29, with Ohio State’s reputation taking a national beating, Smith met with Tressel and asked him to resign. Tressel did so the next day and Luke Fickell was named interim coach.

Ohio State had its hearing before the NCAA’s Committee on Infractions on Aug. 12 in Indianapolis amid indications that more revelations could be forthcoming.

Just before the season opener against Akron, the NCAA suspended running back Jordan Hall and cornerbacks Travis Howard and Corey “Pittsburgh” Brown for accepting $200 in cash at a Cleveland-area charity event from OSU booster Bobby DiGeronimo.

Later, the NCAA extended the suspensions of Herron for one game and Posey for five games after it ruled they were among five players who were overpaid or paid for hours not worked while employed part-time by DiGeronimo’s company.

The players’ dealings with DiGeronimo prompted the failure-to-monitor charge from the NCAA and led Gee to admonish Smith for failing to keep tabs on DiGeronimo despite longtime concerns over his dealings with players. Gee, however, remains a firm supporter of Smith.

DiGeronimo accused Ohio State of attempting to deflect blame off the school and onto him, saying Smith and Tressel were lying about their dealings with him. DiGeronimo has been disassociated from OSU athletics.

The Buckeyes finished their season with a 6-6 record. Fickell will coach the team as it faces Florida, Meyers’ former team, in the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Fla., on Jan. 2.

http://www.buckeyextra.com/content/stor ... eport.html

Wobbie

^^^^ that's just bullshit :x

as usual, norm breaks the story. dude is wired

norm

imalive wrote:

^^^^ that's just bullshit :x

i agree...osu got off easy

norm

norm chow new head coach at hawaii

http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/brea ... =135942508

81

norm wrote:

imalive wrote:

^^^^ that's just bullshit :x

i agree...osu got off easy

no pressure on next season. use it to get ready for the championship march the following season when braxton will be a junior. and when you aren't getting braxton ready.....get the defense sort out.

Wobbie

norm wrote:

norm chow new head coach at hawaii

http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/brea ... =135942508

WTF? :shock: my offensive coordinator???

he was overrated, anyway. enjoy the islands, norm (chow)

The Fixer

imalive wrote:

norm wrote:

norm chow new head coach at hawaii

http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/brea ... =135942508

WTF? :shock: my offensive coordinator???

he was overrated, anyway. enjoy the islands, norm (chow)

I like this a lot for hawaii. If nothing else they will be fun to bet on again. Love those midnight starts on the east coast.

Wobbie

The Fixer wrote:

imalive wrote:

norm wrote:

norm chow new head coach at hawaii

http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/brea ... =135942508

WTF? :shock: my offensive coordinator???

he was overrated, anyway. enjoy the islands, norm (chow)

I like this a lot for hawaii. If nothing else they will be fun to bet on again. Love those midnight starts on the east coast.

norm (chow) is a has been.

Wobbie

norm wrote:

norm chow new head coach at hawaii

http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/brea ... =135942508

do you refer to your (or your dog's) food as "norm chow"?

The Fixer

see you at beef's.

that commercial was hilarious

norm

GO DUCKS!

The Juggler

norm wrote:

GO DUCKS!

go vizio



cutback!

The Fixer

another great game last night. not the most talented teams, but exciting stuff.

Wobbie

The Fixer wrote:

another great game last night. not the most talented teams, but exciting stuff.

has anyone ever been to a beef o'brady's restaurant?

reminds of some similarly named place on the simpsons

81

it's beer-o-riffic

:?

SatansFuton

imalive wrote:

has anyone ever been to a beef o'brady's restaurant?

reminds of some similarly named place on the simpsons

I had never even heard of it until they got a bowl game, even though an internet search shows there's a couple in my area.

tybird

imalive wrote:

The Fixer wrote:

another great game last night. not the most talented teams, but exciting stuff.

has anyone ever been to a beef o'brady's restaurant?

reminds of some similarly named place on the simpsons

Went to one last week.......they make a pretty good fish and chips

Wobbie

tybird wrote:

imalive wrote:

The Fixer wrote:

another great game last night. not the most talented teams, but exciting stuff.

has anyone ever been to a beef o'brady's restaurant?

reminds of some similarly named place on the simpsons

Went to one last week.......they make a pretty good fish and chips

what's their geographical area....never seen one out west :?

The Fixer

imalive wrote:

The Fixer wrote:

another great game last night. not the most talented teams, but exciting stuff.

has anyone ever been to a beef o'brady's restaurant?

reminds of some similarly named place on the simpsons

I have never even heard of it. Those commercials were funny.

'See you at Beef's'

hahahaha

81

imalive wrote:

what's their geographical area....never seen one out west :?

As of January 2011, the Beef O Brady's franchise has 215 locations in many different states, which are mostly located in the Gulf/Southern Coast of the United States.

The Fixer

another great bowl game