[Husker] Tressel Suspended

[Jon Johnston]

My take - so far late NCAA President Myles Brand is sorely missed, because
his replacement, Mark Emmert, appears to be a complete and utter
nincompoop. 

(Or maybe I just wanted to use "nincompoop" - it's been a really long
time) 

Jon Johnston
Corn Nation

On 3/9/11 6:18 PM, "Mike Nolan" <nolan at romaine.tssi.com> wrote:

>> This link sums it up pretty well.  He knew about it and didn't report
>>it,
>> later lied that he knew about it, and the reasons he gives don't bear
>>even
>> the slightest scrutiny.  Nor does he acknowledge that he did anything
>>wrong
>> or apologize for anything.  "I don't think any less of myself."
>> 
>> 
>>http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?columnist=schlabach_mark&id=6
>>195223
>
>ESPN appears to smell blood in the water.
>
>I think they're still basking over their role in having gotten Mike Leach
>fired.  
>
>Does Tressel deserve to be fired for this?  Probably not, although a 2
>game
>suspension is kind of unusual, and I'm not sure how you enforce something
>like that.  He may not be on the sidelines or even in the building, but
>who beleves that he won't still have some involvement in preparing the
>game plan for those games?
>
>Will the NCAA make enough of a fuss about it to force OSU to take action?
>
>The odds are still against it, I think, but I also think the NCAA blew
>this
>one in December/January (as well as the Auburn situation, which I suspect
>was far worse than what anyone has dug up yet), so it'll depend on
>whether 
>they feel the need to make a public example of SOMEONE.
>
>And if that's the case, and if it isn't sweater vest boy, woe be to
>the next coach who doesn't dot all his I's and cross all his T's,
>especially if he's not at a big name school.
>--
>Mike Nolan
>
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