[NU Sports] Ohio State sanctions due at 2PM CT today

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Plus Tressel got a five year show cause which is way more than I expected.
It also means the cast Tressel as the villain strategy worked.
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On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Jonathan Hodges <
j-hodges at alumni.northwestern.edu> wrote:

> I was wrong:
> http://www.buckeyextra.com/content/stories/2011/12/20/ncaa-report.html
>
> - Bowl ban after next season
> - 4 additional scholarships taken
> - extra year of probation
>
> Definitely harder than most expected.  We'll see how much it hurts them in
> the long run though (next year this could definitely help NU's potential
> bowl standing).
>
> --
> Jonathan Hodges
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>
>
> On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 1:23 PM, Mike Nolan <nolan at tssi.com> wrote:
>
> > > Rumors are the report will be given to the press an hour before the
> press
> > > conference but they will be asked not to divulge the contents.  Expect
> to
> > > get the complete rundown at 1:01PM CT via twitter.
> >
> > Yeah, a news embargo doesn't mean what it used to (and it didn't mean
> that
> > much!)
> >
> > > All along, most expect the NCAA's sanctions to be in line with those
> > > self-imposed by OSU and I tend to agree; they may get docked with an
> > > additional scholarship or something of that order but I wouldn't
> expect a
> > > bowl ban or anything worse.  (And, it's not like a bowl ban in itself
> is
> > > that bad: just look at USC who would have won the Pac-12 south this
> year
> > if
> > > not for that ban and will likely be the division front-runner for next
> > > season even if Barkley heads to the NFL, though their more significant
> > > scholarship reductions are yet to be felt).
> >
> > As I recall, not many expected the USC sanctions to be as harsh as they
> > were, either.  The NCAA Rules committee has been rather unpredictable.
> >
> > Ohio State has cast Jim Tressell as the villain in this melodrama, but
> > will the NCAA be content to play the role of the faithful friend?
> > --
> > Mike Nolan
> >
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