Ohio State Football Down Fall



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The Down Fall for Ohio State's football team seems to have new updates daily. Certainly things were not done right, and all this could have been avoided. You have to wonder though if Coach Treassel wasn't viewed in such a high respect would his resignation been needed. Dignity, honest, respect were all words people used to describe Tressel and that outlook of him I think was too high for anyone let aloe a college coach.
Coach Treassel was a beloved Buckeye nation figure, and if he could of continued his Ohio State career he could of very well been in the same light as Archie Griffin and Woody Hayes, Eddie George. It is a unfortunate outcome for not only the team the university and the man, but for College football in a hole.
So today word that ESPN has filed a lawsuit again the University over them not releasing information on the NCAA Investigation only brings more bad publicity to them. Remember too this is just a day after Ohio State lost a prized recruit to the rival Michigan, Kyle Kalis.
That may not be the end of the world but it is a fairly big deal. Ohio state with questions about who will be the coach of the future, and what penalties will be droped on them, cannot afford to loose there hold on recruiting in Ohio or on the top tier classes.
Mike Vrabel, Kansas City Chief Linebacker, and former Ohio State stand out announced he was retiring from the NFL and becoming the linebackers coach for The Ohio State University, which is a great move. He is intense and loved by the fans. Also the have Vacated all of last seasons wins. So what's next! There is allot of talk out there that they are going to get a firm punishment, worse than USC received, that is absurd! Ohio State violation though bad weren't as bad as USC's. USC was giving cash buying houses they had a direct hand in there violations. Where as OSU was indirect, they didn't participate in what the student athlete did, though the did lie, and not inform the appropriate party's.
Honestly I think with OSU loosing there coach, there QB the 5 game suspensions, the vacating of last years wins and bowl game all they will get is they will be ineligible for a bowl game this year, and possibly for go all wins. They could loose a few recruits and they will be on pobation for awhile, but Ohio State will play in a bowl game again next season, let's just hope they don't loose to may recruits between now and then.

The Ohio State University, what is in store for the program

Monday, June 13 6:53pm

     Listening to today's press conference was very strange,  a very unfamiliar voice,  but yet saying very much familiar things.  You can tell this guy had been groomed by Tressel for sure.  I just don't see how this can end will for Luke Fickell,   he is stepping onto a sideline filling big shoes, and a tight sweater vest.  Good coach or not he is not a big enough name for The' Ohio State University to keep him there permanently.  It looks to me that Osu is using coach Fickell as a scape goat,  let him coach until the point that we know what are sanctions will be and then have him step back down and bring in Urban Myer, Tony Dungy,  or whoever
actually does become the next "full-time" Ohio State Buckeye Coach.
     At that time you got to wonder if Fickell will stick around or if he will move on and further his career in the NCAAF ranks.  If the Buckeye's go out next year and still win 8-9 game's that would have to be considered a successful season with all that has happened, but I don't think a successful season would give Fickell the job.
     I have wondered for the past few day's if any of Ohio State's higher up's regret the John Cooper firing at this point.  Coach Cooper did stuff by the book, or at least as far as we know nothing as ever come to the surface otherwise,   the one thing Cooper just couldn't seem to do is finish out the season the, he couldn't beat Michigan.  Cooper had the Buckeye's continuously in the top 5 but the Wolverines brought allot of really good possibly tittle buckeye teams down.  But the Buckeye's played in allot of new year's day bowl game's under him,  keep in mind this was before the BCS made college football play til the 10th of January and made New years day loose it's reason for allot of hung over people to get out of bed.
    Now as far as sanctions go it is all going to depending on how much of the SI story is true and how much was fabricated.  I don't believe for a second that Osu will get sanctions laid down on them as bad has USC's were.  Ohio State wasn't  buying parents home's for the son's to play football for them,  there wasn't cash being handed to the kids.  I believe last years win's including bowl game will be forfeited, maybe loose a few scholar ships, and a post season band that is 1-2 years long.  Im curious what my readers think about this, 
what sanctions do you guys believe the NCAA will enforce against Ohio State,  do you think Finkell could actually loose the interm tag and become the head coach at The Ohio State university?