Ohio State Football Faces More Punishments

    Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel has been suspended by the school two games, and fined $250k, for failing to notify the NCAA that some players were selling merchandise for tattoos more then eight months ago.The NCAA still could make the punishment longer.

"Obviously I'm disappointed that this happened at all. I take my responsibility for what we do at Ohio State tremendously seriously and for the game of football. I plan to grow from this. I'm sincerely saddened by the fact that I let some people down and didn't do things as well as I possibly could have." Tressel said.

Jim Tressel

    In December of 2010, a report came out against five Ohio State players that they had  sold jerseys, championship rings and trophies to a local tattoo parlor in exchange for tattoos. An FBI investigation on the tattoo parlor for other reasons had discovered this, and told the University what it had found. The five players, including star QB Terrelle Pryor are suspended for the first five games of the 2011-12 season. Many people were unhappy that the players were not suspended for the teams Sugar Bowl game in January. Ohio State beat Arkansas 31-26, including a late game interception to seal the win by freshman Soloman Thomas, who was one of the five players.

    Yahoo! Sports then reported that Tressel had been told of this in an email in April of 2010. The email came from a lawyer who was involved in the federal investigation.

    As it just so happens, the lawyer was a former Ohio State football walk on, who played 1 season as a backup in 1983. That was the year Tressel became an assistent coach at Ohio State. Tressel then had a 14-year stint at Youngstown State University that included four FCS national titles. In 2001, Tressel became the head coach at Ohio State. He won a championship with the Buckeyes in 2002 over Miami (FL).

   Ohio State, and especially Tressel, have always had a squeaky clean reputation. This is a new thing for Ohio State and its fans to see this happen. I don't think anyone expected Tressel to have any negative part in this whole ordeal.

    For now though, Tressel will only miss two games against two cupcake opponents in Akron and Toledo. The other five players will miss the next three games against Miami (FL), Colorado, and Michigan State. They will be back just in time for a road game at new Big 10  member Nebraska's home field in Lincoln.

   With all these suspensions, this is how I see Ohio State's schedule playing out:

Akron - W
Toledo - W
@ Miami (FL) - W
Colorado - W
Michigan State - L
@ Nebraska - L
@ Illinois - W
Wisconsin - W   
Indiana - W
@ Purdue - W
Penn State - W
@ Michigan - W

     Regardless of the players being gone, Ohio State gets past the first four games with a 4-0 record. Michigan State is returning everyone back from an 11-2 season. However they can choke at times, and did not play Ohio State last season. But Ohio State is missing a lot of talent, and MSU wins a close game. All the players come back in time for a game at Nebraska. Nebraska is a great team and the Buckeyes cant do it and loose. Ohio State then wins out and finishes 10-2. I think they will make a Rose Bowl berth after the season. So it is not all bad for Buckeye fans.

     If the players were eligible for the whole season though, I think that Ohio State would have a great shot at an undefeated season.

    But with the suspensions, that will not happen. Ohio State will keep a six year BCS berth going after this year though.

College Football Week 9 Recap

    I am sorry that I have not been able to post anything for awhile. I recently moved to a new house and the internet is not up yet. Right now I am typing this from one of the school's computers. I also have not been able to post any college football weekly recaps for a long time as well because of packing.

    As college football week 10 approaches, I do not have time to make a full analysis of all the news. But I will post my What To Watch and Top 25 poll.

    Top 25

1. Oregon 8-0
2. Boise State 7-0
3. Auburn 9-0
4. TCU 9-0
5. Alabama 7-1
6. Utah 8-0
7. Wisconsin 7-1
8. Nebraska 7-1
9. Ohio State 8-1
10. Stanford 7-1
11. LSU 7-1
12. Oklahoma 8-1
13. Arizona 7-1
14. Missouri 7-1
15. Iowa 6-2
16. Michigan State 8-1
17. Oklahoma State 7-1
18. South Carolina 6-2
19. Arkansas 6-2
20. Mississipi State 7-2
21. Virginia Tech 6-2
22. Baylor 7-2
23. North Carolina State 6-2
24. Hawaii 7-1
25. Syracuse 6-2

What To Watch

#23 N.C. State @ Clemson (Sat, 12:00pm, ESPN 3.com) Prediction: NCST 22 CLEM 12

Illinois @ Michigan (Sat, 12:00pm, ESPN) Prediction: ILL 34 UM 21

#22 Baylor @ #17 Oklahoma State (Sat, 12:30pm FSN) Prediction: OSU 38 BAY 31

Washington @ #1 Oregon (Sat, 3:30pm, ABC) Prediction: ORE 37 UW 14

#4 TCU @ #6 Utah (Sat, 3:30pm, CBS College Sports) Prediction: Utah 35 TCU 26

#24 Hawaii @ #2 Boise State (Sat, 3:30pm, ESPNU) Prediction: BSU 44 HAW 20

#5 Alabama @ #11 LSU (Sat, 3:30pm, CBS) Prediction: ALA 28 LSU 6

#19 Arkansas @ #18 South Carolina (Sat, 7:00pm, ESPN) Prediction: SCU 24 ARK 20

#13 Arizona @ #10 Stanford (Sat, 8:00pm, ABC) Prediction: STAN 23 ARA 10

College Football Week 7 Recap

    I am sorry I have not been able to do more of these College Football recaps. I have been very busy.

    Now in the three weeks that have passed, many things have happened. Two number one teams have lost, as well as many other upsets. The National Title race is wide open at this point.

    With Alabama loosing to South Carolina, Ohio State was able to take over the #1 spot. But it did not last long as the Buckeyes went to Camp Randall to take on the Wisconsin Badgers. Wisconsin got out to an early lead, and before Ohio State knew it, they were down 21-3 at halftime.

    Ohio State was simply not able to tackle at all in the first half, as Wisconsin running back John Clay ran all over the defense. But after halftime, Ohio State came back and was able to make it 21-18. However from there, it was just like the first half and John Clay could not be touched. A late pick by Terrelle Pryor was the dagger that brought down the one week king Ohio State.

     The SEC is clearly up for grabs as Alabama now has stiff competition and Florida is already out of it following a loss to Mississippi State.

     South Carolina, LSU, Arkansas, and Auburn all still have the best shots. Don't count Georgia out either.

    The SEC West is a 3 way battle at this point. LSU, Alabama, and Auburn are all in contention. LSU and Auburn will be a battle this week, as the winner will remain undefeated.

    If Auburn wins, they should go undefeated from there on out, until a trip to Tuscaloosa would be the battle for the right to the SEC championship, and possibly the National Championship. And Cam Newton would be the favorite for Heisman.

    If LSU wins, they immediately have to play Alabama. If they win both though, they should be able to get to the SEC Title. But a game against Arkansas will be the last challenge to get to a BCS bowl.

    The SEC East will probably be won by South Carolina if they can avoid any more big upsets. With the SEC always sending two teams to the BCS, one will for sure be in the Title game with one in the Sugar Bowl. But for the first time in awhile, the two teams will not be Florida and Alabama.

    My Top 25 Week 8


1. Oregon 6-0
2. Boise State 6-0
3. TCU 7-0
4. Oklahoma 6-0
5. Auburn 7-0
6. Alabama 6-1
7. LSU 7-0
8. Michigan State 7-0
9. Wisconsin 6-1
10. Utah 6-0
11. Ohio State 6-1
12. Iowa 5-1
13. Stanford 5-1
14. Florida State 6-1
15. Nebraska 5-1
16. Arizona 5-1
17. Missouri 6-0
18. Oklahoma State 6-0
19. South Carolina 4-2
20. West Virginia 5-1
21. Arkansas 4-2
22. Virginia Tech 5-2
23. Texas 4-2
24. USC  5-2
25. Kansas State 5-1

What To Watch:

UCLA @ #1 Oregon (Thu, 6:00pm ET, ESPN) Prediction: ORE 37 UCLA 10

#7 LSU @ #5 Auburn (Sat, 3:30pm ET, CBS) Prediction: AUB 37 LSU 24

#9 Wisconsin @ #12 Iowa (Sat, 3:30pm ET, ABC/ESPN) Prediction: IOWA 24 WISC 13

#15 Nebraska @ #18 Oklahoma State (Sat, 3:30pm ET, ABC/ESPN) Prediction: NEB 28 OSU 21

North Carolina @ Miami (FL) (Sat, 7:30pm ET, ESPN2) Prediction: UNC 21 MIAMI 14

#4 Oklahoma @ #17 Missouri (Sat, 8:00pm ET, ABC) Prediction: OKL 25 MIZZ 6

Washington @ #16 Arizona (Sat, 10:15pm ET, ESPN) Prediction: UW 30 ARZ 16

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