Bye Bye Vesty-Tress!
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At (rUFfly) 9am this Morning, Memorial Day 2011, OSU Head Coach, Jim Tressel resigns his position. He flew back from a Florida (there’s that name again!) vacation, to come north and make his proclamation. but WHY?…and WHY today?
Even few massively rabid “run-Miss-Kirk-Herbstreit-out-of-town-with-our-lunatic-ranting” OSU fans could have been surprised that Jim Tressel resigned as head Coach…..No, most virtually blindly devoted fans aside, everyone knew the end was near. A five game suspension (self-imposed) was a thin veil in light of what the NCAA was going to expect. OSU AD Gordon (Golly) Gee showed early support, but even he knew this day was coming…but, why on Memorial Day?….why on Memorial Day, at 9am?
OSU, its rumored, is trying to stay ahead of BIGGER news that’s coming out…so, OK, does ANYONE think the NCAA is SO stupid that resigning a guy 8 hours ahead of a story about MORE malfeasance, is cause for lax penalties?….Its a gesture, but couldn’t that gesture have waited until the vacation was over?…Apparently, NO!
So, Lou Fickell?…This is YOUR big chance!…You were gonna get the gig for 5 games anyway, but now!…it might be for the next 2-3 years, depending on (likely) two things. The length of the NCAA sanctions, and Urban Meyer’s desire to take over a program either ON Probation, or coming out of one. OSU fans have been expecting Urban to run their way since Tressy’s problems exploded a few months ago. This belief is deep in the belief that the man left Florida because he “had to”, or wanted to…-and, because “some” fans believe that OSU’s deep pockets will allow them to throw out sick-millions to draw him out. I personally dont think Urban left the game (WITH 2 Natty’s in 6 years) because he wanted to leave Gainesville. He left because he needs time away from the game. Time away because the game was causing him health problems; - REAL health problems that still exist today! For those REAL reasons, I believe it will be a post-sanctioned OSU team (or, one year from coming out – to recruit properly) that might interest Meyer; –If any OSU team in the relatively near future does.
So (then) “why” did Jim Tressel throw his own ass under the saw-blade for Terrelle Pryor?…Some say because he was/is a Reggie Bush type player, and that Carroll willingly did it too, out at currently ON suspension USC!….NO!…Pryor has NOT been Reggie Bush! Not even close. Mostly Pryor hasn’t been Bush because Tressy isn’t a very good offensive “guy”, and that he’s under-utilized Mr Pryor.
Pryor’s “stats” have been suppressed for a guy who was/is supposed to be SO GOOD!…So physically gifted with all the tools a kid could want. In reality, he’s done just enough to win the Big1(0)1. Without going into bashing the conference, those titles were won by the OSU defense alone!
Pryor ran a simple offense, and barely excelled to the “awe” level other great College QB’s certainly did. To prove that? –He stayed for his senior season! Now, you might say Tim Tebow stayed for his senior season too! (and OSU fans loved to bash Tebow!)…Of course you’re right, but Tebow didn’t HAVE to sell memorabilia in order to “meet basic needs”, as its been explained that Terrelle Pryor did! No, Tim Tebow stayed to win another College National Title (Tebow had two to his credit) and, model his style after the perception of what an NFL QB is expected to be like. Pryor, its been said, sold items to “pay his rent”…Yeah, a load of shit, I know!…He actaually stayed in hopes that he would “own” OSU records!…-his words, not mine!
Jim Tressel fell on the sword, and forever tarnished his accomplishments, for what?. If he just comes clean back in April of 2010, he’s still the guy in Columbus. So, Pryor and his Bud’s must have more to hide; - they just must! Columbus is a tough town to live in! -Just ask Miss Kirk Herbstreit, who had to move out!…or, ask the Lawyer who tried to tip off Tress about the problems that were heading his way. OR, go ask “Mo” Clarett!….The guy who probably was one of the first to get the “Tressy-deals” everyone else was getting! If you are going to ask Clarett, though, get your shots first, and take some body armour.
Some fans have expressed a ‘fear” that College Football in general will suffer, as OSU suffers….and that College Football NEEDS OSU (and others) to continue to be popular!…That’s horsehit! College Football survived SMU falling away!…IT, as an entity, survived scandals and sanctions by many ‘large” schools and have come out the other side bigger and stronger! Another reason “College Football” will not “miss” OSU while they are out, is that those “peripheral fans” that ebb and flow from popular team to popular team will be OK. They will still spend money on “fan gear”, and still stayed tuned to the game. Heck, they’ll need to know who to like every year, right?!
Yes, loyal fans will stay!…but just like when Florida State was a top 5 program for 15 years!…The buckeyes will lose a few. FSU lost fans once the good times ran dry. The Proof? -They stopped selling out their stadium once things went bad, and that was a time where of no sactions!! Now that they are a flavor of the month again, all is full once again in Booby Bowden Stadium (Doak-Campbell)!
So, OSU fans, all is gonna be OK,….Mr Fickell will tend the ship, and some savior Coach will show up soon….you’ll just have to deal with NCAA sanctions, and some “come-back” from those UMichy fans you’ve been tormenting, while your cheater Coach was paying his players!…–and, ”NO”…”Bo” (“Bo” Schembechler) would have NEVER paid a player!!!!! …or, punched an opposing player in the throat after a short run-back of an INT, in what was, ironically for this post, called the GATOR Bowl!…..An INT thrown by a gambling QB named…?????…hhhmmmm?…What was HIS name, now?….”The Gambler”?
Is anyone else recalling a little mess that followed Tressel out of Youngstown State, ’bout now?…