I knew it.

Not named in the story, but as AD from '08 - '10, this falls squarely within his tenure.

Kirby either turned a blind eye or didn't have the balls or ability to fix the problems

I knew it from MINUTE ONE of his tenure at Ohio. I'll expect a slew of messages saying "Thank you LOVE, you tried to expose this clown on multiple occasions, but we didn't listen." The guy was an absolute fraud. Completely out of his league at a MAC school and his proficiency (or complete lack thereof) as an Athletic Director is proven by this article.

If Texas Tech has an ounce of integrity, they fire this Joker immediately for being complicit (in some way, shape, or form) in the Miami scandal. He leaves a trail of despair at ever stop, so Lubbock should know whats in store for them.

Let's face it, there are 3 options as to Hocutt's role in the scandal:

A. Had no idea this was going on, making him a passive employee with no control over his programs.
B. Knew this was going on, but turned a blind eye. Maybe the worst of the transgressions.
C. Knew this was going on, attempted to fix it, couldn't, and gave up. The best of the transgressions, but as far as we know, he didn't alert the proper chain of command (see Tressel) about the happenings

My gut tells me it was B.  Just my opinion. Based on my limited exposure to him, I just didn't see a lot of depth, integrity, or skill in the man. Certainly not enough to try and control THE U, so if you can't beat em, join em.

Amused in all kinds of ways.  And former Temple star Todd McNair was the asst. coach who took the fall for the USC mess. 

They better hope for a national championship this year.  It's gonna be a long while before they can play for another.

Some media outlets are already playing up the Hocutt-bolts-town-before-the-S&$t-hits-the-fan scenario.

http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/24156338/31347147

WHat a read that was! Sad that this man was financing all this with money that was essentially stolen from clients, tal about insult to injury. And I really enjoyed the part about a lot of this happened on the watch of Dees who was the guy admonishing USC.....Pot meet kettle.

Boring.  Couldn't care less.

I do know that it's about 18 days until OHIO visits NMSU.  That I find interesting.

You really can't make this stuff up if you tried!

Miami's ex-AD new poster child for college football hypocrisy....

http://www.cbssports.com/#!/collegefootball/story/15446543/miamis-exad-new-poster-child-for-college-football-hypocrisy

Slightly more ironic than Gene Smith being considered for a similar NCAA post.  The only difference between the U and A&M is the source.  If Talbott would sing like this guy is, they'd be looking at the same level of allegations that are coming to Miami.

Congrats to Texas Tech...

As realignment sets in, they will now have a disgraced AD connected to the biggest Intercollegiate athletics scandal since SMU.

It's a good thing they don't need a quality image in hopes of courting another conference when the Big 12 folds.

Kirby Hocutt and his trail of tears....new documentary coming soon on Lifetime.

Except Talbott is and has been broke for quite a while. Also, the allegations from an anonymous ex-friend included Pryor signing autographs for anywhere from $20k to $40k (nice estimate) total. Further, an anonymous country club employee spoke of  a couple players playing golf. He said OSU was contacted. The players never returned.

The Miami allegations include $50k+ payments to multiple players, smaller amounts to scores of players, numerous coaches involved, prostitutes, bounties (including to injure), and a booster who is also connected to an agent.

Antonio Henton was eventually booted from OSU for trying to buy his own prostitute. Wonder why he would bother if they were being provided for the players? Why were players selling their hard-earned awards for below FMV if they had a steady cash-flow from a booster? Yeah, it doesn't make sense.

If you know the allegations would rise to the level of Miami, why not chirp all your inside information to the NCAA?

Fools jump to conclusions. Smart people approach all claims and allegations with a healthy dose of skepticism and neutrality.

I'll sit back and see how the Miami situation plays out, but at least Yahoo provided financial documents, corroborating witnesses (some anonymous, some not), and photographs.

SI and ESPN provided a single anonymous source and they have been digging in and around Columbus for months.

Edit: Made a mistake between the SI article and the ESPN articles.

Hocutt declares that he left under no black cloud:

He's either a liar or as dumb as I've said he was for the past 5 years.

When your credentials for employment are that you played LB at Kansas State....pretty good chance you have no place around the business end of an Athletic Department. Absolutely terrible hire on our part. Still paying the price.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/6870550/ohio-state-buckeyes-terrelle-pryor-never-mentioned-new-ncaa-violations

Maybe so (and I have no idea how), but you can kiss that goodbye after yesterday's developments.

Anyone connected with Miami during this era will be damaged goods in the industry.

I hope he enjoys Lubbock b/c he just got a Bernie Madoff sentence to stay there.