According to the "Sports Ticker" in today's "The Record" out here in N.J.,Tressel said he deserves the same 5 game suspension that his players got.

A Dispatch story points out that:

1) Tressel and Smith offered up the 5-game suspension only after learning the NCAA had denied the OSU appeal on the players' suspensions, and

2) Since 2006 12 coaches have been found to have violated the NCAA requirement to report all violations and all but one have resigned or been fired.

Bruce Pearl could be next.  TN's AD, initially supportive of Pearl, now is saying he'll decide on Pearl's future with the school after the tournament.

Michigan spanks the Vols by 30 in the NCAA, so I can definitely see Pearl working as a TV guy next year...

Let's see if I have this straight. Tressel said he didn't inform his bosses/employer about these e-mails due to confidentiality. But he did forward them to a mentor of Pryor's in Pa.

Boy, this is getting more and more interesting each week.

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/sports/stories/2011/03/25/tressels-emails-were-forwarded.html?sid=101

Tressel will get fired, and a punch across the face; Ohio A&M will see what Rufus started be finished by the NCAA :)

You say he doesn't get fired, I say the NCAA threatens the death penalty unless they fire the rogue coach

I believe he will be dismissed, however you have no clue of the by-laws regarding the death penalty.

I'd be shocked if he's ever fired. If he is, the whole house comes down.  He's the fall guy and they'll stand next to him regardless of how transparent it is and how bad it looks for the University becuase they have too much riding on it now.  What no one seems to want to write about is why he would have felt he needed to cover this up to begin with rather than just suspend the players for a meaningless non conference game due to an unspecified "violation of team rules" and have it behind them.

The reason is that Tressel and indeed the entire Administration at this point, is scared of upsetting Pryor and him running his mouth.  It's the same reason he's been allowed to act the way he has since he started even though Herbstreit has pointed out how embarassing it is on a number of occassions.

When Rodriguez was hired at Michigan and Pryor's recruiting at A&M actually came into question, you can be sure that recruiting rules were broken to ensure he wasn't lured into that high powered offense.  Now he rules the roost because they don't want another Clarett on their hands.

If Tressel's gone it means there are much more significant things happening at higher levels... 

Go Here:
http://chip-patterson.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/24156338/28142828

Recruit talks about getting money handshakes from many schools, including OSU, where some players basically pimped a sexual encounter for him.

I assume this will add to the fire.

Tressel is not going anywhere, unless he decides he wants out.  Gee is fully behind him, and Gene Smith is highly respected by the NCAA, so his support does matter.

Today's report is nothing.  Everyone knows kids get $100 handshakes, and BREAKING NEWS:  some girls like to have sex with football players.

The sex thing during a recruiting visit means nothing.  This happens everywhere, and probably even in Athens.

Girls like to have sex with football players? I was in the wrong activities.

Ozcat, I have a good friend in Cowtown who has deep connections with the football program over a number of decades.  Just call him "Deep Pigskin." He thinks Smith's job is right now on the line and in jeopardy.  Lots of high level meetings going on, and they are trying to figure out how to get control of this matter.  The thought is that Smith is culpable for not properly controlling his department and its employees.  They may figure out a way to mitigate the damages and come up with less high-profile scapegoats, but then, again, they may not.  They are manning the battle stations up on High Street.  Perhaps, you should offer your services at spin control.  You seem to have a real knack for that line of work. 

ALong the same lines, up on yahoo is an interesting article about bowl games (Fiesta especially) shenanigans.  The dollar in massive quantities perverts.

Good to see that Game Five He Quit showed up--not--in Cleveland yesterday.