"20s or 30s? Heck, Mike Freeman at the same NYTimes accused OSU of that very thing back in the 02s and 03s" by Dryden
Uhhh...isn't that what I kind of addressed above? "The MC affair and accusations certainly raised the issue recently for us, but I think the passage of time and investigation has demonstrated there wasn't much there. "
I don't know if most have read the hilarious James Thurber piece about the OSU tackle in his class and the choo choo train or whatever. It was a '20s piece I think, and can be found via google. It was that sort of thing that I was referring to back those many decades.
Here is an excerpt:
Cheer, cheer for Bolanciecwcz,
He is our one-man blitz.
Well, Boley fouls up on the grades, see, and it looks as if he's going to flunk out, so what do they do? They set up an oral exam for him. I can't remember much of the movie -- I was just a wee child when I saw it -- but this scene is very vivid. The exam is in a big room, and practically the whole student body is there, rooting for Boley. The test consists of one question: Name a method of transportation.
Boley is stumped. The professor tries to help him. "How did you get here?" he asks. "On a scholarship."
"Choo, choo, choo," the students are chanting. Finally one of them yells out, "What do you do to get in shape, Boley?"
"Train," he says.
"That is correct," says the professor. Everyone cheers. Yaaay! Boley passed!
Go Bucks!