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Yahoo, Tattoos, and tOSU (1-year bowl ban, 82 scholly limit for 3 years)

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CHU;1934076; said:
More welcome to Ohio State Buckeye alumni/fans: Tom Friend or George Dohrmann?

What happened to Tom Friend after his various stories? Weren't they debunked and didn't it hurt his reputation (if he had one)? Will the same thing happen to Dohrmann?

I don't read ESPN the Magazine (so don't know about Friend).
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Friend is still writing for ESPN. He recently did the "Dear Nate" piece on the 10th anniversary of the Oklahoma State mens basketball plane crash, which I thought was an outstanding article.

He simply made a huge error hitching his wagon to MoC at that period in Maurice's life, and Dohrmann is learning the same thing. If you want to bring down Ohio State football, you need to find better sources than drug addicts, felons, and disgruntled former players.
 
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Gatorubet;1934044; said:
I do not buy into the argument that tOSU is a "dirty " program because of the allegations everyone is making, even if some of them turn out to be true. A large part of not being sanctioned is not having the NCAA looking at you. When you had the March presser and its revelations you brought the eye of Mordor's gaze upon you. When you did not immediately launch Tressel, and the press became a pack of wolves looking at every interaction, you increased the odds you would be punished.
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I've endured reading what is likely several hundred of your posts on this subject and this is your most reasonable analysis.
 
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CalvinistBuck;1934165; said:
I've endured reading what is likely several hundred of your posts on this subject and this is your most reasonable analysis.
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Then I have to question your judgment in continuing to read them, considering what you had to endure. :wink2:

Now, Bill (the poor bastard) has no choice.
 
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Dryden;1934155; said:
Friend is still writing for ESPN. He recently did the "Dear Nate" piece on the 10th anniversary of the Oklahoma State mens basketball plane crash, which I thought was an outstanding article.

He simply made a huge error hitching his wagon to MoC at that period in Maurice's life, and Dohrmann is learning the same thing. If you want to bring down Ohio State football, you need to find better sources than drug addicts, felons, and disgruntled former players.
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Thank you.

You're also forgetting a person who lived near (or above) a tattoo shop. Funny thing is, SI won't even issue a correction if any of the nine new players are proven innocent.
 
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Tom Friend is actually a very talented guy when he's not trying way too hard. Unfortunately, he tries way too hard most of the time.

I don't know much about this Dohrmann guy (I don't read SI), but based on his article with SI, he sucks at evaluating the credibility of sources (and everything else related to writing an article).
 
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I don't really know the best thread to post this in. This one is as good as any I suppose.

I had completely forgotten about the whole Bomar situation over there in Mobilehoma.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=6628582

It's been five years since the departure of Rhett Bomar from Oklahoma after one year, during which he threw for 2,018 yards and led the Sooners to an 8-4 season.

According to The Oklahoman, Stoops said the decision regarding Bomar was quick and final.

"Our conversation wasn't very long," Stoops said of Bomar, who was found to have taken excessive benefits from a local car dealership.
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Stoops said he made a prompt decision after confronting Bomar with evidence.

"You're not playing at Oklahoma," Stoops said he told Bomar.

Stoops said Bomar wondered if he was referring to the next season.

"No, it's going to be forever," Stoops recalled saying. "We'll move on. You can transfer."
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"Our players are educated. They know," Stoops told the newspaper. "If you knowingly break the rules, we're going to move on. We'll find someone else to play quarterback.

"I felt it was in the best interest of our university. Our players know, we're going to do things right. At least that's our hope."

But the Sooners coach maintained there would always be room to wonder, what if?

"It's impossible to know what everyone does behind closed doors," Stoops said. "Even in families, you don't know sometimes what's going on. So to think we know, when families or wives and husbands don't know?

"No one knows. At the end of the day, if someone tries to conceal something they will, and when you find out, you deal with it. That's it. We can't possibly know everything that happens."
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#HowItsDone
 
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I had completely forgotten about the whole Bomar situation over there in Mobilehoma.
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Reports surfaced that 25% of the team worked there, and it's the same dealership that was linked to a Lexus loaner car scandal with Adrian.

The basketball team and their texting took the fall.
 
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