DaddyBigBucks;1960445; said:
The NCAA did not charge tOSU with LOIC or FTM because there was no evidence of either; not because of Smith's ability to throw JT under a bus.
But, correct me if I'm wrong, that was part of their research was to see if they could charge the school with one of those two charges, right? I thought part of their letter to the school was why they shouldn't charge the school with those charges, right? Oh hell...I've lost sight of what the original damn thing was about anyway at this point, LOL
Freaking ESPN....went from tats to trinkets to cars to tressel leaving to tpryor leaving to tOSU getting sued to....who the hell can keep up?!?
EDIT: Just looked at the original letter of allegations from the NCAA to the school. So here's what's confused me. At the very end of the letter, it says the following:
- A statement indicating whether the provisions of NCAA Bylaws 31.2.2.3 and 31.2.2.4 apply.
- A statement indicating whether the provisions of NCAA Bylaws 19.5.2.2(e) apply.
Bylaw 31.2.2.3 talks about exactly what the school did - vacate wins, remove any championships from the record. Bylaw 31.2.2.4 talks about a possible financial penalty. And of course, bylaw 19.5.2.2(e) is about the same as 31.2.2.3 - removing any championships/records from the books.
So...WHY is this even coming up?!? Because the Media is trying to pull an okey-doke on folks:
http://www.lvrj.com/sports/in-brief-126054443.html - mentions LOIC charge...
http://espn.go.com/blog/pac12/post/_/id/23439/opening-the-mailbag-ohio-state-usc-the-ncaa - blogger from ESPN mentions it...again....
http://blogs.mercurynews.com/colleg...ions-ncaa-logic-and-ohio-states-great-escape/ - and so on.
Just to let you know - that's why folks keep bringing it up. Cause the media outside of Ohio is reporting that you guys were going to get slapped with that or a failure to monitor.