instead of making a basketball thread this year and then a football thread later in the year (with hockey, etc. in between) I'll go ahead and make this thread

I made this now because I wanted to point out where the owner of Victoria Secret's parent company just donated a ridiculous $100 million dollars to the university. It isnt necessarily going to the athletics department, but its still a crazy huge donation.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-16/limited-brands-chief-donates-100m-to-ohio-state.html

Quote :

"COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The founder of Victoria's Secret parent company Limited Brands Inc. is giving a record-shattering $100 million gift to Ohio State University. The donation from Les Wexner and the Limited Brands Foundation was announced by Ohio State President E. Gordon Gee (gee) in an e-mail Wednesday morning. Gee says the largest gift in the university's history will go mostly toward Ohio State University Medical Center and its cancer hospital and research institute. Wexner is an alumnus of Ohio State and chairs the university's board of trustees. In a video posted on the school's website, he says he never would have started his business had it not been for the education he received at Ohio State. Columbus-based Limited also operates Bath and Body Works and other retail chains."

also, in athletics news, the Buckeyes could very well leapfrog a 3-loss Texas team to regain the #1 spot in the basketball rankings.


****disclaimer: fan of other schools (michigan, tennessee, etc.) dont shit on this thread with photobombs, etc. and we wont do it to your threads****

GO BUCKS

2/16/2011 10:23:46 AM

ibthate

2/16/2011 10:24:46 AM

Look, if some guy who grew up in Kernersville and failed out of Forsyth Tech showed up on TheBuckeyeWeb and made a UNC thread, you, as an NC State guy, would be like fuckin Wal Mart fan

2/16/2011 10:33:20 AM

agree to photobomb truce...

2/16/2011 10:35:51 AM

My grandma's sister's daughter's step-kid went to Towson. True story. I'm thinking I may start supporting them.

2/16/2011 10:40:10 AM

the "you don't go there" argument has been made countless times in OSU threads, but not so much in the Michigan (or other school threads). Can we agree to leave it out now?

2/16/2011 10:44:13 AM

I'd rather not

2/16/2011 10:47:52 AM

My problem is not that he roots for Ohio State. Everyone has their own agenda. My beef is with the fact that he stopped rooting for Cleveland simply because their best player skipped town. No real fan would stoop to that level.

2/16/2011 10:49:11 AM

When are you making the Indians thread

[Edited on February 16, 2011 at 10:57 AM. Reason : message_topic.aspx?topic=601237 me and jadn already won this shit]

2/16/2011 10:49:50 AM

I never once said I dont like the Cavs anymore, I still keep up with them. I am boycotting the NBA and refuse to watch any games this season because I hate what has become of the league and how there are 5-6 "good" teams now at the expense of the smaller market teams. But you will just say its sour grapes and that I'm being a debbie downer or some shit because my team isnt good anymore, when that really has nothing to do with it. The Cavs could be 1st place in the league and I still wouldnt watch.

I may make a Cleveland Sports thread, but since the Tribe probably wont be very good (their pitching staff is horrible), the Cavs suck, and the Browns might not play again this year, I will refrain. That doesnt mean I wont be keeping up with the Indians, Cavs or Browns, it just means that I dont think its necessary to make a thread where all anyone will do is talk about how terrible the teams are.

and fwiw, I watched 75% of the Indians games last year, and plan on doing the same this year

2/16/2011 12:41:09 PM

Threads that relate to only one user are ridiculous.

2/16/2011 1:13:57 PM

there's as many OSU as Michigan fans on here.

2/16/2011 1:21:39 PM

2/20/2011 3:12:41 PM

Im about as mad as you are clever.

Tough loss against another top 15 team on their home floor. Both losses included players playing out of their minds. Not the end of the world, I still think they are the best team in the country, but duke's overrated team will probably move to # 1.

Also it is funny to see how other fanbases are as bad as oirs after a loss. Some people are questioning Mattas ability to develop talent since they only play 7 guys.

2/20/2011 4:16:26 PM

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"Threads that relate to only one user are ridiculous"

agreed!

2/20/2011 4:26:59 PM

2/20/2011 6:34:53 PM

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"I hate what has become of the league and how there are 5-6 "good" teams now at the expense of the smaller market teams."

this comment seems ironic in a thread for Ohio State.

2/20/2011 11:18:14 PM

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=ys-osuprobe030711

Quote :

"If Tressel failed to inform Smith or the Ohio State compliance department about the players’ dealings with Rife, he could be charged with multiple NCAA violations including unethical conduct, failure to monitor and a failure to promote an atmosphere of compliance. In general, a coach is required to act on, or pass along reasonable information about possible rule violations for further investigation."

3/7/2011 7:46:15 PM

Yadda yadda, everyone is being investigated.

You couldve refreshed this to say the buckeyes are number 1 in both polls, or that they set an ncaa record by making 14 straight threes yesterday during their blowout of # 10 wisconsin, or how jon diebler has made 17 threes in the last two games, or how sullinger won big ten ROY, or any number of positive stories that likely aren't going to go away in a couple of months, but I guess even our faithful mod has to add fuel to the hater bandwagon

3/7/2011 8:53:43 PM

I'd be surprised if Tressel knew anything. Seems like a stand up guy.

3/8/2011 9:12:52 AM

^^

3/8/2011 2:04:07 PM

Quote :

"You couldve refreshed this to say the buckeyes are number 1 in both polls, or that they set an ncaa record by making 14 straight threes yesterday during their blowout of # 10 wisconsin, or how jon diebler has made 17 threes in the last two games, or how sullinger won big ten ROY, or any number of positive stories that likely aren't going to go away in a couple of months, but I guess even our faithful mod has to add fuel to the hater bandwagon"

actually the potential firing of OSU's football coach is a much bigger story. Esp seeing how he already dodged that Clarrett bullet...

3/8/2011 2:42:23 PM

Well there ya go...

Who was I kidding? Fired for not reporting violations?

No just a two game suspension

College Sports is such a joke....

3/8/2011 7:13:59 PM

KeB you really need to pay more attention next time you're watching sportscenter

3/8/2011 7:15:18 PM

^you need to pay attention to my posts

i said that there was a potential of him getting fired

my next post was that he wasn't fired but only suspended for two games...

I didn't even watch Sportscenter tonight...

3/8/2011 7:25:29 PM

Well that sucks, but I can definitely live with a two game suspension. I hope the ncaa doesn't come down with a heavy hand. Tressel has always been a standup guy, and his ' excuse' sounded pretty credible so I dont think he will lose his job. With the slap on the wrist mentality the ncaa has shown in what I would consider to be worse infractions by other major programs, I think things will be okay. I do give credit to osu for passing down punishment so quickly. I just really hope there isnt more to this story, I still have a ton of respect for tressel and give him the benefit of the doubt, I would hate for that to change as a result of more infractions.

Oh well, we have a basketball national championship to win, go bucks!

3/8/2011 7:34:57 PM

Dennis, I didn't post it to troll. It was a huge news story. UConn was getting ready to play the Final Four when their story broke and that was posted and I had no problem when it was. It was a huge story at the time.

[Edited on March 8, 2011 at 7:46 PM. Reason : i actually like tressel too]

3/8/2011 7:46:08 PM

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"or how jon diebler has made 17 threes in the last two games"

his name, is Jon THREEbler

3/8/2011 7:53:48 PM

You have all been deceived by the sweater vest.

3/8/2011 8:14:39 PM

Not sure if this has been posted yet, but Tressel is a hypocritical asshole. If I were one of the players suspended for next year, I would tell Tressel to fuck himself and declare myself pro.

3/8/2011 8:33:20 PM

When is the UFL deadline for declaring?

3/8/2011 8:43:34 PM

Gah, forgot about the deadline to declare. Isnt there a supplemental draft? Regardless, Tressel is still an asshole.

3/8/2011 8:56:50 PM

Have you listened to Tressel's statement or read any of the facts surrounding this, or are you just going off of what youve read on espns bottom line?

3/8/2011 10:22:22 PM

I listened to/watched part of his statement

seemed like the bullshit Butch is gonna spew when its found out that he knew all about it

3/8/2011 10:24:17 PM

pathetic, just pathetic

i actually liked tressel til now... hope the ncaa gets some balls and slams this hypocritical "say one thing do another" asshole

GO BLUE

3/8/2011 11:43:47 PM

1. I don't think Michigan fans should really be too cocky here since RR pulled a bunch of shit there, but the NCAA doesn't seem to care as much.

2. Tressel's defense of his actions doesn't match up with what is written in the emails. Why would he place someone's confidentiality over his school and his football team? Shit doesn't add up.

3/9/2011 12:23:07 AM

yea cause rich rod "forced extra practice time"

give me a break... he never even admitted to that shit like tressel just admitted to something FAR WORSE AS WELL

that was lloyd carr's recruits crying because their careers got ruined by the offensive scheme being switched

so michigan fans deserve to. and will. continue to berate tressel for showing some true colors and showing he really is an ohio state guy

3/9/2011 12:26:44 AM

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"so michigan fans deserve to. and will. continue to berate tressel for showing some true colors and showing he really is an ohio state guy"

what the hell does "showing he really is an ohio state guy" even mean? stay classy fab 5

3/9/2011 12:30:11 AM

Jim Tressel makes me wonder if Mister Rogers was a serial killer on the down low

3/9/2011 12:30:40 AM

anybody seen this yet? pretty damning if they're legit

http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/documents-read-the-actual-jim-tressel-emails-29547

also lol at redacting the name of the person tressel was emailing, yet leaving a giant ARCHIE, DOUG as the header for each one







[Edited on March 9, 2011 at 12:46 AM. Reason : .]

3/9/2011 12:44:42 AM

Doug Archie is in the compliance dept. at OSU

3/9/2011 12:45:22 AM

i've seen photoshop pixels, and those scanned emails look pretty legit

not a surprise to anyone, but pretty damning

based on the dates, i'm thinking most of the single player implications are about Pryor

who else would they specifically mention?

3/9/2011 1:10:56 AM

I'm betting it was Clarett's NC ring.

3/9/2011 1:33:11 AM

NCAA will come down harder on Tressel than tOSU's "punishment" for him

Still probably won't be as harsh as it should be

3/9/2011 12:08:37 PM

If they have to vacate, do they re-award the big 10 title? If so, does MSU, who was skipped over for a bcs game in favor of wicsonsin even though they beat them, get it?

3/9/2011 12:15:00 PM

stay classy fab five??? haha you have to bring up early 90s stuff to slam michigan?

cause one guy (webber) took money from a booster, who is no longer allowed contact with the program and michigan vacated both final four banners

see thats how you handle a problem within your school... not a bitchy 2 game suspension against cupcake teams with a major violation of fraud that sweater boy committed

oh and 375 infractions in the last 10 years for ohio state, most of any bcs school... yea id say tressel fits into THE ohio state mold now being that he has been there 10 years himself...

GO BLUE

3/9/2011 4:55:00 PM

Tressel is a goddamn liar.

3/9/2011 5:14:36 PM

I sure hope Tressel never received emails from any Nigerian princes, he might be extradited

3/9/2011 5:17:08 PM

December 2010: Tressel tells the media, etc that he didn't find out about players selling rings, etc until November 2010

March 2011: Tressel now says he knew about it since way before November 2010

FACTS

3/9/2011 6:06:38 PM

[packguitar], you realize that of those 375 violations (which is a lot, i'm not making light of that), most are self-reported? Were other schools self reporting at the same rate, odds are you'd see a lot of other schools in the same realm. And yes, I brought up the fab 5, but I didn't have to go back that far, I just wanted to point out the massive sanctions your team was penalized with.

Guess Michigan fans have to be bitter since their teams can't win on the court or the field.

3/9/2011 6:06:50 PM