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Clarrett is admitting now that he received cash and loaner cars for OSU. He says that Tressell arranged for loaner cars and boosters gave him bogus jobs and gave him cash. I am sure Columbus is in an uproar!

<a href='http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=1919059' target='_blank'>Clarrett received cash and cars from OSU</a>
Clarett also says he likely would have been ineligible for Ohio State's national title season of 2002 if the football staff had not "aligned'' him with an academic advisor whose goal was simply to keep him eligible. He says the academic advisor enrolled him in Independent Study courses and also put him with hand-picked teachers who would pass him whether he attended their classes or not. He says his advisor also introduced him to a tutor who prepared outlines and told him what to write for assignments.


Another former Ohio State player, linebacker Marco Cooper (2000-01; Spring 2002), corroborated many of Clarett's comments. Cooper, who was suspended from the team following two arrests for drug possession, says he also had bogus landscaping jobs, that a booster helped furnish his apartment, and that he was able to borrow cars from local Columbus dealerships in exchange for signed OSU memorabilia.


Another former Buckeyes player, current Maryland running back Sammy Maldonado, says he was placed in so many courses that did not put him on the road to graduation that only 17 of a possible 40 credits earned would transfer to his new school.



I think the NCAA needs to re-open their case and slap the book on OSU!
So, we have an accusation from a former player with low credibility accusing a BC$ school of what many of us already suspect. I can't see much coming from this, other than Clarrett solidifying his me-first attitude in the minds of NFL GMs and coaches. OTOH, if there's any credible evidence or other players & former players speak up...it could be -- and should be -- the next thing to another SMU for the Buckeyes. :chair:
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Go NCAA, give the 03-nutkick to the yucks!!!

Too bad osu can't play Marshall again. Props with Mops vs. Props with Rakes!!
tOSU has all ready been investigated and cleared by the NCAA for the Clarett situation. I think ESPN running this story without any reliable sources(3 digruntled former players) is very poor journalism and hopefully they will feel some serious backlash for this.
BuckeyeStu Wrote:tOSU has all ready been investigated and cleared by the NCAA for the Clarett situation. I think ESPN running this story without any reliable sources(3 digruntled former players) is very poor journalism and hopefully they will feel some serious backlash for this.
I'm sure OSU is completely clean of all infractions, and would never think about doing such tings.

:rolleyes:
Quote:I think ESPN running this story without any reliable sources(3 digruntled former players) is very poor journalism and hopefully they will feel some serious backlash for this.

Yeah, because Tressel and Geiger would *never* lie about anything... Good gawd, I agree with Knight Time on something...
Ah, yes the classic "disgruntled emplyee" defense!
And we know no one at OSU would ever lie to save his ******. So they must be telling the truth. Very logical!
On the other hand if every university who did these things got serious sanctions, who would be left?
Most of these schools channel more money illegally every year than we spend on the whole athletic dept.!
Papa Lou BSU Wrote:
Quote:I think ESPN running this story without any reliable sources(3 digruntled former players) is very poor journalism and hopefully they will feel some serious backlash for this.

Yeah, because Tressel and Geiger would *never* lie about anything... Good gawd, I agree with Knight Time on something...
I'm not saying that they or tOSU are perfect, but I would certainly trust their word over that of Maurice Clarett. This is an attempt by ESPN to sell more magazines by trashing Ohio State and Tressel even though there are no facts to back up their claims.
What about when it was a teacher at the school making these allegations? She had her character assassinated pretty quickly.
Circle the wagons, Andy! We've got us another messenger to shoot!
The Knight Time Wrote:
BuckeyeStu Wrote:tOSU has all ready been investigated and cleared by the NCAA for the Clarett situation. I think ESPN running this story without any reliable sources(3 digruntled former players) is very poor journalism and hopefully they will feel some serious backlash for this.
I'm sure OSU is completely clean of all infractions, and would never think about doing such tings.

:rolleyes:
:rofl:
This is why the MAC schools can't compete with the Ohio States of the world. They are cheating their butts off by paying recruits to come to their campus and also promising them an easy academic road and money while they are in college. SEC schools cheat their butts off as well. Auburn was notorious for cheating and would pay recruits to sign with them.
Schadenfreude Wrote:
The Knight Time Wrote:
BuckeyeStu Wrote:tOSU has all ready been investigated and cleared by the NCAA for the Clarett situation. I think ESPN running this story without any reliable sources(3 digruntled former players) is very poor journalism and hopefully they will feel some serious backlash for this.
I'm sure OSU is completely clean of all infractions, and would never think about doing such tings.

:rolleyes:
:rofl:
Let me add a couple :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:'s to that!
Excalibur Wrote:This is why the MAC schools can't compete with the Ohio States of the world. They are cheating their butts off by paying recruits to come to their campus and also promising them an easy academic road and money while they are in college. SEC schools cheat their butts off as well. Auburn was notorious for cheating and would pay recruits to sign with them.
Exactly, To be honest, that is one of the reasons I enjoy the MAC's brand of collegiate athletics. Not saying all MAC programs are pure either, but they are certainly closer to what collegiate athletics should be about.
BuckeyeStu Wrote:
Papa Lou BSU Wrote:
Quote:I think ESPN running this story without any reliable sources(3 digruntled former players) is very poor journalism and hopefully they will feel some serious backlash for this.

Yeah, because Tressel and Geiger would *never* lie about anything... Good gawd, I agree with Knight Time on something...
I'm not saying that they or tOSU are perfect, but I would certainly trust their word over that of Maurice Clarett. This is an attempt by ESPN to sell more magazines by trashing Ohio State and Tressel even though there are no facts to back up their claims.
I don't consider either party to have much credibility.
Excalibur Wrote:This is why the MAC schools can't compete with the Ohio States of the world.
Can't compete?

I'll take BG in the 'Shoe this year.
Gambing in the casino. I am shocked! :)
Are these guys lying too, Stu?

Quote:Maurice Clarett isn't the only ex-Buckeye to allege improprieties at Ohio State. A number of players tell of similar experiences.

Marco Cooper, a linebacker suspended after two drug-possession arrests, says he enjoyed perks described by Clarett. When Cooper needed wheels, he says he went to a local Dodge dealer, got keys to a car and was allowed to return it whenever. Cooper never paid or signed papers. "There's no records for that stuff," he says. "There can't be." Just as there are no records for signed helmets and balls he says players use as currency around town for cars and clothing. "It starts at the No. 1 locker and goes all the way around the room," he continues. "You don't even know who you're signing for."


Cooper says a teammate once came home with a friend and some furniture for their apartment. The friend, an OSU student, was the son of a prominent booster. "He gave us furniture all the time," Cooper says. "At least $2,000 worth of nice tables and couches." In an interview last December, Curtis Crosby, an ex-Buckeye cornerback from Columbus, said he and other players accepted the same friend's generosity. He claimed that five to 10 teammates would go out to eat, none of them seeing the tabs for meals that cost hundreds of dollars. &nbsp;
Several former players say there are benefits to playing for OSU and coach Jim Tressel.
Like Clarett, Cooper says he worked a no-show landscaping job set up through the football staff and would come and go as he pleased. He says he was paid $10 to $12 an hour and always put down in for 30 hours. "I never worked 30 hours." He adds that he received at least $2,600 in cash and never filed paperwork or went through the compliance office. He knows at least eight teammates who did the same. Crosby also says he worked bogus jobs.


But Cooper's account differs from that of Richard McNutt, a cornerback who worked on another landscaping crew. McNutt says he did anything his crew manager asked. "I can only speak for myself. All I know is I worked." (After an ankle injury ended his career, McNutt became a student-assistant for head coach Jim Tressel; he now coaches the secondary at D3 Washington & Jefferson in Pennsylvania.) Chris Vance, a star wideout in 2001-02, also denies seeing any improper benefits but says he believes Clarett. "I don't think he's lying. If he feels it's right to speak out, then I'm behind him 100%."


Cooper is back at Ohio State, taking 10 credits a quarter and hoping to return to the team or to transfer. But transferring won't be easy. After Crosby became academically ineligible, he left in 2002 and spent two semesters at Columbus State CC. He then met with officials at Grambling, who saw a transcript that included Officiating Basketball and Officiating Tennis and denied nearly half of his credits. "What are they doing up there at Ohio State?" he says an adviser asked.


They're doing some things competitors aren't, according to an ESPN poll of the Big Ten and of the BCS top 15 from 2003. Four of the 23 schools surveyed offered officiating courses, but only Ohio State has sport-specific classes. Nine schools gave credit for playing football, but OSU topped the list with a maximum of 10 career credits. Seven schools offered a football coaching course, but only four (Indiana, Miami of Ohio, Mississippi and Ohio State) let their head coach teach it.


In two years at OSU, LeAndre Boone says he took whatever courses his athletic adviser suggested: "He'd say, 'Take this class; this professor loves football players.'" After two years Boone left for D1-AA Hampton, where he could play right away. But he went from academic junior at Ohio State to barely a sophmore at Hampton. After playing one game he was found to have a career-ending heart condition, and he's since moved with his wife and two daughters to the one place he knew he could get a degree: Ohio State.


Despite acing courses like Officiating Softball and Power Volleyball, Fred Sturrup (in car, left) became academically ineligible for 2001 and lost his scholarship. He thought about leaving and met with Youngstown State coaches, but after hearing transcript horror stories from teammates, he asked for a chance to stay. To get through spring ball while he got his grades in order, he unloaded furniture for $7.50 an hour. He'd ask teammates for quarters to make phone calls, then spend them once a day on Wendy's 99-cent menu. For four months he lived in his 1971 Cadillac. If Sturrup made a mistake, he says, coaches ran him until he was exhausted.


"I thought they were going to kill him," Crosby says.


Sturrup has given up on being a Buckeye, but not on his education. He hopes to graduate from Ohio State this spring. "They stuck their foot in my ******," he says. "But I'm not letting them stop me from getting my degree."

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HuskieDan Wrote:
BuckeyeStu Wrote:
Papa Lou BSU Wrote:
Quote:I think ESPN running this story without any reliable sources(3 digruntled former players) is very poor journalism and hopefully they will feel some serious backlash for this.

Yeah, because Tressel and Geiger would *never* lie about anything... Good gawd, I agree with Knight Time on something...
I'm not saying that they or tOSU are perfect, but I would certainly trust their word over that of Maurice Clarett. This is an attempt by ESPN to sell more magazines by trashing Ohio State and Tressel even though there are no facts to back up their claims.
I don't consider either party to have much credibility.
Bingo!
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