M-Borg vs. THE Flavortown U Thread, Orig. by Buckeye Paul, absconded w/by talent.

[lineygoblue]

Serious question for Doc Strangelove, or anyone else who lives in ohio:

What does the feeling seem to be about Fickell? Are football fans circling the wagons around him, or are they taking a wait and see approach?

Just curious.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Bad news for Wolverine Nation

Ohio state BMV clears OSU players car purchases; no illegal transactions; OSU cancelling independent investigation

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=6686479

In an May 18 letter, James Mitchell, executive director of the Ohio Independent Automobile Dealers' Association, wrote that he was summoned by Goss to examine the dealership's Ohio State-related sales. He wrote that he found no irregularities and that "gross profits were in line with or in excess of the national average" reported by a national association of used-car dealers. Goss said he was pleased with the BMV findings and that "the allegations made against Auto Direct were proven to be false."

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2011/06/21/car-dealerships-made-money-on-sales-Ohio-State.html?sid=101

[Pasadena Blue]

this is good news for the Bucks.

Delaney has good sway at the NCAA and will help spin this to O-state's advantage despite Tressel's lies and other Buck improprieties (I don't know how the sales data exonerates all the use of vehicles by TP without a sale)... I agree with DSL that the Bucks will get a minor slap relative to USC.

However, hopefully the damage to reputation and out-of-state recruiting will be severe.

[WM Wolverine]

What about all the OSU players driving around in 'loaners.'

[madootra]

Ohio clearing Ohio State. Reminds me of just before the Bowl game......

[hack]

Well now that it is clear beyond a shadow that Pryor never got any good deals on cars, that settles that...

[Hannibal]

Bad news for Wolverine Nation

Ohio state BMV clears OSU players car purchases; no illegal transactions; OSU cancelling independent investigation

LMAO. The "investigation" by the BMV only made sure that there was no illegal activity or unpaid taxes. It says nothing about inappropriate trade-in values for old cars, or who happened to provide the cash for all of the cars.

And we haven't even gotten into Pryor's "loaners" yet.

The denial in Buckeye nation is hilarious.

Lots more to come still, probably. ESPN and SI are still in town working on another story. All of this is just what we know without anyone agressively using the FOIA like the Freep did against Rodriguez.

[Rocky Bleier]

Bad news for Wolverine Nation

That's all right. I'll take Kyle Kalis instead.

[Rocky Bleier]

"Michigan, man," said Doug Plank, a former Ohio State and NFL defensive back now working for NCSA, a recruiting firm that connects athletes and their families with schools. "They are back in the recruiting business in Ohio."

http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/index.ssf/story/recruiting-could-be-tougher-for-ohio-state/b92859aa08f142e3bd10ca0a9aeecabc

More Schmuck angst:

http://duanelongreport.com/2011-articles/june/not-looking-forward-tot-he-4th-of-july.html

[Rocky Bleier]

Question of the Day: Will Jacoby Boren decommit from tosu because of the lack of Family Values?

[geo weidl]

They made their bed, let them rot for all I care.

[Rocky Bleier]

Just speculating whether Mike Boren will be consistent in his quest for integrity.

[lineygoblue]

Will Jacoby Boren decommit from tosu because of the lack of Family Values?

Of course not, because it was never about "family values" to begin with. It was about Justina Boren getting upset because the coaches called him "larda$$", and refused to cater to him because he was a "legacy" player and returning starter.

That is one case where I felt Rich Rodriguez got it absolutely right.

[lineygoblue]

Just speculating whether Mike Boren will be consistent in his quest for integrity.

No, I think his pride will triumph over his integrity.

[geo weidl]

Investigators examined 25 vehicle sales from Jack Maxton Chevrolet and Auto Direct to OSU players and relatives. Their report stated that the dealerships made a profit on 24 of the sales. The BMV did not disclose the prices the dealers paid for the vehicles. The report said the numbers were proprietary business information.


That's only half of the 50 car deals that o-lie-o was interested in and which half was it? The whole state is lying and cheating.