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So now it all comes out. Here we thought this thing with Jim Tressel not following the rules was a new thing… not! As it turns out in 2005-06 he was given the rating of “unacceptable” when it came to self-reporting rules violations in a timely manner.

But wait there’s more… he was issued a letter of reprimand less than six months into his tenure for giving a Buckeyes jersey to a recruit, a violation of NCAA bylaws and warned that he and his staff needed to do a better job of monitoring the cars the Buckeyes players were driving. Smh! [via]

This has to the most legendary sports picture, college or professional, ever taken! I wonder if he requested this before his death? The only thing that could have made this more legendary is if they would have buried him in a Tressel Ohio State vest.

Everyone is trying to get a piece of Ohio State… the government, NCAA, FEDS, and now ESPN. The Worldwide Leader in Sports filed a complaint yesterday entitled, “Memorandum in Support of Complaint for Writ of Mandamus”, with the Ohio Supreme Court asking that the court make Ohio State to release emails sent/received by OSU officials relating to the Jim Tressel NCAA Violation coverup scandal.

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LeBron may not be Jordan, but he’s the closest one… and on not just talking about on the court either. Today LeBron became the only guy other than Jordan to land a sponsorship deal with a college to wear his signature line… and he didn’t just get one school. Come next year Ohio State, Kentucky, and the University of Miami basketball teams will all be sporting LeBron gear. So to all the LeBron haters out there… suck it. [via]

We’re going to try to keep this as simple and easy to read as we can because we know everybody and their momma is going to posting about this today. Ohio State is self imposing the following sactions:

• Vacate all wins during the 2010 football season, including the 2011 Allstate Sugar Bowl;
• Vacate the 2010 Big Ten Conference Football Championship
• Imposed a two-year probationary period effective July 8, 2011
• Suspend four players for the first five games of the season and another for one

So now that OSU has fired Tressel and self imposed these sanctions the question now becomes… will this be enough to satisfy the NCAA or tack onto the punishment once the two sides meet on August 12? And the answer to that is easy… hell no! Ohio State took it easy on themselves with these sanctions… no bowl ban, no reduction of scholarships?!

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In case you missed it Terrelle Pryor sat down with ESPN’s John Gruden in an hour long special where he was questioned on everything from his premature departure from Ohio State to his quarterback skills… good stuff. And we’ve got the highlights of all the good parts of the interview for you below.

Tune in above to hear the always entertaining Skip Bayless’s take on Terrelle Pryor above.

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Here goes a little consolation prize for all you Ohio State football fans out there… the man that brought down the house, got Jim Tressel hired, made Terrelle Pryor leave, and will be the cause of many sanctions to come… tattoo parlor owner Edward Rife is going to jail and from the sound of the federal indictments handed down he’ll be locked up for a long time to come.

More on the charges against Rife below…