Ex-Buckeyes coach Jim Tressel says he's 'surprised' by HOF honor

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Ex-Buckeyes coach Jim Tressel says he's 'surprised' by HOF honor

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He resigned in May 2011 after the NCAA discovered the coach had withheld information during an investigation into some of his players selling memorabilia and receiving illegal benefits.

For his role in that scandal, Tressel received a five-year show-cause penalty from the NCAA, meaning any school that wanted to hire him during that period would also have to take on the penalties from his time at Ohio State.


"I think you're surprised for a lot of reasons. You know you're not perfect. You look at the lists of people who are in those halls of fame and you don't put yourself in that class," said Jim Tressel, shown at the national championship game in January. Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images
Tressel did not specifically say the circumstances surrounding his departure were why he was slightly caught off guard when the school told him earlier this week that he would be a hall of famer.
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HOF in Ohio. Of course, it all makes sense.

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The National Football Foundation also announced its plans in January to include Tressel in the 2015 College Football Hall of Fame class. That induction ceremony will take place in December, the same month Tressel's show-cause penalty is set to expire....

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Five Natty titles as a head coach and is currently president of Youngstown State. So in this case cheaters win.
 

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Dude got caught red handed at OSU and had all kind of alleged allegations against him at Youngstown State and they are putting him into the HOF??? This just shows that today's NCAA is corrupt to the core!
 

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I don't have any issues with jim "tattoos" tressell. my high school football coach use to preach if you're not cheating you ain't playing hard. congrats tattoo jim:proud:
 

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dubster1;n235887 said:
I don't have any issues with jim "tattoos" tressell. my high school football coach use to preach if you're not cheating you ain't playing hard. congrats tattoo jim:proud:

The issue was the cover up, not the tattoos. Honestly, I don't know why getting free tattoos from a booster is any worse than getting free legal help from one (Huntley). :dunno:
 

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MJMGator;n235890 said:
The issue was the cover up, not the tattoos. Honestly, I don't know why getting free tattoos from a booster is any worse than getting free legal help from one (Huntley). :dunno:

it happens everywhere, just some are better at lying than others. but I agree its no worst that the suit and the yukons bama players are rocking!
 

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Still love watching him implode in Phoenix vs. UF.
 

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that is the dumbest most nonsensical creed I've ever heard.


Wait, I could have sworn it was paragraph #1 of the Florida Bar's Guidelines for Professional Conduct.
 

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[QUOTE='78;n237435]


Wait, I could have sworn it was paragraph #1 of the Florida Bar's Guidelines for Professional Conduct.[/QUOTE]

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I thought it was more like.....it's not cheating unless you get caught.
 
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Wait, I could have sworn it was paragraph #1 of the Florida Bar's Guidelines for Professional Conduct.[/QUOTE]

No. Paragraph 1 states that you cheat so you don't have to play hard. That's the point.
 

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