Big Ten expansion moves ahead

rjkofnovi · June 1, 2011, 7:12pm

^^^Great time for Ohio State to run a $2.5 billion campaign. Good luck with that one. lol

All joking aside, I hope they do raise the money Lenny and Sparkeye.

Sparkeye7 · June 3, 2011, 3:33pm

He is both wise and classy.

On the other hand…

[Mary</a> Sue Coleman: ‘I was quite taken aback’ at Ohio State’s NCAA violations](<a href=“Mary Sue Coleman: 'I was quite taken aback' at Ohio State's NCAA violations”>Mary Sue Coleman: 'I was quite taken aback' at Ohio State's NCAA violations)

I enjoy reading the popular comments. Fortunately, most of the Michiganders are just and do not live in an ivory tower. That is a good news imho. :)

Sam_Lee · June 3, 2011, 7:51pm

[Northwestern</a> Continues to Excel in Latest NCAA Academic Progress Rate Data - Northwestern University Official Athletic Site](<a href=“http://nusports.cstv.com/genrel/052411aac.html]Northwestern”>http://nusports.cstv.com/genrel/052411aac.html)

Go Cats!!

UCBChemEGrad · June 4, 2011, 1:38am

That’s great, Sam. Congrats to the Mildcats. Cal’s football APR continues to be poor thanks to early defections of Jahvid Best and Marshawn Lynch…

In other news, Pac-12 fans chose this handsome logo for the conference’s championship game:
[Pac-12</a> Fans Select Official Logo For Inaugural Football Championship Game > Pac-10 > News](<a href=“http://www.pac-10.org/News/tabid/863/Article/226297/pac-12-fans-select-official-logo-for-inaugural-football-championship-game.aspx]Pac-12”>http://www.pac-10.org/News/tabid/863/Article/226297/pac-12-fans-select-official-logo-for-inaugural-football-championship-game.aspx)

Sparkeye7 · June 5, 2011, 4:27pm

No. 1 Among Top 25 in Academic Progress Rate

Release: 06/03/2011

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio State football program has the No. 1 Academic Progress Rate (APR) multi-year score in the nation among the Top 25 teams in the final 2010 USA Today/ESPN Football Coaches Poll. The APR provides a real-time look at a team’s academic success each semester by tracking the academic progress of each student-athlete on scholarship.

The Buckeyes, who had the No. 1 APR score among the Top 15 teams at the conclusion of the 2009 football season, had a multi-year APR score of 985 to out-perform the rest of the Top 5 that included Boise State (981), Stanford (977), TCU (972) and Central Florida (971). Rankings research was compiled by the NCAA and USA Today and appeared in the May 25, 2011 issue of USA Today.

The APR accounts for eligibility, retention and graduation and provides a measure of each team’s academic performance. The most recent APR scores are multi-year rates based on the scores from the 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10 academic years.

Ohio State football was one of five Ohio State programs that were honored last month with a public recognition award by the NCAA, with the others being baseball, men’s gymnastics, men’s tennis and women’s tennis. The public recognition awards are given each year to teams scoring in the Top 10 percent in each sport, based on their most recent multi-year APRs.

APR Scores of Top 25 Programs

(Ranking in final 2010 USA Today/ESPN Football Coaches Poll)

<ol>
<li>Ohio State (5) - 985</li>
<li>Boise State (7) - 981</li>
<li>Stanford (4) - 977</li>
<li>TCU (2) - 972</li>
<li>Central Florida (20) - 971</li>
<li>Missouri (18) - 967</li>
</ol>

Wisconsin (8) - 967

<ol>
<li>LSU (8) - 966</li>
<li>Alabama (11) - 963</li>
<li>Oklahoma (6) - 960</li>
<li>Nebraska (19) - 958</li>
<li>Utah (23) - 956</li>
<li>Virginia Tech (15) - 955</li>
<li>South Carolina (22) - 954</li>
<li>Mississippi State (17) - 952</li>
<li>Nevada (13) - 943</li>
<li>Oklahoma State (10) - 942</li>
<li>Oregon (3) - 941</li>
<li>Auburn (1) - 940</li>
</ol>

Texas A&M (21) - 940

<ol>
<li>Michigan State (14) - 938</li>
<li>Arkansas (12) - 937</li>
<li>Florida State (16) - 932</li>
<li>North Carolina State (25) - 929</li>
<li>Maryland (24) - 922</li>
</ol>

Source: [No</a>. 1 Among Top 25 in Academic Progress Rate - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com](<a href=“Ohio State Buckeyes | Ohio State University Athletics”>Ohio State Buckeyes | Ohio State University Athletics)

rjkofnovi · June 5, 2011, 5:21pm

^^^I wouldn’t be mentioning anything about tOSU and football right now. It seems the school has been overlooking lots of things that have been going on for years during the Tressel era:

[Report:</a> Audit last November critical of Ohio State compliance office - Campus Rivalry: College Football & Basketball News, Recruiting, Game Picks, and More - USATODAY.com](<a href=“http://content.usatoday.com/communities/campusrivalry/post/2011/06/report-audit-last-november-critical-of-ohio-state-compliance-office/1]Report:”>http://content.usatoday.com/communities/campusrivalry/post/2011/06/report-audit-last-november-critical-of-ohio-state-compliance-office/1)

You have to wonder if this translates to the academic side of things too.

Sparkeye7 · June 5, 2011, 6:37pm

^^ Fair enough!! Let’s go Spartans!! :)

I enjoy this amusing video:

[YouTube</a> - ‪Sparty - Anything For Love‬‏](<a href=“Sparty - Anything For Love - YouTube”>Sparty - Anything For Love - YouTube)

Go State!! :p

Sparkeye7 · June 6, 2011, 12:21pm

Ohio State football: More suspensions unlikely, lawyer says

Saturday, June 4, 2011 03:07 AM
By Tim May

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

An attorney who represented nine Ohio State football players during interviews with the NCAA this week offered an upbeat summation for fans fearing that more Buckeyes could be facing suspensions.

“I would say the proceedings do not cause me any angst at this point,” attorney Larry James said.

Nine players were named in a Sports Illustrated article this week that attempted to show a pattern of rule-breaking under former coach Jim Tressel. It stated that the players, like the six teammates suspended for up to five games next season, had exchanged memorabilia for cash and/or discounted tattoos.

Doing so is a violation of NCAA rules.

“There is no scintilla of evidence related to 90 percent of those kids listed in the Sports Illustrated article that they did anything wrong,” James said. “That’s the way it’s going to turn out, I believe. It’s just irresponsible reporting.”

Tressel, who resigned Monday under mounting pressure, acknowledged in March that he withheld information about the transactions from his superiors and then kept it to himself during an investigation of the six players. When the Sports Illustrated article named the nine other current players, NCAA investigators returned.

Per NCAA guidelines, James was provided as an attorney for the new players. In gathering background for their hearings, he said he made them bring in personal awards such as the gold pants charms earned for wins over Michigan, Big Ten championship rings and such. He then photographed each item.

“For all nine, if there are 50 pieces at issue, we have 48 of them,” James said. “There might be a misplaced necklace or something, but they’re pretty much all there.”

When reminded that players could have traded other things, such as autographed jerseys, James said he was confident that the nine had done no such thing.

The NCAA, of course, will make the final call.

One of the players named was linebacker Storm Klein. His father defended him in the Newark Advocate and indicated that he might sue Sports Illustrated.

“I can’t speak for anybody else,” Jason Klein said. “I just know what my son has done and know my son. His name has been smeared, but I’m very confident he’ll come out of it without (any penalty) because he’s done nothing.”

According to Jason Klein, Storm does not have any tattoos.

<a href="mailto:tmay@dispatch.com">tmay@dispatch.com</a>

Source: [Ohio</a> State football: More suspensions unlikely, lawyer says | BuckeyeXtra](<a href=“http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/sports/stories/2011/06/04/more-suspensions-unlikely-lawyer-says.html?sid=101]Ohio”>http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/sports/stories/2011/06/04/more-suspensions-unlikely-lawyer-says.html?sid=101)

Sparkeye7 · June 6, 2011, 12:23pm

Tressel forecasts another win vs. Michigan

June, 6, 2011
By Adam Rittenberg

Jim Tressel began his career as Ohio State’s coach with a famous promise about the Buckeyes’ archrival, Michigan.

Who could forget what Tressel told the Buckeyes faithful at a basketball game the day he was hired in January 2001?

“I can assure you that you will be proud of our young people in the classroom, in the community and most especially in 310 days in Ann Arbor, Mich., on the football field.”

Tressel still had Michigan on the brain Saturday when about 200 Ohio State fans showed up for a rally in support of the coach at his house. Tressel, forced to resign as Buckeyes coach a week ago, spent about 20 minutes shaking hands, taking pictures and talking with his supporters.

His most memorable line took a jab at the hated Wolverines, a team Tressel beat nine out of 10 times during his tenure as Ohio State’s coach.

“Don’t forget: Nov. 26th we’re going to kick their ass!” Tressel said, eliciting a big cheer.

It won’t be easy for Tressel to watch Ohio State from afar this season. I’d imagine the Michigan contest will be especially difficult for the coach, who always put The Game on a pedestal and mastered the art of preparing Ohio State for its archrival.

“We’re going to be Buckeyes for life,” Tressel told the crowd Saturday. “What’s that old saying? Buckeye born and bred, a Buckeye 'til I’m dead.”

Source: [Tressel</a> forecasts another win vs. Michigan - Big Ten Blog - ESPN](<a href=“http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/27516/tressel-forecasts-another-win-vs-michigan]Tressel”>Tressel forecasts another win vs. Michigan - ESPN - Big Ten Blog- ESPN)

Whistle_Pig · June 6, 2011, 1:01pm

We feel your pain, sparkeye7.

Tressel’s “Buckeyes for life” would seem to take on new meaning these days.:eek: :(

ThisCouldBeHeavn · June 6, 2011, 3:37pm

Aside from the spectacular amount of blank space, it’s reasonable. 4 would’ve been by far the best, if it just said 2011 instead of the ugly MMXI

rjkofnovi · June 6, 2011, 5:04pm

"An attorney who represented nine Ohio State football players during interviews with the NCAA this week offered an upbeat summation for fans fearing that more Buckeyes could be facing suspensions.

“I would say the proceedings do not cause me any angst at this point,” attorney Larry James said."

Have you EVER seen an attorney for the defense say anything different? lol

Sparkeye7 · June 6, 2011, 5:10pm

"We feel your pain, sparkeye7.

Tressel’s “Buckeyes for life” would seem to take on new meaning these days."

Thanks for being sympathetic towards the Buckeye Nation… Hopefully, TOSU’s overall academic ranking will move up instead of down come this Aug. despite the recent football fiasco.

[The</a> Most Popular Universities - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://www.usnews.com/education/articles/2011/01/25/the-most-popular-universities]The”>http://www.usnews.com/education/articles/2011/01/25/the-most-popular-universities)

Go Bucks!!! lol

Sparkeye7 · June 6, 2011, 5:19pm

Berry Tramel: OU’s Bob Stoops not interested in baby-sitting

In his first public comments since the Jim Tressel scandal, the Sooners’ coach says he won’t be following his players around.

Berry Tramel Oklahoman 
Published: June 4, 2011

06/04/2011 KANSAS CITY, Mo. Oklahoma State and the Big 12’s other lower-revenue schools walked out of the conference meetings Friday with a multimillion-dollar pay…

Stoops is not interested. When that becomes his job description, he says he’ll go all Johnny Paycheck. Take that job and …

Listen, if people think that I’m going to be chasing around, following my players around, that’s not happening, Stoops said the other day in his first public comments since the Ohio State scandal cost Jim Tressel his job.

If I have to do that, I’m gonna do your (media) job, or do someone else’s job. I’m not coaching.

Stoops and Tressel have common bonds. Stoops grew up in Youngstown, Ohio, and has had family members coach Youngstown State football. Tressel coached Youngstown State to four NCAA Division I-AA championships.

I love Jim Tressel, Stoops said. I think he’s a fabulous guy. He’s overall been a strong example for all coaches. And I don’t know all the circumstances around his situation. So it’s impossible for me to comment on that.

But Stoops did comment on how he has handled and will handle players who receive impermissible benefits.

And it differs starkly from the way Tressel dealt with his Buckeyes. Tressel learned of allegations and did not report them to his athletic director or compliance officers or the NCAA. Ultimately, that’s what cost Tressel his job.

Stoops, indirectly, indicted Tressel while explaining how Oklahoma football has handled and will handle misdeeds.

We can’t follow a hundred players around, Stoops said. That’s just not realistic and not gonna happen.

So, at the end of the day, our players are very well educated on what’s allowed and what isn’t. If something isn’t appropriate, it’s dealt with, I like to think, appropriately and in the right way. And that’s it.

Stoops chatted Thursday night, just before the OU Caravan’s Dallas event. During the program, Stoops took questions from fans and was asked about the difference in the way Tressel handled the Terrelle Pryor allegations and the way Stoops handled Rhett Bomar’s excessive benefits in 2006.

Our conversation wasn’t very long, Stoops said of Bomar. Stoops said he confronted Bomar with the evidence that he had been paid by Big Red Sports & Imports for work not performed and told him, You’re not playing at Oklahoma.

For a year, Bomar wondered?

No, it’s going to be forever, Stoops said he said. We’ll move on. You can transfer.

Said Stoops, Our players are educated. They know. If you knowingly break the rules, we’re going to move on. We’ll find someone else to play quarterback.

I felt it was in the best interest of our university. Our players know, we’re going to do things right. At least that’s our hope.

Stoops bristled at the suggestion he deserves credit for the way he handled the Bomar case.

I’m not looking for a bit of credit, Stoops said. I did what I thought needed to happen in our situation. All situations are different.

All I know is, we will deal with our situations the way we feel needs to be dealt with. And to further educate our players on how they need to move forward. And if situations like this do occur here, this is how your situation will be.

Swift justice seems to be Stoops’ style. Wyatt Earp is walking the streets of Norman.

It’s impossible to know what everyone does behind closed doors, Stoops said. Even in families, you don’t know sometimes what’s going on. So to think we know, when families or wives and husbands don’t know?

No one knows. At the end of the day, if someone tries to conceal something they will, and when you find out, you deal with it. That’s it. We can’t possibly know everything that happens.

It’s the American Way. Freedom to do most anything you want. Just be prepared to pay the consequences, which Tressel did not demand of his Buckeyes.

Read more: [Berry</a> Tramel: OU’s Bob Stoops not interested in baby-sitting | NewsOK.com](<a href=“http://newsok.com/berry-tramel-ous-bob-stoops-not-interested-in-baby-sitting/article/3574387#ixzz1OX6tW5ND]Berry”>http://newsok.com/berry-tramel-ous-bob-stoops-not-interested-in-baby-sitting/article/3574387#ixzz1OX6tW5ND)

Source: [Berry</a> Tramel: OU’s Bob Stoops not interested in baby-sitting | NewsOK.com](<a href=“http://www.newsok.com/berry-tramel-ous-bob-stoops-not-interested-in-baby-sitting/article/3574387?custom_click=masthead_topten]Berry”>http://www.newsok.com/berry-tramel-ous-bob-stoops-not-interested-in-baby-sitting/article/3574387?custom_click=masthead_topten)

Sparkeye7 · June 7, 2011, 6:07pm

Last Updated: June 07. 2011 1:52PM

MSU will finish above U-M in Legends, magazines predict
Angelique S. Chengelis/ The Detroit News

The college football preseason magazines are starting to hit the newsstands, and it appears Michigan State is getting plenty of respect in the Big Ten, even nationally, while Michigan, with a new coach and staff, is picked to finish anywhere from third to fifth in the Legends Division.

Michigan and Michigan State are highly regarded by Lindy’s magazine, which projects the Spartans as No. 22 nationally and Michigan at No. 29. The Spartans will finish second in the Legends Division behind Nebraska, while Michigan will finish third, according to the magazine. Ohio State is expected to win the Leaders Division.

Athlon also has Nebraska winning the division with MSU second and Michigan fourth, while the Sporting News has the Cornhuskers winning the Legends, Northwestern second, Michigan State third and Michigan fifth.

None of the magazines included Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson, the Big Ten offensive player of the year last season, among Heisman Trophy candidates. Athlon placed Robinson in the Heisman “10 more to watch” category.

Looking way into the future, Athlon features bowl predictions and has Michigan State playing South Carolina in the Outback and Michigan facing Houston in the TicketCity.

Among the top-25 quarterbacks, Lindy’s ranks Robinson No. 4 and Michigan State’s Kirk Cousins No. 13, with Robinson making the first-team offense and Cousins the second-team offense in the Big Ten.

The Spartans, led by Edwin Baker, ranked the nation’s No. 6 running back by Lindy’s, has the sixth-ranked backfield (the magazine listed 10 teams), and Michigan has the No. 8 offense.

Making Lindy’s first-team Big Ten offense besides Robinson from Michigan are receiver Roy Roundtree and center David Molk, listed the No. 2 center among the nation’s top eight.

Michigan State is represented on the first-team offense by Baker, guard Joel Foreman, kicker Dan Conroy and kick returner Keshawn Martin.

Michigan tackle Mike Martin, safety Jordan Kovacs and punter Will Hagerup made the magazine’s first-team Big Ten defense. MSU is represented on the second-team offense by quarterback Kirk Cousins, and Michigan left tackle Taylor Lewan also made the preseason team. MSU’s Jerel Worthy and Trenton Robinson, and Michigan’s Cam Gordon are on the second-team defense.

Lindy’s believes Cousins, Worthy and Martin are among the Big Ten’s top NFL talent.

The first and second teams as projected by Athlon are similar to Lindy’s. Robinson, Baker and Foreman made the first team, as did Martin as a returner. Worthy and Robinson made the first defensive team, while Roundtree and Molk made second-team offense and Martin made the second-team defense.

Molk made the Sporting News’ second-team All-American list, and Mike Martin made third-team defense. As for the magazine’s All-Big Ten teams, Foreman from MSU and Molk and Roundtree from Michigan are first-team offense, and Martin and Robinson are first-team defense.

All of the magazines regard MSU kicker Dan Conroy as the best in the Big Ten.

From The Detroit News: [College</a> Sports | MSU will finish above U-M in Legends, magazines predict | The Detroit News](<a href=“Detroit Local News - Michigan News - Breaking News - detroitnews.com”>Detroit Local News - Michigan News - Breaking News - detroitnews.com)

Source: [College</a> Sports | MSU will finish above U-M in Legends, magazines predict | The Detroit News](<a href=“Detroit Local News - Michigan News - Breaking News - detroitnews.com”>Detroit Local News - Michigan News - Breaking News - detroitnews.com)

Sparkeye7 · June 7, 2011, 6:09pm

MSU lands Ohio QB recruit Tyler O’Connor

9:57 AM, Jun. 7, 2011
BY DENNY SCHWARZE

LANSING STATE JOURNAL

With the sudden loss of former Elite 11 quarterback Joe Boisture during the winter, Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio needed to take a QB in this season’s recruiting class to make up for it.

They restocked with another Elite 11 talent.

Lima (Ohio) Central Catholic quarterback Tyler O’Connor became the fifth verbal commitment in MSU’s 2012 recruiting class Monday, selecting the Spartans over Northwestern.

“I think, all along, he felt very good about Northwestern and Michigan State with the stability of the head coaches there,” Central Catholic coach Jerry Cooper said.

O’Connor also took a liking to the current quarterback situation at MSU, with starter Kirk Cousins entering his senior season this fall.

“I think that’s a real factor,” Cooper said. “The next year, there’s going to be some people competing for the starting quarterback. He’s looking at, down the road, for himself to get an opportunity to play. He felt (MSU) was a real good fit for his talents.”

O’Connor, who threw for 26 touchdowns and helped lead his team to the Division 5 state semifinals as a junior, recently was invited to the national Elite 11 Quarterback Camp in California.

The camp is an event that features clinics, feedback from current and former college and NFL quarterbacks, and a chance to compete against other top high school QBs from around the nation. Players must have standout performances at regional showcases to earn invitations.

O’Connor also reportedly had scholarship offers from Boston College, Cincinnati, Illinois, Indiana, Louisville, Vanderbilt, Virginia and West Virginia, among others. Verbal commitments are nonbinding until national letters of intent are signed in February.

Cooper raved about OConnors ability as a field general.

His first strength as a player is hes a kid that can really lead, Cooper said. He has a real calming nature about him. Under pressure, he wants the ball in his hand.

Hes been one of those kids that you can really count on to be first-class and do all the things that hes coached to do. We give him things to work on, and you know hes doing everything the coaches are asking him to do.

OConnor joins linebacker Riley Bullough, offensive linemen Benny McGowan and Zach Higgins and tight end Evan Jones as MSU verbal commitments for 2012.

Source: [MSU</a> lands Ohio QB recruit Tyler O’Connor | Detroit Free Press | freep.com](<a href=“http://www.freep.com/article/20110607/SPORTS07/110607023/MSU-lands-Ohio-QB-recruit]MSU”>http://www.freep.com/article/20110607/SPORTS07/110607023/MSU-lands-Ohio-QB-recruit)

Sparkeye7 · June 7, 2011, 9:22pm

Pryor, Focus of Investigation, Is Leaving Ohio State

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: June 7, 2011

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Terrelle Pryors career at Ohio State, which started with so much promise, came to an abrupt and scandal-ridden end Tuesday.
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Terry Gilliam/Associated Press

Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor on June 30, the day Coach Jim Tressel resigned. On Tuesday, Pryor announced his own departure.

Pryor announced that he would not play for the Buckeyes this season. He had been suspended for the first five games of the 2011 season for breaking N.C.A.A. rules by accepting improper benefits from the owner of a tattoo parlor.

In the best interests of my teammates, Ive made the decision to forgo my senior year of football at the Ohio State University, Pryor said in a statement issued by his lawyer, Larry James, who added that Pryor was not available for comment.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer first reported Pryors announcement.

The N.C.A.A. is looking into all aspects of Ohio States program, including cash and tattoos to players, cars deals for athletes and other potential violations.

Pryors announcement came eight days after Coach Jim Tressel was forced to resign for knowing about the players improper benefits but not telling his superiors.

He did not want to be a distraction to his teammates, James said of Pryor. This is something he came to consider after much thought.

Ohio State will go before the N.C.A.A.s committee on infractions Aug. 12. Pryor is no longer a college football player, so he is no longer obligated to meet with the N.C.A.A. James would not comment on whether Pryor would continue to cooperate with the investigation.

Ohio States athletic director, Gene Smith, said: We understand Terrelles decision and wish him well in this next phase of his life.

The 6-foot-6, 233-pound Pryor came to Ohio State on March 19, 2007, from Jeannette, Pa., as the most acclaimed high school quarterback prospect in the country. His career will be remembered in his adoptive home state for his three victories in three matchups against the archrival Michigan, and victories in the Rose Bowl and the Sugar Bowl. He had a 31-4 record as a starter; rushed for 2,164 yards, a record for an Ohio State quarterback; and passed for 6,177 yards.

But it will also be remembered for a series of missteps and controversies that seemed to follow him.

Amid an N.C.A.A. inquiry into his cars, Pryor drove a sports car to practice on the day Tressel resigned. Even when it was shown that his mother had legally bought the car, which is four years old, many fans were angry.

In 2009, he wore Vick on an eyeblack patch in honor of Michael Vick, after Vick had been involved in a dogfighting operation. Pryor then infuriated many by saying: I mean, everyone kills people, murders people, steals from you, steals from me, whatever. I think that people need a second chance.

Pryor will probably make himself available for an N.F.L. supplemental draft if one is held, James said. Few draft experts consider Pryor a ready-for-the-N.F.L. quarterback. With his speed and size, he could be better cut out as a big wide receiver.

For now, Pryor will take things easy, James said.

You know how sometimes you have the weight of the world on your shoulders and then something like this takes a little bit off, James added. Hes still only 21.

Source: <a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/08/sports/ncaafootball/pryor-focus-of-investigation-is-leaving-ohio-state.html[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/08/sports/ncaafootball/pryor-focus-of-investigation-is-leaving-ohio-state.html</a>

bclintonk · June 7, 2011, 10:52pm

I don’t think Pryor has a future as an NFL QB. Poor passing accuracy, awkward mechanics, slow delivery, questionable decision-making, questionable ability to read defenses, serious character issues, reportedly poor work habits, and questionable intelligence for a position where you need a team leader. No question he’s got some athletic talent. There’s talk of him playing WR or even TE, but he’s a project at either position. I wouldn’t be surprised if he went undrafted in the supplemental, signed on somewhere as a free agent, hung around for a few months, got cut, and ended up in the Canadian Football League.

Or, he could be the next Maurice Clarett: talented but pampered player who gets arrogant at a young age, demands and gets extra benefits, gets caught, and from there it’s a downward spiral.

TOSU has not done well by these young men. Nor it by them. It’s a shame all around.

Sparkeye7 · June 7, 2011, 11:03pm

^^ I sincerely hope that Robinson can beat TOSU come this November since Pryor is gone for good, and perhaps not end-up like Forcier…

[Report:</a> Police were called as QB Tate Forcier hung out a third-story window | Detroit Free Press | freep.com](<a href=“http://www.freep.com/article/20110526/SPORTS06/110526047/Report-Police-were-called-QB-Tate-Forcier-hung-out-third-story-window]Report:”>http://www.freep.com/article/20110526/SPORTS06/110526047/Report-Police-were-called-QB-Tate-Forcier-hung-out-third-story-window)

Peace?!

rjkofnovi · June 8, 2011, 8:43am

^^^^C’mon Sparkeye7, who are you kidding? As a Buckeye you always want to beat Michigan. It’s only natural. :-)

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