OT: Herbstreit rips OSU, Tressel
Kirk Herbstreit is less than charitable to his alma mater. Even gets a genuinely nostalgic John Cooper reference in there.
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=6426819
Somone from tOSU did something without honesty or integrity?!?!??!?!
Good thing he moved out of Columbus. I'd actually be concerned for his safety if he were there right now.
had an interview down there last year -- tanked it on purpose; i just wanted out of there after being there after 10 minutes. and yes, i grew up in ohio, thankfully, must closer to a*2.
April 25th, 2011 at 11:09 PM ^
Congratulations on making my annual top 10 dumb things to do list. Declining an interivew is one thing, but to actually GO to the interview and then purposely tank it... that's just not a very bright move. Oh wait, you grew up in Ohio, that explains everything.
You sound like a self-important asshole.
Congratulations.
He just didn't realize how awful of a city it was until he got there.
April 26th, 2011 at 10:06 AM ^
yuck. Go wash that shit off. Any moral superiority that accrued to you from not being from Ohio is not evident in your petty little post.
Actually, you assumed wrong. I am from Ohio. So that also explains it.
April 26th, 2011 at 11:24 AM ^
this list? If so, linky please?
Always good to have former players and College Football Experts bashing your program
yeah, that would never happen here
I thought his point was along the lines of "yeah, we know where this is going" due to our own unfortunate experience.
Keep Jim Tressel.
His remark regarding if Cooper were the coach today were spot on. They would have literally shot him. lol
IMO, Kirk has never really shown any OSU bias and is pretty objective as a media presence. Only time he gets on my nerves is when he says the wrong shit in NCAA '11.
That was a nice touch, wasn't it?
i always likes herbstreit. i still get a kick out of his "running" the wishbone in their cotton bowl game. if i remember correctly, they played A&M in it. A&M was use tot he speed of the '80's wichbone teams. kirk ran it sooo sloow that they, the defence, over ran it so badly, kirk just walked in because there wasn't anone in front of him.
no, seriously....
Thanks mom, ABBA may not rock, but they are downright cute & fun.
April 26th, 2011 at 10:08 AM ^
plays that stuff over and over. Sometimes after dinner we all go crazy in the living room to it, especially if it's bad weather and we can't go outside.
I was suprised to hear Tyrelle Pryor's named mentioned only becuse he is a current player-that was about as strong as Herbstriet could have been against JT IMO.
KORK HERBSTREET is a fine outstanding buckeye. FIRE JOM TREKBALLS
why would you want him fired?
Rich Rod adviced me to FIRE JOM TREKBALLZ
also butts and stuff and things and butts.
Sick balls.
less beer and less CAP's.
why wouldn't Michigan fans want him fired?
Because he'll never be able to out recruit us ever again
April 26th, 2011 at 12:39 AM ^
How?
and if he is gone we can never get even or better him. Personally, I think he will resign.
April 25th, 2011 at 10:34 PM ^
The longer this goes on and the more that comes out I wonder what Lloyd could have done with the "resources" available to Tressel?
9 and 1 looks more and more hollow....just like JT's legacy
April 25th, 2011 at 11:51 PM ^
The whole Tressel era is bogus.
April 26th, 2011 at 10:10 AM ^
Clarkie!
We want him fired because of how well he had done against us. Its not like that is going to change in the next couple of years. (Although we are going to beat the Buckeyes maybe not next year but the year after that).
April 25th, 2011 at 11:45 PM ^
were you talking about hotdogs?
The only MSM Buckeye I can tolerate, Les Miles fiasco aside.
April 26th, 2011 at 10:37 AM ^
And I think it was intentionally done to harm UM.
I don't think so - I think his sources were not good, that the situation was fluid and that he reported what he thought was true at the time. Basically, he screwed up.
As for harming us, keeping Les out of AA was a favor. As bad as the past three years were, Les would have been a bad move - do we really want someone of his character heading our team? Say what you want about RR as a coach at Michigan (but please don't say it in response to this post, as that is not my point), but he certainly did not degrade the class of our program and throw individual players under the bus for his mistakes a la Les.
sinking ship! But I say. . . don't forget ze SS Lez Milez!
The OSU fans have a mentality that everything is acceptable as long as the Suckeye's beat Michigan. The head coach could be Jack The Ripper but they'd still defend him as longs as they win against us most of the time. It's pretty pathetic when a school's football program or coach is more important to their fans and alumni than the overall school itself.
You're probably right. But, I'm willing to bet that the majority of tOSU alumni are more concerned with the reputation of the school and the future of their alma mater's most visible program. It's unlikely that their reaction to the Tressel allegations is vastly different than what mine would be if the allegations were about Michigan.
It is blind support from alums and non alums down here. Not to mention the same phrase that I have heard from EVERY buckeye fan I know "Well every school does it" or "the SEC is doing way more stuff then us,why don't they go after them" 98% of ALL buckeye fans are dumb shits.
was it that obvious....
I wonder if the immortal photo of that fat slobbering Buckeye fan with one malnourished slobbering Buckeye fan under each arm (yes, that photo) depicts alumni or just WalMart Buckeyes---which is kind of like asking one to contrast between the color red and the color red. Either way, they'll probably trade program integrity for wins over M--or tats--any day of the week.
I suppose this is true in most places, but since I moved to Ohio 15-16 years or so ago, I have noticed how this is VERY true in Ohio. Certainly Buckeye Nation supports all things OSU no matter what, or at least until someone affiliated with the school has the audacity to speak or act against it. They LOVED Maurice Clarett, until he turned on them and then they threw him under the bus. Some grad student who tutored football players (maybe Clarett) went public with allegations that the school was essentially cheating for the student-athletes (surprise!) and she was then vilified.
Cleveland loved Albert Belle when he was an Indian, even though he was an asshole; after he left the Indians, they pointed out that he was an asshole.
LeBron seems like a special case to me; I actually think he did reveal himself to be an asshole.
Anyway, ongoing support for Tressel is just another example of blind, uncritical support for the home team down here in Ohio. What is interesting is that there are actually a lot of people down here (including media types, fans who are personal friends, etc.) who have turned against Tressel because of his lies. There is a surprising number of Ohioans who have had enough of him, especially after writing a book bragging about his integrity.
Those OSU fans (in the minority) who stand for something higher and believe that OSU is about more than football, will voice their opinion against Coach Sweatervest. The remaining rabble will stand with the slime who have dominated TSIO for decades.
I spend a fair amount of time in Ohio not too far from Columbus. I have been surprised by the number of OSU alums who feel Tressel should be fired and have felt that way since the press conference held in March.
If you read the comments in the Columbus Dispatch, a significant number of posters support dumping Tressel, probably way more than half, but that's just my guess.
To be fair, it was probably the roids' fault.