Clay Travis rips into Urban and OSU
https://twitter.com/ClayTravis/status/1032442606356066304?ref_src=twsrc…
Please someone embed, I'm kinda drunk, but Mr. Travis seems flabbergasted by what went down tonight
August 23rd, 2018 at 7:18 AM ^
This is how it’s going to be for the next couple of weeks. At least until the season starts. Then everyone stops caring and everything goes back to normal, or they move on to the next outrage du jour.
Thats what OSU is banking on.
August 23rd, 2018 at 8:04 AM ^
Maybe. Or maybe urban gets asked about this in every conference he has for the rest of the season. Do they really think mcmurphy is going to let it go?
August 23rd, 2018 at 9:11 AM ^
There is no way McMurphy is going to be allowed credentials into an OSU press conference. Absolutely no chance.
August 23rd, 2018 at 10:06 AM ^
Oh absolutely not. But he's got a lot of people paying attention to information drops now. If he continues to dig, there's obviously more here that hasn't been released. I just meant he won't stop writing about it, not that he's going to get to question Urban to his face.
August 23rd, 2018 at 7:29 AM ^
Everybody knew OSU would figure out a way to keep Urban, such a shithole of a university. On a side note, can anybody hook me up with the picture of Ohio state where the O’s are the dick ring and ball lifted? Trying to get that made into a shirt ASAP.
August 23rd, 2018 at 7:35 AM ^
You have a death wish? You live in enemy territory. Just saying. You have guts
August 23rd, 2018 at 8:03 AM ^
Ehhh you get use to it after 25 years. You can be wearing a Kent State shirt and get shit from Ohio State fans.
August 23rd, 2018 at 7:53 AM ^
Is this the "freedom and boobs" guy?
August 23rd, 2018 at 8:01 AM ^
I mean, I like freedom and boobs but no that’s not me.
August 23rd, 2018 at 8:12 AM ^
Haha, I meant Travis. I remember a Travis catching some heat on CNN last year about a comment along the lines of "I believe in Freedom and Boobs."
Edit: it was Travis, and it was actually "The 1st Ammendment and Boobs."
My apologies.
August 23rd, 2018 at 11:52 AM ^
Yeah, but which do you like more?
August 23rd, 2018 at 8:01 AM ^
Still waiting for him to address those questions though.
But wow, that was great. A little self-promoting but his calling out the investigation and their response in this press conference is spot on. Media will be fun today watching everyone rip this apart. I honestly think that they could have taken a stand now and it would have gone away eventually for the university. Now it's not going away, and urban and gene and drake and others might all go down in the end.
August 23rd, 2018 at 8:20 AM ^
The media that was in Columbus (and aren't total homers) are already pissed.
OSU wouldn't give them copies of the committee report until after the press conference. Of course now that they've read the report they've all found questions they wished they could have asked. And no one expects OSU to give them another shot at it.
They'd rather have an angry media drag this story out longer than risk having Meyer tell more verifiable lies.
August 23rd, 2018 at 8:08 AM ^
Clay Travis is a joke. His opinion is as worthless as an OSU fan’s opinion
August 23rd, 2018 at 10:29 AM ^
His opinion is shared by MANY who aren't blatantly ignoring the issues here in favor of some enabler keeping his job so his precious scum of a school can keep winning on the football field. He may at times be on the other side of some situations but this one he, and others, are on the side of right. The side of protection. The side of belief. All that man had to do was back in 2015, see the pattern and tell Smith he's gone. No, he kept him on and shielded him. If BM hadn't done what he did, Smith would STILL be employed and none of us would be talking about this because it wouldn't have come to light.
August 23rd, 2018 at 8:09 AM ^
I love Clay Travis, he's my favorite
August 23rd, 2018 at 8:21 AM ^
Boycott osu degree
August 23rd, 2018 at 8:26 AM ^
This guy's a total douchebag, so no, I'm not watching some dumb shit he said. He talks shit about Harbaugh and Michigan all the time. Fuck him.
August 23rd, 2018 at 8:57 AM ^
Earl Bruce is rolling over in his grave
August 23rd, 2018 at 9:39 AM ^
Earle Bruce visited the victim with a friend besides him to intimidate her into not leaving or telling anyone. Fuck Earle Bruce and his piece of shit women beating family.
August 23rd, 2018 at 10:07 AM ^
Earle Bruce also got fired by Colorado St, in part because he was physically abusing his players. He's the least credible person to try and talk to someone about abuse.
August 23rd, 2018 at 9:05 AM ^
The presser was a catastrophe, and the general manner in which OSU handled this was farcical at best. Just unbelievable.
....and yeah, not even releasing the report until after the presser, more than likely to prevent further damage than they already knew they had caused, was maddening and if I were a reporter, I would be livid.
August 23rd, 2018 at 9:22 AM ^
I thought that I saw them handing out copies before the presser began. I think people were reporting on it just before the presser began. I'm not sure, but I had the distinct impression that some of the reporters' questions were working off the report.
August 23rd, 2018 at 9:38 AM ^
No, I believe they released a short statement beforehand. Not the 23 page report. So reporters had little to go on for the press conference.
August 23rd, 2018 at 9:17 AM ^
Whole situation is ridiculous.
August 23rd, 2018 at 9:26 AM ^
Here's what I still don't get. According to reports Meyer is required to report the allegations to the Title IX officer according to his contract. Meyer never did this, he reported it to Gene Smith. Gene Smith was also required to do so and did not. Why isn't he fired for that again?
August 23rd, 2018 at 9:39 AM ^
Because they misunderstood their contract in good faith, according to the investigation. Duh. All my mistakes have been made in good faith.
August 23rd, 2018 at 10:32 AM ^
Because he wins football games.
August 23rd, 2018 at 11:53 AM ^
...in good faith.
August 23rd, 2018 at 11:10 AM ^
He didn't report anything to Gene Smith. The police contacted Smith in 2015 and he told Meyer. He kept Smith in the dark about the 2009 incident and who knows what else.
August 23rd, 2018 at 9:39 AM ^
So, he attributed the debacle at B1G media days to memory loss from a medication he takes.....
Could that have been medication for a fake heart attack? ?
August 23rd, 2018 at 10:03 AM ^
The most baffling thing is that they paid however much they paid for a report that clearly shows they should fire Urban and then decided not to do that, even though it's all there on paper.
I don't really think anyone actually ends up surviving this. They'll try, but this won't get better and I have a feeling their recruiting is going to nosedive.
August 23rd, 2018 at 11:38 AM ^
If you think this will affect recruiting you are insane. There is no way this hurts. At WORST they might lose a Zach Harrison in this one recruiting cycle, but a nosedive? HA! No way.
August 23rd, 2018 at 3:37 PM ^
If this becomes a thing where other schools can say 'hey Urban may not survive your four years' yeah it will hurt recruiting. 3 weeks of the entirety of national media shitting all over him and his character is going to have an effect, especially since Urban's Ohio State recruits outside of the state more than any other Ohio coach I can ever remember.
Locally they'll be kissing his ass, but down in Florida and whatnot? You're going to have three major programs and their recruits telling kids you can trust Urban look at how full of shit he is and you can't guarantee he won't end up pushed out. And with Taggart/Richt/Mullen in place, I think that pipeline closes.
August 23rd, 2018 at 10:26 AM ^
To be fair everyone is ripping Ohio St .
What did people actually thinks this shit school was gonna do?
August 23rd, 2018 at 10:32 AM ^
Exactly what they did. Hence the reason people are ripping them for it.
August 23rd, 2018 at 11:57 AM ^
This is weird but Ohio State investigated Ohio State and decided not to ruin Ohio State’s football program
— Faux Pelini (@FauxPelini) August 23, 2018
August 23rd, 2018 at 11:21 AM ^
Clay Travis is a borderline racist and misogynist who is always looking for some public acknowledgement. I don't believe for one moment he actually cares about any of this or thinks OSU or Meyer did anything wrong.