how about let's all drop that dirty team quip for this next football thread?
I know it will be most difficult for me, against you dirty assed teams in the SEC, but once a supposed college football prophet-monk such as Jim Tressel shows dirty - can we just lay our cards on the table and give up on cleanliness and godliness??
what say you all? unless you are a BYU fan and a Mormon, how could you say no? (and I even think BYU just got in some minor trouble lolol)
Well, given the Little10+2's historical reputation as "3yds and a cloud of dust", I expect they're used to a more respectable sense of being dirty. I don't think looking at programs for cheating, and thereby labeling them as 'dirty' is something we can put aside in the next thread - easy pickings, and gives us each a sense of justification of why our sorry assed team lost to those damn cheaters (insert any team name for either role). We could try to avoid the word 'dirty' but I don't think we can stop talking about who cheats, who is running a program to win at all costs (education and moral standards be damned).
I will admit, I see this as a cry of pain from someone who's program, and coach, have put themselves on a pedestal from which they can't stand being embarrassed. The self-proclaimed flagship of the conference, with years of indignation at all those SEC cheaters and other less educated, backwater, lyin' and stealin' schools, can't stand to be put in the same category. I expect that for the next 6-7 months, ALL the suckeye nation will be wanting this all to go away, to get everyone's focus on the good things in football...now that they can't throw any stones, given their sins. ... ... Ain't gonna happen, not when those of us with sin have heard it for so long, for us it's a part of the sport at this point. Welcome to the club,
THE O-hiandmightySU.
That said, I personally think this is a lot of bullshit. Seriously. I'd spare the school, given that Tressel seems to have been the stopping point for the information and nobody at the school has blood on their hands. As to the players, if I were them, I'd see if I could go pro...screw this noise, get mine. Those that come back, I expect the 5 game suspension may suffice....or the NCAA goes Dez Bryant on them and they are off the field for the year. Tressel...that's the tough one, what does the NCAA do with him? As much as things have been deflected off the vest for so long....nothing stuck, but it does show a history of 'possible issues'. Maybe the image is better than reality, and while I don't think the NCAA is hunting for a reason to hang him, the dust clouds from the past may be residue affecting their take on him now. I expect they'll come down pretty hard on him, given what they've done to other coaches recently. The big question is how much tOSU stands by him, and for how long. I have a hard time seeing any of this as grounds for removing him, despite the growing media buzz to the effect that 'he has to go (for the school's reputation and sake)'. It'll be interesting to see how it plays out, for him and the school.
) and can I say hot damn Julio Jones! I watched his combine in awe, knowing that he was running, jumping, at top form, with a fucking broken foot. And it's not like he's a little thing or anything, he's like 220 and 6'3. It was most impressive and I think I was also watching because you finally get to see all these players constantly, run and jump and throw with no helmets on. Ryan Mallett always looks like he's gonna ralph, but Julio Jones was quite handsome 
. AJ Green also looked fantastic and so did Mike Pouncey. Also, Cam Newton did terribly, but that was to be expected.
the only way you beat dirty is to play dirtier
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