The House of Blue

Five game should give him time plenty of to stock up on blue sweater vests and get that Woodford Co. horse farm in order. I hear his kids are already enroled @ LexCath.

Did they really? Seems unprofessional, but I guess that's where we are today.

Did you just call me a ding dong?

My point was that clearly, he did not learn the first time, so why would we assume he learned the second time?

Second of all, I never said I did not want him because of what he did at Ohio State. I'm saying I don't want him, because Big Ten ball does not work in today's Southeastern Conference.

He won a National title in 2002, since then he has been beaten by 14 points and 27 points in National Championship games. It's not hard to win the Big Ten or the Big East.

Jim Tressel is 0-9 against SEC teams in bowl games. And yes, I'm counting last year's Sugar Bowl game since Ohio State voluntarily vacated that win.

He is correct in that Tressel only had one season vacated. He was not cited at Youngstown State because the statute of limitations had run out. The NCAA did cast down the dreaded "lack of institutional control."

In both cases, Tressel was proven to have knowledge of what happened with the impermissible benefits.

It was never proven that Calipari had not knowledge of the invalid ACT test or the impermissible benefits given to Marcus Camby at UMASS.

Nevertheless Coach Tress got it done and knows how to get it done! He won some big games against elite teams and programs ! He would be a major upgrade for the UK Football Program as we said for years in the Great State of Ohio !! The vest knows best!

Hence, the part I included about the vacated Sugar Bowl in 2011.

Mr. Sweater Vest has proved beyond doubt that he is a liar and cheater. Beyond that, I suppose the only other thing you could add is that he's a phoney as well, with his self righteous schtik. Kind of like his book, which excluded a chapter on lying and cheating.

If it turns out that Cal cheated at UK and he puts us on probation, then I won't like the guy. I won't have any respect for him. What I DO know is that he has been great for the Kentucky fan base, his players and the community as a whole. I can only work with the facts that have been given to me.

And the same could be said about John Calipari. Whom you have accused of cheating on our board and on your home Ohio State board. I did not judge Tressel as a man. I judged him on style of play. Keep that in mind.

I would hardly say he "took one for the team" when he blatantly lied to NCAA investigators. He was protecting himself and the success of the program. If he was protecting his players, then he would've reported the misdoings to the NCAA and it would have then become a UGA, AJ Green situation. "It's ok. It happens. Just pay damages to a charity and he'll sit out a few games." By playing along, he made everything worse for everyone involved.

I got down voted for calling him an Ohio State fan?

Maybe, but he's undefeated with players that he didn't recruit and with a different system. Not that they've played more than one decent football team.

Show Cause Penalty on Tressel expires 12/19/16. Before that time his hiring as any NCAA school coach would involve him sitting out the first 5 games and any conference championship or bowl game. Doesn't sound too bad, does it? But here's the "rest of the story". The school that hires him has to file a detailed report with the NCAA every 6 months concerning his activity as coach. It is likely that the NCAA will also send a "spy" to that school to secretly monitor him. And if even a "minor" violation is found, the school will face the same penalties Ohio State faced. Kinda like a parolee who slips up and has to go back to do the time forgiven, except his FAMILY has to go to jail with him. NOW it sounds pretty bad, doesn't it? So FORGET Tressel and quit wasting our time with these tired threads!