Ohio State cuts $2.74 million check for ex-coach O'Brien

“Playoffs, you’re talking about playoffs?”

Awful Announcing found this 5/1/2008 on www.waitingfornextyear.com

Who’s the guy with the sour puss? Why it’s SEC Commisioner Mike Slive! In a move that our SEC brethren will no doubt find a way to blame on Ohio State, or the Big Ten in general, the BCS committee decided against going to a plus one ...

Congratulations, John Cooper

Sarge posted 5/2/2008 from www.waitingfornextyear.com

Big game coach, he was not. Michigan doormat, he was. Either way, John Cooper is now in the College football Hall of Fame.

The Rose Curtain

nittanywhiteout posted 5/2/2008 from nittanywhiteout.com

The mainstream media can dub the Big Ten, Pac 10 Rose Bowl alliance as the ‘Axis of Obstruction’ all they want. But in all honesty, the Rose Curtain (thats right ESPN, I can make smart, creative references too) is here to stay and for the good of college football as a sport, lets hope they never tear down this wall.

OSU pays $2.7M to settle lawsuit with ex-coach

Rover found this 5/1/2008 on msn.foxsports.com

Ohio State paid former men's basketball coach Jim O'Brien $2.74 million for improperly firing him for violating NCAA rules. O'Brien's attorney, Joseph Murray, on Thursday confirmed the payment of $2.74 million. That amount represents the award, plus interest, he won in a lawsuit against the university in August 2006. The Ohio Supreme Court refused to hear the university's appeal in February. O'Brien was Ohio State's coach from 1998 to 2004.

Buh Bye

Rover found this 5/2/2008 on www.buckeyecommentary.com

Les Miles and LSU have decided they were too good for the rest of college football. Therefore, they are attempting to level the playing field by dismissing their starting quarterback , Ryan Perrilloux. This will surely be billed by SEC apologists as another opportunity to showcase how much better they are than everyone else. Feel free to start the Andrew Hatch for Heisman campaign any day. ...