cleveland.com - 6/2/2009
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OSUJames Laurinaitis It turns out that a thank you from Ohio State president Dr. E. Gordon Gee to former Buckeye James Laurinaitis led to a minor NCAA violation. The Columbus Dispatch on Sunday took an interesting look at the way...
rumorsandrants.com - 6/1/2009
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rumorsandrants.com —
To say the Ohio State baseball team had
a rough afternoon on Sunday would be (arguably) the...
largest understatement in world history. The Buckeyes lost to Florida State 37-6 in the final game of the Tallahassee Regional. No that isn’t a typo and yes you read that right, 37 for the ...
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Bet That Was A Fun Bus Ride Home
dispatch.com - 6/1/2009
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dispatch.com —
Sport: Women's basketball Date of violation: July 28,
2008 The school's report: During an interview for Ohio...
State's athletics Web site, an athlete "endorsed" an ice cream shop where she worked. The NCAA forbids athletes from making commercial ...
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Violations at Ohio State
sportingnews.com - 6/1/2009
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sportingnews.com —
The Big Ten, quite obviously, is not known
as a "baseball" conference. While its constituents sit inside...
as snow falls 4 months a year every winter, schools south of the Mason-Dixon line enjoy temperate weather and the ability to play ...
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This Might Not Be Ohio State Baseball's Finest Hour
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The Wiz of Odds —
... Doug Lesmerises, Cleveland Plain Dealer: Ohio State president Gordon Gee committed a minor NCAA violation last spring when he took linebacker James Laurinaitis out to dinner at Mitchell's Steakhouse in Columbus. ...
Let Bylaws Be Bylaws?
Eleven Warriors —
... Of course, it’s probably impossible to determine exactly where to draw the line but focusing efforts on more sinister examples of recruiting violations and improper benefits seems to make the most sense while not being so concerned about things such as dinner. Speaking of dinner, maybe the NCAA would be more likely to back off violations such as a free meal if university presidents such as our very own wasn’t apparently guilty of committing a minor violation. What’s funny about this one is that Gee didn’t even violate a rule by buying Laurinaitis dinner, ...
If a recruit is impressed by a 'secondary violation,' does anybody care?
Dr. Saturday —
... turned itself in for a pair of violations in January, right before a Memphis newspaper set its sights on Nick Saban's forays into the city. Steve Spurrier accused Lane Kiffin of a recruiting violation before Kiffin had even been formally introduced as Tennessee's coach, foreshadowing both Kiffin's infamous "cheater" jab at Urban Meyer and Lane's actual flouting of rule after petty rule. In addition to minor violations involving James Laruinaitis and an undisclosed player from Oklahoma, Sunday's giant report from ...
The Morning After: June 3, 2009
Sparty and Friends —
... MONTHS TO THE DAY ’TIL COLLEGE FOOTBALL KICKOFF! That’s three months until Gameday. Three months until a weekend featuring:
Georgia at Oklahoma State!
Alabama vs. Virginia Tech!
BYU vs. Oklahoma!
Illinois vs. Missouri!
Who says week one of the college football season sucks? Those four games fill the day, no excuses!
Speaking of college football…What if I told you Ohio State violated an NCAA rule? Nah…it’s one of the lame ones.
…and Memphis…They looked really really hard and found ...
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