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“In the morning he would read the Bible with another coach. Then in the afternoon, he would go out and cheat kids who had probably saved up money from mowing lawns to buy those raffle tickets. That’s Jim Tressel.†— A former Ohio State colleague of Tressel’s to Sports Illustrated.
We’ll say this for Barry Switzer, Mike Price, Jerry Tarkanian and every other scoundrel and scofflaw who ever ran afoul of the NCAA: As far as we know, none of them had a prayer-request box on his desk in the office. And if one did, we could only wonder what a player would have put in it.
Please coach Cal, could you say a prayer for the kid who’s taking my SATs for me today? I need all the help I can get.
They may have been outlaws, but in many ways, they were upfront outlaws. We’re pretty sure none of them founded a chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. And we highly doubt any of them read the Bible before ripping off children who bought raffle tickets in hopes of winning a jersey or a pair of cleats.
That is one of the many sordid charges leveled against Tressel, the former Ohio State football coach forced to resign in disgrace earlier this week. He rigged the raffle at summer camp to make sure the blue chip prospects went home with the prizes. But only after saying his prayers.
Tressel may not be the first crooked coach to cheat his way to a national championship and many millions of dollars, but if half of what is alleged in this week’s Sports Illustrated is true, the former head of the Buckeye crime family will retire with the trophy in at least one category — there has simply never been a bigger phony than the bespectacled man in the vest."
Jim Tressel joins college of corrupt coaches - BostonHerald.com
We’ll say this for Barry Switzer, Mike Price, Jerry Tarkanian and every other scoundrel and scofflaw who ever ran afoul of the NCAA: As far as we know, none of them had a prayer-request box on his desk in the office. And if one did, we could only wonder what a player would have put in it.
Please coach Cal, could you say a prayer for the kid who’s taking my SATs for me today? I need all the help I can get.
They may have been outlaws, but in many ways, they were upfront outlaws. We’re pretty sure none of them founded a chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. And we highly doubt any of them read the Bible before ripping off children who bought raffle tickets in hopes of winning a jersey or a pair of cleats.
That is one of the many sordid charges leveled against Tressel, the former Ohio State football coach forced to resign in disgrace earlier this week. He rigged the raffle at summer camp to make sure the blue chip prospects went home with the prizes. But only after saying his prayers.
Tressel may not be the first crooked coach to cheat his way to a national championship and many millions of dollars, but if half of what is alleged in this week’s Sports Illustrated is true, the former head of the Buckeye crime family will retire with the trophy in at least one category — there has simply never been a bigger phony than the bespectacled man in the vest."
Jim Tressel joins college of corrupt coaches - BostonHerald.com
