The dust has finally settled from the NCAA’s lengthy investigation into Michigan’s sign-stealing operation with significant penalties levied against the Wolverines, coach Sherrone Moore and former coach Jim Harbaugh.
However, former Ohio State coach Urban Meyer says the multiple show-causes, a $20 million fine and a multi-game coaching suspension for Moore fall flat when considering what he faced as a first-year Buckeyes coach in 2012 after violations left in the wake of Jim Tressel and a previous staff.
“In December of 2011, I had to stand in front of a group of seniors and tell them they were not allowed to play in a bowl or championship game in their final year of college football, for something they had nothing to do with,” Meyer said during a tease for Wednesday’s upcoming episode of The Triple Option podcast. “One of the most difficult things I have ever done. That same group went 12-0 and were unable to play of the national championship of college football.
“The recent NCAA ruling to not punish players that weren’t involved is correct. However, this ruling also proves that the NCAA as an enforcement arm no longer exists.”
Meyer’s comments come, in part, as a tease for the upcoming episode of his podcast with more context likely to follow upon its release.
The NCAA previously slapped Ohio State with a one-year bowl ban and other penalties for a scandal involving eight players taking a total of $14,000 in cash and tattoos in exchange for jerseys, rings and other team paraphernalia. Ohio State’s previous offer to the NCAA wasn’t enough — vacating all of 2010’s wins, a refund of bowl revenue and two years probation.
Tressel resigned after 10 seasons with the Buckeyes and received a five-year show-cause. Meyer inherited an elite…
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Author : Brad Crawford
Publish date : 2025-08-19 13:45:00
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