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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,192 posts) Sat Aug 25, 2018, 09:17 PM Aug 2018

Ohio State opener nears, but the talk is not about football

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A week before Ohio State's season opener, few in Columbus have been able to focus on football. Not many are talking about the new starting quarterback or how to best use the two elite running backs.

Instead, the discussion has been about domestic violence, misplaced loyalty, lying and how much a football coach at a major university is expected to know about the personal lives of his assistants.

It has been a preseason unlike any other in Columbus.

On Aug. 1, two days before practice opened, coach Urban Meyer was put on paid leave and the university began an investigation into his handling of domestic violence allegations against receivers coach Zach Smith against his now ex-wife.

That situation came to a head Wednesday night. After nearly 11 hours of discussions, the board of trustees handed down a three-game suspension for Meyer. A two-week investigation concluded the superstar coach needed to be punished for tolerating Smith's bad behavior for so long . Smith is the grandson of former Ohio State coach and Meyer mentor Earle Bruce.

After Wednesday's news conference, Meyer was criticized for his response to a question about Zach Smith's ex-wife, Courtney. On Friday, Meyer issued a statement apologizing directly to her.

Meyer, who is 73-8 in six seasons at Ohio State, will be off the sideline until the Sept. 22 game at Ohio Stadium against Tulane. The 54-year-old coach, however, will be allowed to run practice after Sept. 1.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaafb/ohio-state-opener-nears-but-the-talk-is-not-about-football/ar-BBMqn3t?li=BBnb7Kz

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Ohio State opener nears, but the talk is not about football (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2018 OP

Not accurate at all. I live in Ohio and I can tell you that were are focused and very excited as we Trust Buster Aug 2018 #1

Priorities nt LandOfHopeAndDreams Aug 2018 #2

No evidence of domestic abuse was found by the police investigation nor the university Trust Buster Aug 2018 #3

I'm sure you'd feel the same way if Michigan State or Michigan had the same "investigation"... RhodeIslandOne Aug 2018 #4

Michigan State buried their heads in the sand while female student/athletes were being Trust Buster Aug 2018 #5

I'm sure if that happened at Ohio State you'd be all over it, right? RhodeIslandOne Aug 2018 #7

Yes, I would be. So would the university. You are comparing apples to oranges. Trust Buster Aug 2018 #8

Hang in there, Trust Buster. I'm an OSU alum and have paid very close attention Laurian Aug 2018 #9

The police were called to the house on multiple occasions and found no evidence of domestic Trust Buster Aug 2018 #10

Yes. That was a toxic relationship, for sure. Laurian Aug 2018 #11

Her own mother claimed that her daughter needs help. I feel bad for her but too many were Trust Buster Aug 2018 #12

An editorial in our paper referred to him as Urban Liar. jalan48 Aug 2018 #6

Trust Buster

(7,299 posts)

1. Not accurate at all. I live in Ohio and I can tell you that were are focused and very excited as we

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Aug 25, 2018, 09:37 PM

Aug 2018

Get closer to the start of the 2018 college football season. I can assure you that the author of that article is part of a barely discernible minority. GO BUCKS !!!!!!

LandOfHopeAndDreams

(872 posts)

2. Priorities nt

Reply to Trust Buster (Reply #1)

Sat Aug 25, 2018, 09:41 PM

Aug 2018

Trust Buster

(7,299 posts)

3. No evidence of domestic abuse was found by the police investigation nor the university

Reply to LandOfHopeAndDreams (Reply #2)

Sat Aug 25, 2018, 10:09 PM

Aug 2018

Investigation. There was nothing to prioritize. GO BUCKS !!!!!!!!

RhodeIslandOne

(5,042 posts)

4. I'm sure you'd feel the same way if Michigan State or Michigan had the same "investigation"...

Reply to Trust Buster (Reply #1)

Sat Aug 25, 2018, 10:11 PM

Aug 2018

....with the same "punishment".

It's all about the laundry.

Trust Buster

(7,299 posts)

5. Michigan State buried their heads in the sand while female student/athletes were being

Reply to RhodeIslandOne (Reply #4)

Sat Aug 25, 2018, 10:13 PM

Aug 2018

Systematically sexually assaulted. Shame on you.

RhodeIslandOne

(5,042 posts)

7. I'm sure if that happened at Ohio State you'd be all over it, right?

Reply to Trust Buster (Reply #5)

Sat Aug 25, 2018, 10:32 PM

Aug 2018

Oh, that's right.....Gym Jordan.

Sorry, I'm not on any big time bandwagon who thinks their own shit doesn't stink. No shame on me.

Trust Buster

(7,299 posts)

8. Yes, I would be. So would the university. You are comparing apples to oranges.

Reply to RhodeIslandOne (Reply #7)

Sat Aug 25, 2018, 10:34 PM

Aug 2018

Laurian

(2,593 posts)

9. Hang in there, Trust Buster. I'm an OSU alum and have paid very close attention

Reply to Trust Buster (Reply #5)

Sat Aug 25, 2018, 10:41 PM

Aug 2018

to this story, the investigation and the unrelenting media criticism. Bottom line.....Buckeye haters are going to Buckeye hate, regardless. I would never dismiss domestic violence or the coddling of an abuser and that’s the way it looks based on national reporting. Having read many, many accounts of those closer to those involved and/or more aware of the situation than national reporters, I think the decisions of the university were appropriate.

Go Bucks!