MeyerGate Ends…Or, Perhaps Its Karma’s Beginning?
In typical "Scandal Fashion" (late night report out), we have a verdict. And that verdict is kind of a joke…
But, if you believe in Karma, you
should be tickled pink! Because, as I’ve
always said, KARMA’S A BITCH!
First, the details of the
suspension:
Meyer out for three games in a continued administrative leave
without pay.
Smith out from August 31 through September 17th,
without pay.
Next, the statements, The Lies, THE
COVER UP and other facts from the Investigation (ALL EXTREMELY LAME!):
The suckeye Prez probably had the
most impactful statement with regards to stating what sounded like, “Some
of you will think the punishment is too harsh, while others will believe it’s
not nearly enough.” I personally
go the impression that Drake wanted to can both Smith and Meyer,
but he was more or less standing there with his hands tied.
I have to believe any University
Prez in today’s #METOO environment would have lobbied for firing with cause. And I can only imagine what the few liberals
in Columbus will do when the time comes…
Drake said the board wanted to take its time to be
as thorough and equitable as possible, knowing it would not be able to please
all parties with the decision.
The MMQ’s Take: More than half of the people on the Board of
Trustees want to keep these lying SOB’s on staff. I couldn’t even get them to agree to at least
fire Smith…
"We worked to refine
our decisions and our actions to be able to do the best we could to achieve
those goals," Drake said. "It's a very difficult and complicated
situation."
The MMQ: I agreed to go along with this three-ring
circus even though I know EXACTLY the right thing to do. But I was beat down every time I tried to do
the right thing. You try being a Prez at
a “Football First University”…
White said the
investigators conducted more than 40 interviews and reviewed 60,000 emails,
10,000 text messages and relevant reports from media and police. That
information led the board to believe that "the handling of this matter did
not exhibit the kind of leadership and high standards that we expect."
The MMQ: Everybody
involved in this “situation” pretty much all fucked up…
Investigators also found that
upon learning about accusations made by Courtney Smith in an Aug. 1 report from
college football reporter Brett McMurphy, Meyer and a fellow football staffer
discussed how to adjust the settings on Meyer's phone so that text messages
more than a year old would be deleted. When investigators examined Meyer's
phone, they did not find any message more than a year old but said they were
unable to tell when Meyer adjusted the settings on his phone to get rid of
older messages.
So – let me get this straight:
Meyer purposefully made efforts and successfully DELETED TEXTS that were
one year old? And that’s not a cover up
to hide a lie?
Question to “The Distribution” as I know there’s a lot of techy types
that read this: Can’t deleted texts be
recovered? Didn’t “Kwame’s Lasting
Lessons” teach us that?
Is finding these deleted texts the next McMurphy Digging
Expedition?
"While those denials were
plainly not accurate, Coach Meyer did not, in our view, deliberately lie,"
lead investigator Mary Jo White said. "... Coach Meyer impressed us with
his sincere commitment to the 'respect for women' core value that he espouses
and tries to instill in his players."
NOW let me get THIS STRAIGHT:
the Investigators are LYING for Meyer stating that HE DIDN’T LIE? How much more comical can this get?
Urban Meyer denied knowing about
the text messages Courtney Smith sent to his wife in 2015, but the independent
investigators concluded that "given the closeness of their relationship
and Shelley's concerns, we believe it is likely that Shelley and Urban Meyer
had at least some communication about these allegations in 2015 and were concerned
about them, although both had doubts about the credibility of Courtney's claims
..."
Well, at least the Panel saw through the veil of BS that Meyer
never knew that Shelly got a text with photos.
They at least recognized that their own credibility would be compromised
if they didn’t acknowledge that fact.
But they conveniently hid behind the “CREDIBILITY” of Courtney’s
claims, even though she had marks all over her body…Nice.
"We cannot logically square
Coach Meyer's responses on Big Ten Media Days broadly denying knowledge of the
2015 events regarding Zach Smith with his extensive knowledge of those events
in 2015 and the evident knowledge of AD Gene Smith of the 2015 events reflected
in the group text message of July 23 and July 24, 2018 sent to Coach
Meyer," investigators wrote in their report.
This one, this STATEMENT OF BEAUTY, has to be my
absolute favorite.
"We
cannot logically square.
What the hell does that
mean?
The Investigators now KNOW that Meyer blatantly lied because Gene
Smith in fact TEXTED HIM the evening before Media days and Meyer STILL LIED
THAT HE HAD NO KNOWLEDGE!!!
Question: What exactly, besides losing to Michigan,
does a guy have to do to get fired in Columbus?
There’s a lot more and I’ve read the 23-page report. It’s sickening that educated people, people
that are supposed to be objective and arrive at logical conclusions came
together in what can only be described as a “knowing conspiracy” to
more or less save the most successful coach, in wins and losses, that the
suckeyes have ever had. The report, in
its entirety:
Yes, there is some supporting evidence that Meyer in fact didn’t have
information about 2015 (or was simply LYING AGAIN!) and that he asked
for “guidance” on how to address the press during the B1G Media days…
Anyway, Meyer’s statement was equally lame, and he never
apologized to Courtney. Even given
another opportunity to apologize directly to her in the follow-up
questioning, Meyer didn’t acknowledge her.
Whether or not that was necessary is opinion, but it would have at least
been a caring mention or gesture to the “victim” here, depending on the
storyline you’re believing at this point.
Every talking head, writer and blogger is lambasting the
suckeyes right now, and they should be, rightfully so. There was a clear path here if you wanted to
stay on the moral high road. Without
question, they have knowingly and willingly protected a proven liar.
The suckeyes chose the other path…that could lead to oblivion.
Wins in Football (at osu) are bigger than firing a lying, established,
successful coach that created an enabling environment for a sexual pervert and
domestic abuser. Plain and simple.
But when the suckeyes downfall begins (and it will!) it
will be fun to watch the suckeye faithful begin to bitch and moan and then
collectively yell, “Why didn’t we fire this SOB when we had the chance?”
Parents of players will certainly think twice before letting
their student athlete attend osu.
The death spiral has begun.
It might be slow, but it has begun.
Into The Morass of the NCAA Transfer Rule…
It would be funny if it wasn’t so sad…What
price victory? What price player safety?
The NCAA is getting laid to waste, as
is Texas A&M and Jimbo Fisher this week with respect to a linebacker,
Marchiol, that decided he’d seen and done enough at Texas A&M. Marchiol had been recruited by Sumlin
and decided to follow his coach Sumlin to Arizona and play for him.
Santino Marchiol has alleged that:
1.
Texas A&M Coaches gave him money on two different occasions
to entertain recruits on unofficial visits.
2.
Texas A&M coaches were present at what were
supposed to be “Player only” workouts
3.
Texas A&M players violated the “8 hours per week” spring practice
rule, practicing and working out from 9:00 AM to 6:30 PM
4.
Alleging that Texas A&M Trainers forced him to
practice on an injured foot (in 2017)
So, Marchiol did the sensible thing
and hired former Shea Patterson attorney Mars to lead his fight against losing
a year of eligibility. Marchiol more or
less sang like a bird and isn’t ashamed to bring A&M down as a
result.
Part of me hates that the players
have to do this. But at the same time, I get that
if a player is losing a year of eligibility to get away from a toxic situation
or worse, a situation where he’s losing playing time, why not bring everyone
down with you? What’s
worse: What if other transfer desires
start making stuff up about programs they’re leaving in order to get immediate
eligibility? I mean, why not?
Those are the new ground rules!
It only makes sense
from the player’s perspective.
Where this should get interesting
is how far the NCAA goes into investigating A&M.
If they do find improprieties, I’m guessing a lot more Athletic
Departments decide to tell the NCAA to reduce the restrictions on transferring even
further to the point that free transferring and not losing a year of
eligibility will become the norm.
Only makes sense.
No one wants to be a squealer,
but at the same time: If I’m
getting screwed, I’m taking you down with me…
And What If A&M Decides To
Fire Fisher?
A&M really stuck their PeePee
out there with Fisher and don’t have anything to fall back on. Fisher got the Sweet-heart-iest of deals
when he signed at A&M.
If Fisher is fired
without cause at any point, all the buyout money will come from Texas A&M,
according to a copy of the agreement obtained Wednesday by USA TODAY Sports.
In a departure from many college coaching
contracts, Fisher would not be required to seek new employment – and if he did,
the income would have no impact on what Texas A&M would owe him.
Making the agreement even more favorable to
Fisher, if he terminates it without cause, he will have “no financial
obligation to the University.”
Jeez…No wonder Fisher had to take
the deal! Even Harbaugh and Meyer owe
their respective universities $500K and $2M if they chose to terminate,
so there’s some pain involved.
So anyone thinking that the Jimbo
Fisher Era is over before it even got started due to a couple of paid
unofficial recruiting trips and some illegal practices…think again!
Which, make you think, between
Maryland, the suckeyes and A&M:
How has
The Beast gotten so far out of control?
With College Gambling Legal In
Multiple States…
It’s time we all brush
up on what it takes to be a smarter bettor!
I like Bud Elliot, even though there’s MANY TIMES I don’t agree with his
picks. If anything, I sort of use Bud as
a contrarian pick as he sees things through a different color lens than
I do. The FMQ results weren’t outstanding
last season ($763 in the BANK – Down $234), either, but I’m always ready to
learn.
This is where this article by Bud
provides some insight. Why he didn’t offer
(or maybe he did) up a couple of these “Hedgy” type bets in early
spring is beyond me. Anyway, check out
the article, study it, and I’ll see if I can’t put some of Bud’s practices
to use for the FMQ.
One of Bud’s bets that he did get
down is as follows:
NC State and Georgia
Tech to win the ACC (+$6,000 each): This is nothing but a hedge opportunity. I project
these teams for second or third place in their divisions. So why bet? Well, the
gap between the odds for FSU and NC State and between Virginia Tech and Georgia
Tech is too large. NC State draws Virginia and North Carolina as its opponents
from the Coastal Division, likely an easier cross-division pairing than either
Clemson or FSU get.
This was a great wager as I’m
sure the price on those bets come way down as we approach Saturday
Kick-off. Assuming the odds dropped to even
$4,000 (for a $100 bet), you could in theory throw $4,000 down on the other
side of the bet and be into the bet completely neutral for a chance to win
$2,000. That’s a bet I can
always live with. $0 money out of my pocket (at the
end of the season) for a shot at $2,000 ($6,000-$4,000 = $2,000). Granted, you have to tie up a big chunk of
change for the season, but if you have the means, you’re now seeing an easy way
to make some dough.
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