ClickClack wrote:OSU is no accepting a bowl bid this year
Really? Something happen within the last week with the NCAA that we missed?
Nov. 22
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- If the NCAA allows Ohio State to go to a bowl game, the Buckeyes will pack their bags.
Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith said Tuesday that Ohio State would not penalize itself by keeping the football team from making a postseason trip as a way of mitigating potential NCAA sanctions.
In an exchange of text messages with The Associated Press, Smith said, "Cannot speculate on what they (the NCAA) may do. No, we do not intend to self impose a post season sanction."
There has been speculation that the NCAA might hand Ohio State a bowl ban in addition to its other penalties. College sports' ruling body is still deciding Ohio State's sanctions for several instances of players accepting improper benefits and coach Jim Tressel not revealing knowledge of violations and playing ineligible players. Tressel was forced out on May 30.
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