The resignation of Jim Tressel as Ohio State coach has sent shockwaves around the sports world on this Memorial Day.
My ESPN.com colleagues are weighing in on Tressel, the Ohio State scandal, the coach’s legacy and what’s next for the Buckeyes.
Let’s take a look …
Pat Forde: “Tressel and Ohio State only gave ground grudgingly, only when cornered, only when damage control was the last available option. … Whether the prospect of more damaging reports made Tressel’s sudden resignation a more convenient moment of reckoning is open to conjecture — and my conjecture is that it absolutely did. By now, Ohio State would do well to send Tressel’s superiors/enablers out with him. [Gene] Smith has not distinguished himself in the handling of this scandal, and neither has [E. Gordon] Gee….
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