It’s been a while since we’ve updated you on the goings on in and around Columbus, so here’s a quick look at what has gone down the past couple of days.
Yesterday, new football coach Luke Fickell addressed the media and predictably was asked if he knew what had been going on with quarterback Terrelle Pryor, former head coach Jim Tressel and others. His response?
“I wasn’t going to say that I had blinders on, but (I was) very focused on the task at hand,” Fickell said. “I was not informed of any information until it became public knowledge.”
I’m inclined to believe him here, and maybe that’s naive of me, but if we can’t quantify how much the head coach should or should not know about compliance aside from passing along the type of information Tressel hid, how can we possibly quantify what an assistant coach should or should not know? The only reason I have to doubt Luke Fickell is that he’s surrounded by liars. Is he guilty simply by association? Maybe, but I’ll give…
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