I am going to put my tinfoil hat on for a moment…
One of the things that hurt USC when dealing with the NCAA is that there has never been an effort to build a relationship with the NCAA. I can’t remember ever hearing of any big time USC administrator leave the school to take a job in Indianapolis. I can’t say I would blame anyone in not taking a job at headquarters…why would you leave sunny southern California for plain vanilla Indiana?
But as we all know its who you know….
So, as Ohio State prepares to meet with the COI it should come as no surprise that there could be some back channel dealing going on.
We all know that OSU AD Gene Smith worked at the NCAA in the past and was this past seasons chair of the NCAA Basketball tournament selection committee. Even though Smith will more than likely fall on his sword at the end of this, you see his fingerprints all over the spin with regards to the infractions committed by former head coach Jim Tressell and QB Terrelle…
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