Ohio State Football: Troy Smith Says He Accepted Suspension to Protect Program

During the fall of former Ohio State head coach Jim Tressel last offseason, the specter of former Buckeyes star Troy Smith was raised as an early indicator of the corruption in Tressel’s program. Now, Smith—the 2006 Heisman winner who was suspended early in his career for accepting benefits from a booster—has some comments of his own about Tressel, his former school and his own role in the scandal.
Speaking to the Omaha World-Herald, Smith, now a QB for the UFL’s Omaha…
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