Memorial Day will mark the one-year anniversary of Jim Tressel’s resignation from Ohio State. It was a swift and stunning fall from grace, one that will continue to reverberate through Columbus for years to come. Let’s take a look back.
The spring of 2011 was supposed to be a good one for James Patrick Tressel. The Ohio State coach was coming off one of his best seasons ever: 12-1 with a Sugar Bowl victory over Arkansas, scoring 38 points per game and giving up an average of only 14.3.
Terrelle Pryor was among five players whose bowl eligibility had been secured in exchange for returning to Ohio State for the 2011 season, albeit with suspensions looming. Everything was in place for a banner season.
But Tressel knew better. He knew what was coming. He must have. And soon, so would the NCAA, so would every college football fan in America, and so would every resident of the great state of O-hi-o.
Tressel knew what was coming because Christopher Cicero, a local attorney and former…
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