By deuce

August 5, 2008 4:43 PM | Link to this

Penn State has had that many arrest in one year. I am sure Michigan has its share of troubles too. With nearly 60,000 students at OSU there is bound to be a football player in trouble here and there. Add in the huge roster and walk-ons OSU carries, just reload and replace a trouble maker. And no, I don’t care about Michigan enough to do a search for how many arrest they have had. Their new coach has already been in trouble.

By Dave

August 5, 2008 6:50 PM | Link to this

Deuce, what does 60,000 total students have to do with how many football players are arrested? You have the same number of roster players, regardless of student enrollment.

By deuce

August 6, 2008 8:42 AM | Link to this

I meant that a large number of students would also give plenty of reasons for extra-curricular activity outside of football, that some players may not have the disaplan to stay away from it, which gets a few into trouble.

By steve

August 6, 2008 8:49 AM | Link to this

Not condoning this but as a former student at OSU, if you think about it, its not too bad…you have about 120 players each year times 8 years you have 960 possible opportunities to get in trouble…college kids get in trouble…that being said some of the offenses are worse than others (ie: Irizarry robbing a kid, Clifford punching someone in a bar etc..DUI’s are definitely not a good thing, but just because a kid gets one, doesn’t automatically make them a bad person…just maybe a young kid that made a stupid decision…Not saying that its perfect but college kids do get in trouble more than the general public..and the majority of the problems were in the first couple years of Tressel’s tenure although occasional instances will happen. I’m pretty sure you could go to most major college football teams, especially ones that are in urban settings and they would be as bad or worse. Would we have liked there to be 0 infractions? Of course! But some of these were relatively minor..ie:underage consumption etc…if/when you were in college, did you wait till 21 to drink? If you did, great, but most kids do not.

By steve

August 6, 2008 8:49 AM | Link to this

Not condoning this but as a former student at OSU, if you think about it, its not too bad…you have about 120 players each year times 8 years you have 960 possible opportunities to get in trouble…college kids get in trouble…that being said some of the offenses are worse than others (ie: Irizarry robbing a kid, Clifford punching someone in a bar etc..DUI’s are definitely not a good thing, but just because a kid gets one, doesn’t automatically make them a bad person…just maybe a young kid that made a stupid decision…Not saying that its perfect but college kids do get in trouble more than the general public..and the majority of the problems were in the first couple years of Tressel’s tenure although occasional instances will happen. I’m pretty sure you could go to most major college football teams, especially ones that are in urban settings and they would be as bad or worse. Would we have liked there to be 0 infractions? Of course! But some of these were relatively minor..ie:underage consumption etc…if/when you were in college, did you wait till 21 to drink? If you did, great, but most kids do not.

By Buckeye Jim

August 6, 2008 10:38 AM | Link to this

Why is this even a story in a Dayton, Ohio paper? Who cares what a TSUN blog has to say? Do the math, that is <4/year in Tressel’s 8 years, most of which occurred in the first few years. Most were for personal vises. Is this rate higher than the general or student population? I doubt it. Most have cleaned up their act (Troy Smith, Alex Boone for examples) which is really the story. It is not if you make a mistake but what you do afterward that matters.

By Tom

August 6, 2008 1:08 PM | Link to this

This is just disappointing journalism. Are you just trying to drive respones? Where is the other side of the story? Where is the comparison to other programs or to the general student population? Anyone can throw a single statistic out there and make a judgement. Last year OSU was nearly last in the country in kick-off returns, if that was the only statistic I was given, then I would think they had a bad team? C’mon, the DDN is better than this.

By fact finding

August 6, 2008 2:17 PM | Link to this

As badly as you try to down play this, it is even worse. I used to play softball with several members of the Columbus PD. Keep in mind that they are also Buckeye fans…While they wouldn’t compromise their job or the immediate safety of others they will let players off the hook. One estimated that only 1/3 of the time they deal with OSU players that it gets any press. Cops will let them off for things others would be taken in for (ie marijuana poss, public intox etc.). Campus police are even worse. Yes, it goes on everywhere, but it is a bigger problem at OSU then most.

By Tom

August 6, 2008 2:44 PM | Link to this

They missed two others with ties to Ohio State. Gary Moeller played at OSU and later was charged with drunken outburst and punching a police officer. He resigned, but got one more year of his $130,000 salary. Andy Moeller, aged 43, was involved in an auto accident and refused a breath test. Got off with a $158.00 fine and is now with the Ravens. Of course, both these guys were U of Michigan coaches; grown men- molding Michigan’s team.

By Alan

August 6, 2008 5:11 PM | Link to this

Disappointing journalism? Everything that has to do with Ohio State football is a story and deserves to be printed. Newspapers are in business to make money, and judging by the response here its working. People are reading it and responding. I love Ohio State football - warts and all. Last thing I want is for things to be sugar-coated.

By jay

August 9, 2008 7:48 PM | Link to this

idk bout this blog post i mean you dont wanna see players into stuff like this but compared to the number 1 ranked team 15 arrest in 2 football years i’m not gonna complain

By Tim

September 2, 2008 6:31 PM | Link to this

I can’t believe what I’m reading in these comments… YOU PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY EXCUSING THIS! I would be outraged if my favorite school had had 30 players arrested in 8 years! that’s a complete abhorrence! Yea, there have been many more than 30 players at OSU in 8 years… but 30 Arrests is unacceptable! What is wrong with you people? Are you so obsessed with your precious Buckeyes that you can’t see how disgraceful this is? This (your responses to the 30 arrests) makes me glad I’m a Wolverine fan.

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