All I have to say is that it couldn't happen to a more deserving institution. Ohio State has been unbelievably arrogant with its Terrelle Pryor saga. The puny punishment the school proposes for itself is just one more example.
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In a signal that tougher penalties likely loom, the NCAA has notified Ohio State University that it is facing a charge of failing to monitor its violation-plagued football program.
Failure to monitor is the second-worst finding the NCAA can impose on an athletic program.
Ohio State announced the NCAA findings this afternoon and that it would cut five scholarships over a three-year period beginning next year. The NCAA allows football programs to have 85 scholarship players.
A spokesman for Ohio State athletics said the self-imposed punishment would not mean the Buckeyes would pare back to 80 scholarships over the next three years. He said that the team might not use, say, two of the 85 in 2012, one in 2013 and two in 2014, for a total of fiv...
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