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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: YSU Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2011 Announced
« on: June 23, 2011, 05:55:47 PM »
What a class. A couple of these can be arguably the "best-ever" in their sports.
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YSU Penguin Athletics / YSU Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2011 Announced
« on: June 23, 2011, 05:54:40 PM »
Youngstown, Ohio – The Youngstown State University Penguin Club and Athletics Hall of Fame Committee has elected a group of seven former Penguins standouts into the school’s athletic hall of fame.
The class of 2011 includes: Pat Crummey (football), Craig Haese (men’s basketball), Brad Hennessey (baseball), Brianne Kenneally (women’s basketball), Melissa Lyczkowski (volleyball), Kristen Meech (volleyball) and Jeff Ryan (football).
The class will be inducted at the 27th Annual Hall of Fame Induction Luncheon on Saturday, Oct. 29, in the Chestnut Room of Kilcawley Center. The class will also be introduced at halftime of the Youngstown State-Western Illinois football game later that afternoon.
This year’s inductees in alphabetical order with a brief biography follows:
Pat Crummey, Football (1998-2001): Crummey was a four-year letterwinner, a 2001 First-Team All-American and a two-time First-Team All-Gateway Conference selection in 2000 and 2001. In 2002, he was selected as the YSU Male Athlete of the Year. He was also a member of the 1999 national runner-up team. He started 37 of 38 games he played at YSU as an offensive tackle after beginning his career as a defensive lineman. He was the first player in school history to be named the team’s offensive lineman of the year twice.
Craig Haese, Men’s Basketball (1997-2001): Haese was a four-year letterwinner on the men’s basketball team from 1997-2001. He was named the 2001 YSU Male Athletic of the Year and garnered First-Team All-Mid-Continent Conference as a senior in 2000-01. He led the team in scoring with a 14.1 points per game average as a senior. He is the school record holder for career 3-pointers made with 198 and career free-throw percentage at .858. He became the 27th player to score 1,000 career points and ranks 26th all-time with 1,033 career points.
Brad Hennessey, Baseball (1999-2001): Hennessey was a three-year letterwinner on the baseball team and was the 2001 Mid-Continent Conference Co-Pitcher of the Year and a first-team all-conference selection. A first-round pick (21st overall) in the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft by the San Francisco Giants, he set the single-season strikeout mark with 126 and the single-season innings pitched record of 88.2 in 2001.
Brianne Kenneally, Women’s Basketball (1997-2001): Kenneally was a four-year letterwinner and was a member of the 1998 and 2000 NCAA Tournament-qualifying teams. She also helped lead the Penguins to back-to-back Mid-Continent Conference Regular-Season Championships in 1998 and 1999. A two-time Mid-Continent Conference Player of the Year, she is the only player in YSU sports history to be a league player of the year in consecutive seasons. In 2001, she was named the YSU Female Athlete of the Year. Kenneally finished her career ranked seventh in school history and fifth (now 16th) in Mid-Con history 1,471 points scored.
Melissa Lyczowski, Volleyball (1998-2001): Lyczkowski was a four-year letterwinner and starter at setter for the volleyball program. She is the school’s all-time leader with 4,820 assists and owns the top two slots on the single-season assists list with 1,373 in 1999 and 1,289 in 1998. She helped lead Guins to the 1999 Mid-Con regular season championship. She is only player in school history to record at least 1,000 assists all four years. She was the Mid-Continent Conference Newcomer of the Year in 1998 and a two-time second-team all-conference selection.
Kristen Meech, Volleyball (1998-2001): Meech was a four-year letterwinner and is the school’s all-time leader in total blocks with 562. She ranks sixth in school history with 1,055 career kills and is the only player in school history with 1,000 kills and 500 blocks. She ranked second in the nation in blocks per game in 1999 with 1.92 bpg. She is also the only player to record at least 200 blocks in a season with 207 in 1999.
Jeff Ryan, Football (1998-2001): Ryan was a four-year starter at quarterback and led the Penguins to the 1999 national championship game and the 2000 FCS playoffs. He ranks third all-time with 6,226 passing yards and holds the school record for most rushing yards by a quarterback with 1,872. He also ranks second with 50 passing touchdowns and fourth with a 57.6 career completion percentage.
The class of 2011 includes: Pat Crummey (football), Craig Haese (men’s basketball), Brad Hennessey (baseball), Brianne Kenneally (women’s basketball), Melissa Lyczkowski (volleyball), Kristen Meech (volleyball) and Jeff Ryan (football).
The class will be inducted at the 27th Annual Hall of Fame Induction Luncheon on Saturday, Oct. 29, in the Chestnut Room of Kilcawley Center. The class will also be introduced at halftime of the Youngstown State-Western Illinois football game later that afternoon.
This year’s inductees in alphabetical order with a brief biography follows:
Pat Crummey, Football (1998-2001): Crummey was a four-year letterwinner, a 2001 First-Team All-American and a two-time First-Team All-Gateway Conference selection in 2000 and 2001. In 2002, he was selected as the YSU Male Athlete of the Year. He was also a member of the 1999 national runner-up team. He started 37 of 38 games he played at YSU as an offensive tackle after beginning his career as a defensive lineman. He was the first player in school history to be named the team’s offensive lineman of the year twice.
Craig Haese, Men’s Basketball (1997-2001): Haese was a four-year letterwinner on the men’s basketball team from 1997-2001. He was named the 2001 YSU Male Athletic of the Year and garnered First-Team All-Mid-Continent Conference as a senior in 2000-01. He led the team in scoring with a 14.1 points per game average as a senior. He is the school record holder for career 3-pointers made with 198 and career free-throw percentage at .858. He became the 27th player to score 1,000 career points and ranks 26th all-time with 1,033 career points.
Brad Hennessey, Baseball (1999-2001): Hennessey was a three-year letterwinner on the baseball team and was the 2001 Mid-Continent Conference Co-Pitcher of the Year and a first-team all-conference selection. A first-round pick (21st overall) in the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft by the San Francisco Giants, he set the single-season strikeout mark with 126 and the single-season innings pitched record of 88.2 in 2001.
Brianne Kenneally, Women’s Basketball (1997-2001): Kenneally was a four-year letterwinner and was a member of the 1998 and 2000 NCAA Tournament-qualifying teams. She also helped lead the Penguins to back-to-back Mid-Continent Conference Regular-Season Championships in 1998 and 1999. A two-time Mid-Continent Conference Player of the Year, she is the only player in YSU sports history to be a league player of the year in consecutive seasons. In 2001, she was named the YSU Female Athlete of the Year. Kenneally finished her career ranked seventh in school history and fifth (now 16th) in Mid-Con history 1,471 points scored.
Melissa Lyczowski, Volleyball (1998-2001): Lyczkowski was a four-year letterwinner and starter at setter for the volleyball program. She is the school’s all-time leader with 4,820 assists and owns the top two slots on the single-season assists list with 1,373 in 1999 and 1,289 in 1998. She helped lead Guins to the 1999 Mid-Con regular season championship. She is only player in school history to record at least 1,000 assists all four years. She was the Mid-Continent Conference Newcomer of the Year in 1998 and a two-time second-team all-conference selection.
Kristen Meech, Volleyball (1998-2001): Meech was a four-year letterwinner and is the school’s all-time leader in total blocks with 562. She ranks sixth in school history with 1,055 career kills and is the only player in school history with 1,000 kills and 500 blocks. She ranked second in the nation in blocks per game in 1999 with 1.92 bpg. She is also the only player to record at least 200 blocks in a season with 207 in 1999.
Jeff Ryan, Football (1998-2001): Ryan was a four-year starter at quarterback and led the Penguins to the 1999 national championship game and the 2000 FCS playoffs. He ranks third all-time with 6,226 passing yards and holds the school record for most rushing yards by a quarterback with 1,872. He also ranks second with 50 passing touchdowns and fourth with a 57.6 career completion percentage.
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Pete Remains in the Ice Castle ...turf replacement underway
« on: June 21, 2011, 04:14:40 PM »What were they thinking of replacing Pete with. The Block Y. Personally I love Pete in the middle of the field. Makes us unique.
Lucky and I were actually still at YSU when the tore up the turf back in 2002. I think somewhere at the Igloo(the GuinFamily's homestead) there is a piece of the turf there.
Um also if I do make it to a YSU home game this year, and it is cold. HubbyGuin bought me a hat that is in the shape of Penguin.
Yes, I understand that coach did not think it was very mean to have a penguin, and wanted a "Y". I would have accepted a letter-Y, as long as it had Pete's head on it. However, I still wanted a full-Pete. Also Penny, we will now have to have a photo of your hat posted here.
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Mark Klysner Takes Over Women's Tennis Program
« on: June 20, 2011, 04:57:04 PM »
I don't know hoe I missed this:
Mark Klysner Takes Over Women's Tennis Program
Youngstown State Executive Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Ron Strollo announced on Wednesday that Mark Klysner, who served a the men's tennis head coach last year, will take over the women's program as well effective immediately.
Klysner replaces Michele Grim who resigned after spending the past 14 years with the program.
Strollo said the work Klysner has done in his role as men's tennis coach made him the perfect choice to take over both positions.
"In one year our men's program has made great strides under Mark," Strollo said. "We are excited that he will coach both programs and feel our tennis future at Youngstown State is very strong under his leadership."
In his first campaign with the Penguins, Klysner led the men's team to six dual victories, a berth in the Horizon League Tournament, won two league matches and had a player named first-team all-conference.
The six wins were a five-win improvement from the previous year. The two Horizon League victories marked the first time since joining the conference that the Guins had multiple wins in the same year. At the League Tournament, the Penguins battled in tough losses to Wright State and Butler. Junior Tariq Ismail was a first-team all-league selection, the first on the men's side since 2005.
Klysner has a solid track record of experience when it comes to coaching women's programs.
Klysner was an assistant for the women's team at Fairleigh Dickinson in 2009-10. The Knights' won the regular-season conference title and had won 10 straight matches before losing in the Northeast Conference Tournament final.
He spent the 2008-09 campaign as a men's and women's assistant at Austin Peay.
Klysner was the head men's and women's tennis coach at Green River Community College in Auburn, Wash., for two seasons (2006-08). He also was the assistant men's and women's tennis coach at the University of South Carolina at Aiken in 1999-2000.
"I'm excited to coach both programs here at Youngstown State," Klysner said. "I want to thank Ron Strollo and the YSU athletic department for this great opportunity. I'm very excited to be coaching both programs and look forward to the upcoming season. The support our administration has shown has been tremendous and everything has been handled in a first-class way. I look forward to the challenge of coaching both programs and can't wait to get busy recruiting."
Mark Klysner Takes Over Women's Tennis Program
Youngstown State Executive Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Ron Strollo announced on Wednesday that Mark Klysner, who served a the men's tennis head coach last year, will take over the women's program as well effective immediately.
Klysner replaces Michele Grim who resigned after spending the past 14 years with the program.
Strollo said the work Klysner has done in his role as men's tennis coach made him the perfect choice to take over both positions.
"In one year our men's program has made great strides under Mark," Strollo said. "We are excited that he will coach both programs and feel our tennis future at Youngstown State is very strong under his leadership."
In his first campaign with the Penguins, Klysner led the men's team to six dual victories, a berth in the Horizon League Tournament, won two league matches and had a player named first-team all-conference.
The six wins were a five-win improvement from the previous year. The two Horizon League victories marked the first time since joining the conference that the Guins had multiple wins in the same year. At the League Tournament, the Penguins battled in tough losses to Wright State and Butler. Junior Tariq Ismail was a first-team all-league selection, the first on the men's side since 2005.
Klysner has a solid track record of experience when it comes to coaching women's programs.
Klysner was an assistant for the women's team at Fairleigh Dickinson in 2009-10. The Knights' won the regular-season conference title and had won 10 straight matches before losing in the Northeast Conference Tournament final.
He spent the 2008-09 campaign as a men's and women's assistant at Austin Peay.
Klysner was the head men's and women's tennis coach at Green River Community College in Auburn, Wash., for two seasons (2006-08). He also was the assistant men's and women's tennis coach at the University of South Carolina at Aiken in 1999-2000.
"I'm excited to coach both programs here at Youngstown State," Klysner said. "I want to thank Ron Strollo and the YSU athletic department for this great opportunity. I'm very excited to be coaching both programs and look forward to the upcoming season. The support our administration has shown has been tremendous and everything has been handled in a first-class way. I look forward to the challenge of coaching both programs and can't wait to get busy recruiting."
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Helen Stambaugh Passes Away
« on: June 15, 2011, 05:13:27 PM »
It was great that she saw the 25th anniversary.
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Helen Stambaugh Passes Away
« on: June 15, 2011, 02:58:59 PM »
Helen Stambaugh, who served the Mahoning Valley as a true symbol of philanthropy throughout the past half century and was a key contributor to Youngstown State University and the Athletics Department for many decades, passed away on Monday. She was 92.
For YSU, Mrs. Stambaugh, along with her husband, Arnold, will forever be linked to the Athletic Department by the naming of Arnold D. Stambaugh Stadium. The Stadium opened in 1982 and gave the football program its first on-campus home facility. Now, 30 years later, it remains one of the top complexes at the FCS level.
Calling hours are from 5-8 p.m. on Friday at the Anstrom-Velker Funeral Home (75 East Midlothian Blvd.) and on Saturday from 9-10 a.m. at St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church on Mahoning Ave. Services are Saturday morning at 10 o'clock.
Mrs. Stambaugh was inducted into the Youngstown State Athletics Hall of Fame in 2009 and was honored as the Penguin of the Year in 2005.
She maintained a scholarship endowment in the athletic department and contributed $150,000 for the YSU Marching Pride to get new uniforms in 2007. Stambaugh also provided the lead gift for the university's Wellness and Recreation Center, which opened in 2005. On campus, the Stambaugh Room in Kilcawley Center is named in the honor of her husband and her. She was named a Friend of the University in 2008. Additionally, she helped contribute to the construction of the stadium's East side and took part in the ribbon-cutting ceremony in 1997.
Other notable awards for Mrs. Stambaugh included: Valley Legacy Award as an Outstanding Senior from Shepherd of the Valley; 2004 Outstanding Philanthropists Mahoning/Shenango Chapter; Greater Communicator Award from Youngstown Hearing and Speech Center; 2007 Distinguished Scouter Award by the Great Western Reserve Boy Scout Council; 2008 Helen Stambaugh Award from Shepherd of the Valley and 2007 Woman of the Year-Distinguished Citizen Award by the Federation of Women Club. Recently the lobby at Park Vista of Youngstown was named the Helen Stambaugh Lobby in recognition of her long-standing financial support.
For YSU, Mrs. Stambaugh, along with her husband, Arnold, will forever be linked to the Athletic Department by the naming of Arnold D. Stambaugh Stadium. The Stadium opened in 1982 and gave the football program its first on-campus home facility. Now, 30 years later, it remains one of the top complexes at the FCS level.
Calling hours are from 5-8 p.m. on Friday at the Anstrom-Velker Funeral Home (75 East Midlothian Blvd.) and on Saturday from 9-10 a.m. at St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church on Mahoning Ave. Services are Saturday morning at 10 o'clock.
Mrs. Stambaugh was inducted into the Youngstown State Athletics Hall of Fame in 2009 and was honored as the Penguin of the Year in 2005.
She maintained a scholarship endowment in the athletic department and contributed $150,000 for the YSU Marching Pride to get new uniforms in 2007. Stambaugh also provided the lead gift for the university's Wellness and Recreation Center, which opened in 2005. On campus, the Stambaugh Room in Kilcawley Center is named in the honor of her husband and her. She was named a Friend of the University in 2008. Additionally, she helped contribute to the construction of the stadium's East side and took part in the ribbon-cutting ceremony in 1997.
Other notable awards for Mrs. Stambaugh included: Valley Legacy Award as an Outstanding Senior from Shepherd of the Valley; 2004 Outstanding Philanthropists Mahoning/Shenango Chapter; Greater Communicator Award from Youngstown Hearing and Speech Center; 2007 Distinguished Scouter Award by the Great Western Reserve Boy Scout Council; 2008 Helen Stambaugh Award from Shepherd of the Valley and 2007 Woman of the Year-Distinguished Citizen Award by the Federation of Women Club. Recently the lobby at Park Vista of Youngstown was named the Helen Stambaugh Lobby in recognition of her long-standing financial support.
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Penguin Under Armour Gear On Sale Through Baseball Fundraiser
« on: June 14, 2011, 01:34:32 PM »
Youngstown -- Fans of Youngstown State Athletics now have the opportunity to purchase official YSU Under Armour gear at a discounted price on YSUsports.com.
Through an agreement with Under Armour and the Penguins baseball team, fans can purchase apparel at a 15-percent discount from the original retail price. A percentage of every order placed goes toward a fundraiser for YSU baseball.
The direct URL to the online store is http://ysubase.itemorder.com/. There is also a link on the baseball page at YSUsports.com
"We are excited about this opportunity for our fans to purchase new Penguins Baseball Under Armour gear at a discounted price," Youngstown State head coach Rich Pasquale said. "I know fans have been looking forward to buying YSU Under Armour gear, and now they have the opportunity to do that while supporting our program financially."
Although the available items are mostly baseball-oriented, all fans can find something to support Penguins athletics. The online store features 21 different items, including jackets, polos, t-shirts, hooded sweatshirts, sweatpants, hats and sackpacks. There are also three items exclusively for women. Most items will have the official "Y" logo embroidered on them, and some will have a baseball-specific logo. Select items have the option for a number to be added at an additional cost.
The first sale period runs through June 26, and orders will ship shortly after with an approximate delivery date of July 8. Another sale period will begin on June 27.
The online store is run by Kohlmyer Sporting Goods in Lorain, Ohio.
Through an agreement with Under Armour and the Penguins baseball team, fans can purchase apparel at a 15-percent discount from the original retail price. A percentage of every order placed goes toward a fundraiser for YSU baseball.
The direct URL to the online store is http://ysubase.itemorder.com/. There is also a link on the baseball page at YSUsports.com
"We are excited about this opportunity for our fans to purchase new Penguins Baseball Under Armour gear at a discounted price," Youngstown State head coach Rich Pasquale said. "I know fans have been looking forward to buying YSU Under Armour gear, and now they have the opportunity to do that while supporting our program financially."
Although the available items are mostly baseball-oriented, all fans can find something to support Penguins athletics. The online store features 21 different items, including jackets, polos, t-shirts, hooded sweatshirts, sweatpants, hats and sackpacks. There are also three items exclusively for women. Most items will have the official "Y" logo embroidered on them, and some will have a baseball-specific logo. Select items have the option for a number to be added at an additional cost.
The first sale period runs through June 26, and orders will ship shortly after with an approximate delivery date of July 8. Another sale period will begin on June 27.
The online store is run by Kohlmyer Sporting Goods in Lorain, Ohio.
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Pre-Season Polls
« on: June 11, 2011, 06:27:39 PM »... confirm that Boatwright's hamstring injury is at least season-ending ...probably career.Sorry to see that happen to a good kid, hope he makes it back.
As for polls, always enjoyed proving them wrong.
I think we will prove to be somewhat of a force this year May ...I was looking for some good things from Boatwright; our secondary needs help. I really hope he makes it back as well. If he only sits for a year, then he will have a great career ahead of him.
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Pre-Season Polls
« on: June 11, 2011, 11:30:45 AM »
Well:
Looks like we have our work cut out for us in 2011. There are 4 magazines this year, as the Sporting News threw their hat in the ring. Street an Smith is not out yet, but we are last in 2 of the 4 mag conference polls so far. Second-to-last in the other. Looks like Athlon does not even care anymore. They did confirm that Boatwright's hamstring injury is at least season-ending ...probably career.
They do not even wait to see who shows up for camp any more.
Looks like we have our work cut out for us in 2011. There are 4 magazines this year, as the Sporting News threw their hat in the ring. Street an Smith is not out yet, but we are last in 2 of the 4 mag conference polls so far. Second-to-last in the other. Looks like Athlon does not even care anymore. They did confirm that Boatwright's hamstring injury is at least season-ending ...probably career.
They do not even wait to see who shows up for camp any more.
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Pete Remains in the Ice Castle ...turf replacement underway
« on: June 10, 2011, 08:48:22 PM »
Here we are:
GO GUINS!!!!
GO GUINS!!!!
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Tressel SI article
« on: June 08, 2011, 02:46:02 PM »
Clarett says athletes to blame, not Ohio State
By RUSTY MILLER, AP College Football Writer
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP)—Former Ohio State running back Maurice Clarett blames athletes rather than coaches and fans for the culture that created problems in the Buckeyes’ football program.
“There’s no secret regime, there’s no secret congregation of people who sit around at Ohio State who gives young guys money,” Clarett said Wednesday on The Dan Patrick Show. “Anything that any player goes and gets is all based on him and who he meets in the community. The coaches and the university have no control over what the young guy’s doing.”
The NCAA is investigating Ohio State players who allegedly received improper benefits and special deals on cars. Five players have been suspended for the first five games this fall for trading signed jerseys, championship rings and other items for cash and discounted tattoos from a Columbus tattoo-parlor owner.
January 4, 2011: Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor (2) stands in the confetti shower behind the trophy after winninng the NCAA Sugar Bowl game between the Arkansas Razorbacks and The Ohio State Buckeyes at The Louisianna Superdome, New Orleans LA (Cal Sports Media via AP Images)
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Buckeyes coach Jim Tressel was forced to resign last week for knowing about the players’ involvement but not reporting it as required by his contract and NCAA rules. Star quarterback Terrelle Pryor, one of those suspended and a subject of the NCAA probe, announced Tuesday that he would not return for his senior season.
Clarett, ruled ineligible after carrying Ohio State to its first national championship in 34 years in 2002, said the university cannot control everything that players do.
“There wasn’t any coach or any booster or any member in or around Ohio State who helps you get a car,” Clarett said, recalling his own time on campus. “It doesn’t go on. It’s just guys doing what they want to. People will forever do what they want to. It’s nothing more than young guys making mistakes.”
Clarett questioned the foundation of big-time college football, where universities and coaches make millions off athletes yet the players get in trouble with the NCAA for accepting cash for autographs or memorabilia.
“Why are they even in that position? Why is it that a university can profit $20 million, $30 million, $40 million and these guys are in the position that they have to sell their memorabilia—the only thing they have of value at that point?” Clarett said. “Why are they even in that position to do that, when there’s enough money to go around?”
Once an elite running back recruit, Clarett seized the starting tailback job before the 2002 season opener and caught the nation’s attention when he piled up 230 yards rushing in a victory over Washington State—still the sixth-highest single-game total in school history.
Despite nagging injuries, Clarett continued to play well as Ohio State went through the season unbeaten and was selected as the Big Ten’s top freshman.
In the Fiesta Bowl, which served as the Bowl Championship Series national championship, Clarett bulled over the middle in the second overtime for the winning touchdown in No. 2 Ohio State’s dramatic 31-24 upset of top-ranked Miami.
Clarett, who rushed for 1,237 yards in his only season, was suspended the following summer for taking improper benefits, including cars. He never played in another college game.
He did not blame his ineligibility on boosters.
“People didn’t reach out to me. I reached out to people,” he said. “Just when you’re traveling around the community, I reached out to people: ‘Hey, I’m struggling with this. Hey, I need help with this.”’
Clarett sued the NFL to enter the draft before he had been out of high school for three years, but lost on appeal. From there, his life spiraled out of control.
He pleaded guilty in September 2006 to having a gun hidden in his SUV and holding up two people outside a Columbus bar in a separate case. He was sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison, and was released in early 2010 after serving 3 1/2 years.
Clarett played last year for the Omaha Nighthawks of the United Football League.
He accused Ohio State of academic fraud during the investigation spurred by his improper-benefits case in 2003. But on Wednesday, he said he had lied and manipulated the professor to get good grades.
Going to prison had altered his view of the world, Clarett said. Five years ago, he said he might have celebrated that Ohio State and Tressel were going through the NCAA problems they are now. But that isn’t the way he feels.
Clarett also said he did not consider Tressel, who until a few months ago had a squeaky clean image around the country, to be a cheater or a fraud.
“You can’t be a fraud for 30 years. It’s impossible,” he said. “People can smell a fraud in the first month, two, three, four, five months. They’re going to be exposed. To do what that man has done … it’s wrong for that man to get dealt like that.”
Asked where his national championship ring is, Clarett said, “That’s at my mother’s house. There’s not one piece of memorabilia that I don’t have.”
By RUSTY MILLER, AP College Football Writer
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP)—Former Ohio State running back Maurice Clarett blames athletes rather than coaches and fans for the culture that created problems in the Buckeyes’ football program.
“There’s no secret regime, there’s no secret congregation of people who sit around at Ohio State who gives young guys money,” Clarett said Wednesday on The Dan Patrick Show. “Anything that any player goes and gets is all based on him and who he meets in the community. The coaches and the university have no control over what the young guy’s doing.”
The NCAA is investigating Ohio State players who allegedly received improper benefits and special deals on cars. Five players have been suspended for the first five games this fall for trading signed jerseys, championship rings and other items for cash and discounted tattoos from a Columbus tattoo-parlor owner.
January 4, 2011: Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor (2) stands in the confetti shower behind the trophy after winninng the NCAA Sugar Bowl game between the Arkansas Razorbacks and The Ohio State Buckeyes at The Louisianna Superdome, New Orleans LA (Cal Sports Media via AP Images)
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Buckeyes coach Jim Tressel was forced to resign last week for knowing about the players’ involvement but not reporting it as required by his contract and NCAA rules. Star quarterback Terrelle Pryor, one of those suspended and a subject of the NCAA probe, announced Tuesday that he would not return for his senior season.
Clarett, ruled ineligible after carrying Ohio State to its first national championship in 34 years in 2002, said the university cannot control everything that players do.
“There wasn’t any coach or any booster or any member in or around Ohio State who helps you get a car,” Clarett said, recalling his own time on campus. “It doesn’t go on. It’s just guys doing what they want to. People will forever do what they want to. It’s nothing more than young guys making mistakes.”
Clarett questioned the foundation of big-time college football, where universities and coaches make millions off athletes yet the players get in trouble with the NCAA for accepting cash for autographs or memorabilia.
“Why are they even in that position? Why is it that a university can profit $20 million, $30 million, $40 million and these guys are in the position that they have to sell their memorabilia—the only thing they have of value at that point?” Clarett said. “Why are they even in that position to do that, when there’s enough money to go around?”
Once an elite running back recruit, Clarett seized the starting tailback job before the 2002 season opener and caught the nation’s attention when he piled up 230 yards rushing in a victory over Washington State—still the sixth-highest single-game total in school history.
Despite nagging injuries, Clarett continued to play well as Ohio State went through the season unbeaten and was selected as the Big Ten’s top freshman.
In the Fiesta Bowl, which served as the Bowl Championship Series national championship, Clarett bulled over the middle in the second overtime for the winning touchdown in No. 2 Ohio State’s dramatic 31-24 upset of top-ranked Miami.
Clarett, who rushed for 1,237 yards in his only season, was suspended the following summer for taking improper benefits, including cars. He never played in another college game.
He did not blame his ineligibility on boosters.
“People didn’t reach out to me. I reached out to people,” he said. “Just when you’re traveling around the community, I reached out to people: ‘Hey, I’m struggling with this. Hey, I need help with this.”’
Clarett sued the NFL to enter the draft before he had been out of high school for three years, but lost on appeal. From there, his life spiraled out of control.
He pleaded guilty in September 2006 to having a gun hidden in his SUV and holding up two people outside a Columbus bar in a separate case. He was sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison, and was released in early 2010 after serving 3 1/2 years.
Clarett played last year for the Omaha Nighthawks of the United Football League.
He accused Ohio State of academic fraud during the investigation spurred by his improper-benefits case in 2003. But on Wednesday, he said he had lied and manipulated the professor to get good grades.
Going to prison had altered his view of the world, Clarett said. Five years ago, he said he might have celebrated that Ohio State and Tressel were going through the NCAA problems they are now. But that isn’t the way he feels.
Clarett also said he did not consider Tressel, who until a few months ago had a squeaky clean image around the country, to be a cheater or a fraud.
“You can’t be a fraud for 30 years. It’s impossible,” he said. “People can smell a fraud in the first month, two, three, four, five months. They’re going to be exposed. To do what that man has done … it’s wrong for that man to get dealt like that.”
Asked where his national championship ring is, Clarett said, “That’s at my mother’s house. There’s not one piece of memorabilia that I don’t have.”
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Phil Klein
« on: June 08, 2011, 01:34:32 PM »
Ranger's Scouting Director Kip Fagg noted his increased in performance as the season progressed. In his 25 starts, Klein gave up 25 runs in his first three games, then only 23 runs over the last 12-games.
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Phil Klein
« on: June 08, 2011, 01:28:17 PM »
Texas Rangers draft Gahanna's Klein in 30th round
Phil Klein, a 2007 Gahanna Lincoln High School graduate, has been selected by the Texas Rangers in the 30th round (924th pick overall) of the Major League Baseball draft on June 7.
Klein, a 22-year-old, 6-foot-7, 230-pound right-handed pitcher recently completed his collegiate career at Youngstown State University. He posted a 13-12 record and 5.21 ERA in 59 appearances, which included 40 starts.
As a senior this spring, he made a single-season school-record 15 starts and went 5-5 with a 3.61 ERA in 92 1/3 innings. His 105 strikeouts is the second-highest single-season total in school history. Klein, a finance major, earned second-team all-Horizon League honors.
He is one of three central Ohio natives who have had their names called through the first two days of the draft, which concludes with rounds 31-50 on Wednesday, June 8.
Jason King, 21, a junior third baseman out of Kansas State and a 2007 Dublin Jerome graduate, was taken in the fourth round by the Detroit Tigers with the 137th pick overall.
R.L. Eisenbach, 23, a 2006 Newark Catholic graduate who as a senior this spring led Faulkner University to its first NAIA World Series, was selected in the 23rd round by the San Diego Padres with the 713th pick.
Phil Klein, a 2007 Gahanna Lincoln High School graduate, has been selected by the Texas Rangers in the 30th round (924th pick overall) of the Major League Baseball draft on June 7.
Klein, a 22-year-old, 6-foot-7, 230-pound right-handed pitcher recently completed his collegiate career at Youngstown State University. He posted a 13-12 record and 5.21 ERA in 59 appearances, which included 40 starts.
As a senior this spring, he made a single-season school-record 15 starts and went 5-5 with a 3.61 ERA in 92 1/3 innings. His 105 strikeouts is the second-highest single-season total in school history. Klein, a finance major, earned second-team all-Horizon League honors.
He is one of three central Ohio natives who have had their names called through the first two days of the draft, which concludes with rounds 31-50 on Wednesday, June 8.
Jason King, 21, a junior third baseman out of Kansas State and a 2007 Dublin Jerome graduate, was taken in the fourth round by the Detroit Tigers with the 137th pick overall.
R.L. Eisenbach, 23, a 2006 Newark Catholic graduate who as a senior this spring led Faulkner University to its first NAIA World Series, was selected in the 23rd round by the San Diego Padres with the 713th pick.
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General BS / Re: Politics at it's best
« on: June 03, 2011, 01:17:06 PM »
I am a "true" conservative. Something far from the Republican party. However, that happens to be the party most closely aligned with my views. I have beliefs that would be considered radical today ...but very common throughout history ...especially late 19th and early 20th century America ..or maybe current day Austria. I do not think you can be pragmatic in a democracy. Unless I am not thinking the same way you are Wick. Politically speaking, I see a pragmatist as someone always needing to be involved in every decision, and very dictatorial. However, historically most pragmatic leaders do not fare well without others, or a "pre-defined" direction. They always need someone to "keep them in line". Works well in a more extreme form of government ...far left or right; where a philosophical direction is already known. Usually a far right-winged political system ...maybe Authoritarian or Fascist. Could also work in a soviet-type of Communism, where the party leader has almost absolute power. The only pragmatic US president (modern time) that I can think of would be TR and/or Nixon (to a lesser degree Eisenhower). All were very great men and leaders.
As to the current topic (or any topic), I think it is great that Lecture and Guinpen break away from the norms of the Mahoning Valley. When I lived in town, I to broke away from the norm, just because I felt that to be more important than the specific issue at the time. It was definitely one of the reasons that I left, and one of the things I do not miss. I also think it is great to be a problem-solver ...assuming you and I have the same result in mind.
As to the limo ...not that big of a deal to me. The security of public officials should be paramount. The chopper ...maybe a bit extreme for my tastes. However, choosing not to go is the more conservative (and better in my mind) choice; that goes for ms. pelosi as well. This is why public officials should be more "senior" at the time they are elected. Which is what our founding-fathers wanted. Military leaders are the exception in my mind ...national defense is paramount, as one does not know just how old they are going to be when some rouge nation is going to do something insane ...like crash a plane into the nation's capitol. Our country has traditionally had required military service (and still should in my mind), so it has always been common for military leaders to be young, and with family. Yet look at someone like Patton ...refused to take extended leave, even when he was performing public service detail. As to Christy ...I like him. He has put on a ton of weight though. I think it more than just FTPYAFT (failure to push yourself away from the table) though. The gain was too quick. I am thinking thyroid.
As to the NY election mentioned, that is the 26th district; which is near Rochester so it would be a more rural/conservative area. However, there were outside influences in play, so that is not a fair example to use.
1. They were both women, running in a district with heavy senior-aged women, and lots of transients. A man (from a viable party) would have "walked away with it". Lee could have run again, and he would have won in a landslide.
2. The election was really a referendum on Medicare, and dems used scare tactics on these rural women voters. My mother is 82, and I know that she would fall for it. Yet look how close the election was, even with the overwhelming advantage the "dems" in this issue.
3. There was also one of those idiot tea-party candidates in play...that happened to be male. Corwin did not stand a chance. Senior women went Tea, senior men went Rep, the rest go dem. Also, if you want to look more closely at that election ...I bet you find enormous voter-fraud with those transients.
As to the current topic (or any topic), I think it is great that Lecture and Guinpen break away from the norms of the Mahoning Valley. When I lived in town, I to broke away from the norm, just because I felt that to be more important than the specific issue at the time. It was definitely one of the reasons that I left, and one of the things I do not miss. I also think it is great to be a problem-solver ...assuming you and I have the same result in mind.
As to the limo ...not that big of a deal to me. The security of public officials should be paramount. The chopper ...maybe a bit extreme for my tastes. However, choosing not to go is the more conservative (and better in my mind) choice; that goes for ms. pelosi as well. This is why public officials should be more "senior" at the time they are elected. Which is what our founding-fathers wanted. Military leaders are the exception in my mind ...national defense is paramount, as one does not know just how old they are going to be when some rouge nation is going to do something insane ...like crash a plane into the nation's capitol. Our country has traditionally had required military service (and still should in my mind), so it has always been common for military leaders to be young, and with family. Yet look at someone like Patton ...refused to take extended leave, even when he was performing public service detail. As to Christy ...I like him. He has put on a ton of weight though. I think it more than just FTPYAFT (failure to push yourself away from the table) though. The gain was too quick. I am thinking thyroid.
As to the NY election mentioned, that is the 26th district; which is near Rochester so it would be a more rural/conservative area. However, there were outside influences in play, so that is not a fair example to use.
1. They were both women, running in a district with heavy senior-aged women, and lots of transients. A man (from a viable party) would have "walked away with it". Lee could have run again, and he would have won in a landslide.
2. The election was really a referendum on Medicare, and dems used scare tactics on these rural women voters. My mother is 82, and I know that she would fall for it. Yet look how close the election was, even with the overwhelming advantage the "dems" in this issue.
3. There was also one of those idiot tea-party candidates in play...that happened to be male. Corwin did not stand a chance. Senior women went Tea, senior men went Rep, the rest go dem. Also, if you want to look more closely at that election ...I bet you find enormous voter-fraud with those transients.
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Tressel SI article
« on: June 02, 2011, 09:17:22 AM »
Did you guys hear Ray Isaac on ESPN radio yesterday? Very interesting quotes:
“Jim Tressel is as good a man as you’ll ever meet. It’s almost to the point where it’s hokey; you would think he is phony, but he is not. Jim Tressel is like the person you want to be when you grow up. He’s always treated me like a son.”
“The article is a big lie ... I’m very displeased with the article. The article is chewed up. If you look at the paragraph that goes into what I was allegedly to have said, it is poorly written. It doesn’t give any facts or clarity. It almost looked like he read 50 articles of the Jim Tressel/Ray Isaac situation and mixed them all together and then wrote a paragraph because he could not get any words out of my mouth.”
"Number one, I'm totally responsible for what I did at Youngstown State University. Every year, from the time I was on campus, from '88 to '91, Tressel had compliance seminars — not to deal with bookies, not to deal with drugs, not to deal with not buying or selling anything. I knew exactly what I was getting into when I met [booster] Mickey Monus. It is implied that on the first meeting that I had with Mickey Monus that I received $150. That is the biggest lie ever told. … Jim Tressel never ever knew anything about our dealings. I kept it secret. To say Coach Tressel knew about this car, or knew about this money, listen, the only way that anyone knew about the money I received was Mickey Monus got indicted on $1.1 million worth of embezzlement and fraud. In documents and public record, they found checks that were written to me. … That's the only way that this situation came to light. … Other than that, no one in the history of the world would have known the Mickey Monus paid me a dime."
Hew went on to call Epstein a liar.
“Jim Tressel is as good a man as you’ll ever meet. It’s almost to the point where it’s hokey; you would think he is phony, but he is not. Jim Tressel is like the person you want to be when you grow up. He’s always treated me like a son.”
“The article is a big lie ... I’m very displeased with the article. The article is chewed up. If you look at the paragraph that goes into what I was allegedly to have said, it is poorly written. It doesn’t give any facts or clarity. It almost looked like he read 50 articles of the Jim Tressel/Ray Isaac situation and mixed them all together and then wrote a paragraph because he could not get any words out of my mouth.”
"Number one, I'm totally responsible for what I did at Youngstown State University. Every year, from the time I was on campus, from '88 to '91, Tressel had compliance seminars — not to deal with bookies, not to deal with drugs, not to deal with not buying or selling anything. I knew exactly what I was getting into when I met [booster] Mickey Monus. It is implied that on the first meeting that I had with Mickey Monus that I received $150. That is the biggest lie ever told. … Jim Tressel never ever knew anything about our dealings. I kept it secret. To say Coach Tressel knew about this car, or knew about this money, listen, the only way that anyone knew about the money I received was Mickey Monus got indicted on $1.1 million worth of embezzlement and fraud. In documents and public record, they found checks that were written to me. … That's the only way that this situation came to light. … Other than that, no one in the history of the world would have known the Mickey Monus paid me a dime."
Hew went on to call Epstein a liar.