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The NCAA is expected to pile on Ohio State for its alleged wrongdoing under former head coach Jim Tressel. Former Ohio State quarterback Troy Smith has gotten a jump on it.

The 2006 Heisman winner didn’t sound like he had a lot of school spirit for his alma mater in comments to the Omaha World-Herald. Smith said that there is a darker story to be told about Ohio State football that has yet to come out.

“I want to tell the truth about what I think of my school, but the last time I spoke my mind, I got ripped for it,” Smith said, according to the newspaper.

But his feelings about the Buckeyes and how things work involving big-time college football in Columbus are pretty obvious. Smith spoke of the 2004 incident in which he was suspended for taking cash and the promise of a job from an Ohio State booster, saying that he was just shouldering the blame for others.

“To tell you the truth, it had nothing to do with a $500 thing between myself and a booster,” Smith said to the newspaper. “I took the rap for a lot of people so a lot of people wouldn’t get in trouble. But that story can’t be told unless I want to get back at a lot of people. I’m not that type of guy. Never will.”

Something tells us Smith, a 2007 NFL draft pick and current member of the UFL’s Omaha Nighthawks, is going to get prodded to be that type of guy. Troy Smith profile

[Omaha World-Herald]

3:24 PM on 10/6/2011
  • http://yardbarker Bob Wolfe

    Troy is pizzed because he got busted. I would like to know how much$$$$ he got to throw the National Championship game.

  • R U Serious

    you know, with the performance he had in his last game as a buckeye.he’d just keep his mouth shut.should have givin the Heisan back.

  • http://10weirdandbizarrefactsaboutuspresidents bobby

    Troy should grow up and walk away. Wouldn’t you rather come back to Columbus a hero some day, or be a villin the rest of your life?

  • Torg

    Forget contrition… OSU fans are in so much denial they just prove they have no class whatsoever. They have no idea what that school has been up to since Day 1 that Tressel was hired. All of their wins are tainted for the last decade. They haven’t been legitimately good since Cooper. Their last honest coach.

    • Tyler Lough

      What kind of moron are you? I think you should consider not doing drugs as much as your post indicates you do.

  • slade

    Funny how this article makes Troy not being happy with Ohio State, yet another article calls him a loyalist. Why did this article totally cut out all the things he said praising Jim Tressel?

  • Anonymous

    WHO CARES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • KEONI

    OHIO STATE SHOULD BE BANNED FROM FOOTBALL FOR 5 YEARS! CORRUPTION RUNS THROUGH THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT TO THE TOP OF THE ADMINISTRATION!

    • Anonymous

      You are clearly a biased, uneducated fan of CFB. Get a clue, bro.

  • Anonymous

    Yee who is without sin, cast the first stone!!! That’s what I thought, no takers. The whole college program has become corrupt by agents and so called school boosters. When a player tells the truth you crucify him, when he doesn’t he’s crucified. Grow up!!! So far, I haven’t seen ay stones. You go Troy!!!!

  • Atlas Mason

    Regarding corruption, it must run everywhere. Not endorsing it, but Tressel dirty, Alabama, Auburn,LSU, USC and the U (oops, bad examples) not? Regarding Tressel, he supported my friends and family in times of illness unlike ANY other public figure. Regarding Troy and the National Championship game, after Roy Hall jumped on Ted Ginn and broke his ankle, it changed our offense (no 1st team all-american receiver for deep threat), our field position on special teams (see runback of opening kickoff), and he was Troy’s favorite target and best friend. It would have depressed me. It also left 2 Gators with nothing to do but rush the passer. If you don’t like the way the Buckeyes are doing things but like the Buckeyes, it YOUR fault. Get some talent, time and eligibility and make it better. I’ve been on the field at Ohio Stadium. a lot. (and a letter to prove it) There’s no better place until Heaven. Well, maybe Cabo.

 

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