Ohio State to open football season amid scandal | Outside The Lines | ESPN

ESPN college football reporter Dan Murphy joins Bob Ley on Outside The Lines to discuss the latest news surrounding the Ohio State Buckeyes football program, which suspended coach Urban Meyer for three games in the wake of the investigation related to domestic violence allegations against former assistant coach Zach Smith by Courtney Smith, is now being led by interim coach Ryan Day, and starts the season vs. Oregon State.

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[blackoutblue]

Greg Schiano, woman-beating assistant Smith, and enabler Urban Meyer all on one staff. What a university! Lol

[OvSpP]

I just wonder: if a female coach let one of her coaches beat a woman, what would her punishment be?

[freddyz]

ESPN makes me sick.They polarize a person that had rape accusations and did some pretty bad things to her against her will then covered it up by money and no charges were brought about.They put this future hall of famer on television with his own show during the playoffs and I guess they don't think he was or is immoral? He was never fired and the owner new about these allegations against him and he wasn't fired but let's try and get Meyer fired?

[davidsayre]

osu fans will always remember this as the year when the school let the team down. but the team will be fighting mad all year. go ahead and make your negative comments, watch it come back to burn you.

[unspokenvoicesmedia]

What about having a coaches around the student players and what morales/values/power over them in turns of their playing time or their scholarships? What about the rules that Ohio State University fall under with NCAA policy for football programs and staff reporting policy. Please address the policy/rules around HR/ Sexual Assault Policy of NCAA football and government funding to public funded colleges (tax payers dollars/private sponsorship business).

[OvSpP]

It actually could be worse. They could be SMU and get the death penalty for 2 years. But now that I think about it, is that a good/worthy punishment for this?

[charleshoneycutt]

He didn’t beat her. But he had a coach that did and he knew it. But she’s not important as long as the team does ok

[charleshoneycutt]

Terrible You should be ashamed. This is a game. A game. WOW. Anyway we know what’s important. All the Ohio State fans I know you folks don’t have any control of what goes on but if you stand behind him well anyway. Guess it’s not as important as having a winning program. So what he beat his wife and no one cared especially the head coach who what did he say” I don’t know anything about this”. Probably be best if we just stop talking about this incident ole Urban might get sick again and leave football like he did Florida. Buckeyes