CLEVELAND (AP) - Sharks, including a big blue one up north, are circling the troubled waters around Ohio State’s maimed and maligned football program.
As the school anxiously awaits potential NCAA sanctions and further public shame for the tattoo-for-memorabilia scandal that has already claimed coach Jim Tressel and quarterback Terrelle Pryor, schools like rival Michigan, Big 10 newcomer Nebraska, and reawakened Notre Dame could be poised to tear a few chunks off the Buckeyes’ battered carcass.
Recruiting, you see, is a bloodsport all its own.
Though it’s too early to fully assess what impact Ohio State’s present problems _ and any future ones it may face once the NCAA has its say _ will have on recruiting, it’s clear the Buckeyes could take some major hits.
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