The Texas Tech yahoos are really something

[Michchamp]

I don't know how they can play Texas Art Schlichter this fall without it being an absolutely terrible precedent.

They're trying to confuse it now by muddling the facts, but it remains pretty clear this kid should not be playing anytime soon, and there's an established precedent for players being suspending for FAR LESS gambling than Sorsby did.

 

[wlvrnstlr4life]

I don't know how they can play Texas Art Schlichter this fall without it being an absolutely terrible precedent.

They're trying to confuse it now by muddling the facts, but it remains pretty clear this kid should not be playing anytime soon, and there's an established precedent for players being suspending for FAR LESS gambling than Sorsby did.

Not only did he bet on his own team to win(to make it look better if he got caught), he bet the -under. How the fck could that dude be trusted?

 

[byco42]

My cousins worked at a racetrack in the Columbus area when Art Schliester was the quarterback at OSU. And they personally received thousands of dollars of losing bets from him at the window.

 

[Michchamp]

My cousins worked at a racetrack in the Columbus area when Art Schliester was the quarterback at OSU. And they personally received thousands of dollars of losing bets from him at the window.

From his wikipedia page:

During his college career, Schlichter was frequently spotted at Scioto Downs with a prominent Ohio gambler. Although the Columbus and OSU police departments became suspicious, the athletic department felt it lacked enough evidence to notify the National Collegiate Athletic Association(NCAA).

Nope, nothing to see here... zzzzz

On several occasions he was seen at Scioto Downs with Hayes' successor as head coach, Earle Bruce, a fact which helped cover up early problems emerging while Schlichter was at OSU.

yowzas. I'm sure this was just like a little youthful indiscretion for both of them. otherwise they were real stand up guys!

this is unintentionally hilarious:

According to Schlichter's father, Hayes was so enthralled with the young quarterback that he was willing to jettison his "three yards and a cloud of dust" offense and throw as many as 25 times a game if Schlichter signed with the Buckeyes.[4] Schlichter threw the interception that led to Hayes' assault on Clemson linebackerCharlie Bauman in the 1978 Gator Bowl, an act that led to the coach's firing the next day

three things can happen if you pass and two of them are bad.

 

[Michchamp]

Not only did he bet on his own team to win(to make it look better if he got caught), he bet the -under. How the fck could that dude be trusted?

on twitter I saw a clip of him at Cincy against WVU last year, throwing up an easy pick six to the defense as he was going down.

I swear I saw another post with more clips than that one, but can't find it now.

Tech fans could argue that play was 4th down and he was trying to make something happen. completely goes against coaching, of course.

seems like with purportedly more than 9,000 bets over the years, there would be plenty of questionable plays.

Also that number is absolutely wild to me. Maybe I'm just not that into sports gambling, but how the hell can anyone sane do that? Like his brain must be so addicted to the dopamine kick he gets from placing a bet that it overrides everything else that he might have going on up there, including whatever judgment his mind is capable of (obviously not much)