He wanted me to know what he had done. First of all, he said he committed a violation. Secondly, he gave the money to a prospective student-athlete.

We're now in the 19th month of the NCAA process. Having a coach in limbo or having a coach suspended would be grossly unfair to the young people who play basketball at Ohio State. It would have arrested any development of our program and that would have been an untenable solution.

We'd like very much to see a reduction in the interdependence of beer and football.

I am troubled that a rule was admittedly violated and it took us five years to find out about it.

I don't know that.

When you land at the airport, you don't get very far before you realize you're in Buckeye country,