Many of you I’m sure watched the Las Vegas Bowl last night, since it was by far the most intriguing of the early bowl games since media darling Boise State was involved. However, an intriguing and even breaking news story came during the game when ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit said an IRS search into a Columbus, OH tattoo parlor found evidence of discount tattoos for personal autographs from Ohio State football players. Here’s Herby’s take:
The story first surfaced on twitter by Bucknut.com’s David Biddle and followed up by Fox 28 in Columbus that Ohio State was looking at suspending some Buckeye players from the Sugar Bowl game against Arkansas on January 4th for the tattoo flap. The players who are expected to have benefitted from the tattoos are sophomore DB Travis Howard, WR Chris Fields, JR O-lineman Mike Adams, and RB Dan Herron.
As soon as the reports surfaced star QB Terrell Pryor was quick to tweet he wasn’t involved. The same went for O-lineman Michael Brewster .
Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith is going to address the matter in news conference set today at noon, and I will do my best to keep your updated on any further developments. If I were betting man, which you all know I am, I would guess Ohio State will announce the suspension of these 4 players. There’s just too much NCAA scrutiny taken place today with rules violation to risk further trouble.
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