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2017-11-27 08:27:09 UTC
Tennessee has backed out of a memorandum of understanding with
Ohio State defensive coordinator Greg Schiano to be the
Volunteers' next football coach, sources told ESPN's Chris Low.
The memorandum of understanding was signed by both parties
Sunday in Columbus, Ohio, and the school had planned to
introduce Schiano at a news conference Sunday night.
But when news broke that Tennessee was close to finalizing a
deal with Schiano earlier Sunday, there was public outcry among
Tennessee fans, with people citing his alleged connection to the
Jerry Sandusky era at Penn State.
About 100 people gathered on Tennessee's campus to protest a
potential Schiano hire, with many of them holding signs with
various messages such as "Schia-NO.''
At a rock on campus where students often paint various messages,
the words "Schiano covered up child rape at Penn State''
appeared Sunday.
Schiano, Urban Meyer's defensive coordinator at Ohio State for
the last two seasons, and Tom Bradley, defensive coordinator
under recently fired UCLA coach Jim Mora, were both Penn State
assistants under Joe Paterno during Sandusky's tenure.
Both have denied allegations of their knowledge of child abuse
by Sandusky from a 2015 deposition by ex-Penn State assistant
Mike McQueary. The allegations became public in July 2016, at
which time both Meyer and Mora defended their assistants'
integrity.
Among those against Schiano's hiring were several Tennessee
government officials.
"The head football coach at the University of Tennessee is the
highest-paid state employee,'' Tennessee State Rep. Jeremy
Faison said. "They're the face of our state. We don't need a man
who has that type of potential reproach in their life as the
highest-paid state employee. It's egregious to the people and
it's wrong to the taxpayers.''
Faison was one of at least three state representatives who went
on Twitter or issued statements to criticize the possibility of
Tennessee hiring Schiano. Republican gubernatorial candidates
Mae Beavers, Diane Black, Beth Harwell and Bill Lee also relayed
their objections to a Schiano hire.
State Rep. Eddie Smith tweeted that "a Greg Schiano hire would
be anathema to all that our University and our community stand
for.''
Eddie Smith
@RepEddieSmith
Our Tennessee standards mean something, and a Greg Schiano hire
would be anathema to all that our University and our community
stand for. I sincerely hope that these rumors are not true,
because even serious consideration would be unacceptable.
12:38 PM - Nov 26, 2017
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Scott Paterno, a son of former Penn State coach Joe Paterno, who
was fired amid the Sandusky scandal and died shortly thereafter,
tweeted that Tennessee would be lucky to get Schiano.
The Volunteers fired Butch Jones on Nov. 12, the day after they
lost 50-17 at Missouri to fall to 0-6 in SEC play. He had a 34-
27 record in five seasons at Tennessee. The Volunteers lost to
Vanderbilt 42-24 to finish 4-8, 0-8 in the SEC, their first
eight-loss season in school history and their first winless
campaign in the SEC.
Last year, Tennessee reached a $2.48 million settlement of a
federal lawsuit brought by a with a group of women who sued the
school for the way it handled their allegations of sexual
assaults by student-athletes. The suit alleged that the school
violated Title IX regulations and created a "hostile sexual
environment" through a policy of indifference toward assaults by
student-athletes.
So now the NCCA wants males to go ghey and keep their penises
out of the women.
http://www.espn.com/college-
football/story/_/id/21579125/tennessee-volunteers-no-longer-hire-
greg-schiano-head-coach
Ohio State defensive coordinator Greg Schiano to be the
Volunteers' next football coach, sources told ESPN's Chris Low.
The memorandum of understanding was signed by both parties
Sunday in Columbus, Ohio, and the school had planned to
introduce Schiano at a news conference Sunday night.
But when news broke that Tennessee was close to finalizing a
deal with Schiano earlier Sunday, there was public outcry among
Tennessee fans, with people citing his alleged connection to the
Jerry Sandusky era at Penn State.
About 100 people gathered on Tennessee's campus to protest a
potential Schiano hire, with many of them holding signs with
various messages such as "Schia-NO.''
At a rock on campus where students often paint various messages,
the words "Schiano covered up child rape at Penn State''
appeared Sunday.
Schiano, Urban Meyer's defensive coordinator at Ohio State for
the last two seasons, and Tom Bradley, defensive coordinator
under recently fired UCLA coach Jim Mora, were both Penn State
assistants under Joe Paterno during Sandusky's tenure.
Both have denied allegations of their knowledge of child abuse
by Sandusky from a 2015 deposition by ex-Penn State assistant
Mike McQueary. The allegations became public in July 2016, at
which time both Meyer and Mora defended their assistants'
integrity.
Among those against Schiano's hiring were several Tennessee
government officials.
"The head football coach at the University of Tennessee is the
highest-paid state employee,'' Tennessee State Rep. Jeremy
Faison said. "They're the face of our state. We don't need a man
who has that type of potential reproach in their life as the
highest-paid state employee. It's egregious to the people and
it's wrong to the taxpayers.''
Faison was one of at least three state representatives who went
on Twitter or issued statements to criticize the possibility of
Tennessee hiring Schiano. Republican gubernatorial candidates
Mae Beavers, Diane Black, Beth Harwell and Bill Lee also relayed
their objections to a Schiano hire.
State Rep. Eddie Smith tweeted that "a Greg Schiano hire would
be anathema to all that our University and our community stand
for.''
Eddie Smith
@RepEddieSmith
Our Tennessee standards mean something, and a Greg Schiano hire
would be anathema to all that our University and our community
stand for. I sincerely hope that these rumors are not true,
because even serious consideration would be unacceptable.
12:38 PM - Nov 26, 2017
212 212 Replies 2,090 2,090 Retweets 3,297 3,297 likes
Scott Paterno, a son of former Penn State coach Joe Paterno, who
was fired amid the Sandusky scandal and died shortly thereafter,
tweeted that Tennessee would be lucky to get Schiano.
The Volunteers fired Butch Jones on Nov. 12, the day after they
lost 50-17 at Missouri to fall to 0-6 in SEC play. He had a 34-
27 record in five seasons at Tennessee. The Volunteers lost to
Vanderbilt 42-24 to finish 4-8, 0-8 in the SEC, their first
eight-loss season in school history and their first winless
campaign in the SEC.
Last year, Tennessee reached a $2.48 million settlement of a
federal lawsuit brought by a with a group of women who sued the
school for the way it handled their allegations of sexual
assaults by student-athletes. The suit alleged that the school
violated Title IX regulations and created a "hostile sexual
environment" through a policy of indifference toward assaults by
student-athletes.
So now the NCCA wants males to go ghey and keep their penises
out of the women.
http://www.espn.com/college-
football/story/_/id/21579125/tennessee-volunteers-no-longer-hire-
greg-schiano-head-coach