By Cliff Potter (BleacherReport.com) -

“After meeting with university officials, we agreed that it is in the best interest of Ohio State that I resign as head football coach,” Tressel said in a statement released by the university.

Ohio State president E. Gordon Gee said the following about the resignation: “As you all know, I appointed a special committee to analyze and provide advice to me regarding issues attendant to our football program. In consultation with the senior leadership of the university and the senior leadership of the board, I have been actively reviewing the matter and have accepted coach Tressel’s resignation.”

Jim Tressel makes it 13-1. Since 2006, 14 head coaches have been sanctioned for violating NCAA Bylaw 10.1. All but one of these coaches were fired.

While Tressel resigned, his firing was inevitable. His fate was discussed at least over the weekend. Tressel avoided what was plainly the only course for Ohio State. Fire the coach and wait to see what else would come out of the current NCAA investigation of the Ohio State football program.

According to OSU’s hometown newspaper The Columbus Dispatch, coaches are routinely fired when violating the same ethics bylaw as Tressel violated:

“Since 2006, the NCAA has sanctioned 28 schools for violating the ethics bylaw that Tressel did. Of the 13 head coaches involved, only one kept her job. The others either resigned or were fired by their schools.”

The importance of this rule, and the reporting…..

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