By Gregg Doyel (CBSSports.com) -

Jim Tressel got Bruce Pearl fired.

No one at Tennessee would ever say it, but I don’t care about that. Tennessee is the same place that said Pearl would weather this storm and remain as coach. The storm came. Pearl got washed away. So now I don’t believe a word Tennessee says — and I won’t believe a word Tennessee says until it has removed its overmatched athletics director. If Mike Hamilton is talking for Tennessee, I’m not listening.

But Tressel got Pearl fired. Believe that. And ask yourself this:

Could Bruce Pearl do the same to Jim Tressel?

I believe so, because public perception is everything to Ohio State, and to Tennessee — it’s the tail wagging both those dogs. Look at Tennessee, where cheating didn’t do in Bruce Pearl. Lying to the NCAA didn’t get him fired. Neither did losing to Michigan by 30 points in the NCAA tournament.

Public perception buried Pearl.

And Jim Tressel provided the last shovel of dirt……

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