From: AP via DeverPost.com -

COLUMBUS, Ohio—In the wake of football coach Jim Tressel’s stunning resignation, attention is now focusing on the job security of Ohio State President Gordon Gee and athletic director Gene Smith.

Both Gee and Smith offered unwavering, and in the case of Gee, gushing-to-the-point-of-embarrassing support for Tressel at a March 8 news conference.

Since then, it’s become clearer that the NCAA may take a hard line on the university’s transgressions, and Tressel’s resignation under pressure was likely the first attempt to minimize damage to the university.

But the university is already facing new allegations about its football program, including questions about cars driven by quarterback Terrelle Pryor and a growing number of alleged violations involving players’ sales of OSU memorabilia. Ohio State faces an Aug. 12 date with the NCAA’s committee on infractions, which could lead to vacated games and seasons, a bowl ban and recruiting limitations.

The setbacks couldn’t come at a worse time, as Gee leads a $2.5 billion fundraising campaign, OSU’s biggest ever, and the university prepares for a tuition increase in light of decreased state aid….

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