By: Jon Spencer (MansfieldNewsJournal.com) -

A weird spring that began under the dark cloud of an NCAA investigation ended Saturday for the Ohio State football team in equally strange fashion.

Totally out of character, embattled coach Jim Tressel swapped his usual sideline sweater vest for military fatigues and devised a spring game script that basically mocked his own mantra.

What, no punts?

Seriously?

This from the man who turned “The punt is the most important play in football” into a mission statement?

Makes you wonder what he has in store come August, when things get serious. And not just on the field either. We learned Monday that OSU officials have received the dreaded “notice of allegations” from the NCAA and are scheduled to appear before the infractions committee Aug. 12.

That’s three weeks before the opener against Akron, where Tressel and five of his players, including quarterback Terrelle Pryor, begin their five-game suspensions for well-chronicled NCAA violations.

Nothing says “Are you ready for some football?” like a good ol’ inquisition.

Michigan faced the…….

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