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Ohio State football: Details revealed on Tressel calls, texts

In the year since former Ohio State University coach Jim Tressel learned of NCAA violations by some of his football players, he had far more contact with his star quarterback's mentors than previously disclosed, records released yesterday show...

After Tressel received an April 2, 2010, email from a former player warning him of potential NCAA violations, the coach exchanged 77 calls and text messages with and spent a total of 4 1/2 hours talking on the phone with Ted Sarniak, the hometown mentor of quarterback Terrelle Pryor in Jeannette, Pa...

The NCAA has asked OSU to fully describe the relationship between Pryor and Sarniak. The matter is part of what the NCAA will review in August.

dispatch.com

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