Wonder what President Gee said when WVU wanted to join Big10

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The president of Ohio State University said Notre Dame was never invited to join the Big Ten because the university’s priests are not good partners, joking that “those damn Catholics” can’t be trusted, according to a recording of a meeting he attended late last year.

Gordon Gee also took shots at schools in the Southeastern Conference and the University of Louisville, according to the recording of the December meeting of the school’s Athletic Council that The Associated Press obtained under a public records request.
During his comments to the Athletic Council, Gee also questioned the academic integrity of schools in the Southeastern Conference, and the University of Louisville.

The top goal of Big Ten presidents is to “make certain that we have institutions of like-minded academic integrity,” Gee said. “So you won’t see us adding Louisville,” a member of the Big East conference that is also joining the ACC.

After a pause followed by laughter from the audience, Gee added that the Big Ten wouldn’t add the University of Kentucky, either
“You tell the SEC when they can learn to read and write, then they can figure out what we’re doing,” Gee said, when asked by a questioner how to respond to SEC fans who say the Big Ten can’t count because it now has 14 members.
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"How to respond to SEC fans who say the Big Ten can’t count because it now has 14 members."

Only 10 of them really count?
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Judging from his comments, he needs to loosen up the bow ties just a bit-blood flow must not be going all the way to the brain.
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My criticism is a little more harsh. Despite what psuedo-factoids the multi-million dollar OSU Public Relations and Image Enhancement Machine can churn out and cover up, Gordon Gee is well past his prime. Gee was re-hired as President in an attempt to put a likeable face on the University after a string of short-lived and mostly unremarkable people who served in that capacity. Can Gee actually do more than shake hands and flash that Alan Alda with a Bow Tie smile? These gaffes aren't new. By my count, this is at least #4. If Ohio State is really the world class university they claim to be, Gee needs to quietly retire and someone with charisma and vision and a sense of when to shut your mouth needs to replace him.

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Jim Tressell is no longer there to fire him.
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And ... the other shoe drops:
Ohio State president retiring

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State University President Gordon Gee announced his retirement Tuesday after he came under fire for jokingly referring to “those damn Catholics” at Notre Dame and poking fun at the academic quality of other schools.

Ohio State initially called the remarks unacceptable and placed Gee on a “remediation plan” to improve his behavior.

Gee, 69, said in a statement he decided during a vacation last week that he would step down July 1.

“During my days away, I also spent some time in self-reflection,” Gee said. “And after much deliberation, I have decided it is now time for me to turn over the reins of leadership to allow the seeds that we have planted to grow. It is also time for me to re-energize and refocus myself.”

According to a recording of a Dec. 5 meeting obtained by The Associated Press under a public records request, Gee said Notre Dame was never invited to join the Big Ten conference because “those damn Catholics” can’t be trusted.

Gee also took shots at schools in the Southeastern Conference and the University of Louisville, according to the recording of the meeting of the school’s Athletic Council.

Gee apologized when the comments were revealed in an AP story last week, saying they were wrong and didn’t reflect what the university stands for. “They were a poor attempt at humor and entirely inappropriate,” he said in a May 30 statement. “There is no excuse for this and I am deeply sorry.”

Gee, who had taken heat before for uncouth remarks, told members of the council that he negotiated with Notre Dame officials during his first term at Ohio State, which began more than two decades ago.

“The fathers are holy on Sunday, and they’re holy hell on the rest of the week,” Gee said to laughter at the December meeting attended by

Athletic Director Gene Smith, several other athletic department members, professors and students.

“You just can’t trust those damn Catholics on a Thursday or a Friday, and so, literally, I can say that,” said Gee, a Mormon.

Ohio State trustees learned of Gee’s statements in January, met with the president and created the remediation plan for Gee.

Comments by a university leader about “particular groups, classes of people or individuals are wholly unacceptable,” said board of trustees Chairman Robert Schottenstein. “These statements were inappropriate, were not presidential in nature and do not comport with the core values of the university.”

Gee repeatedly has gotten in trouble for offhand remarks, most recently during a memorabilia-for-cash and tattoos scandal under football coach Jim Tressel’s watch.

Gee was asked in March 2011 whether he had considered firing Tressel. He responded: “No, are you kidding? Let me just be very clear: I’m just hopeful the coach doesn’t dismiss me.” Tressel stepped down three months later.

In November 2010, Gee boasted that Ohio State’s football schedule didn’t include teams on par with the “Little Sisters of the Poor.” He later apologized to the real Little Sisters of the Poor in northwest Ohio, sent a personal check to them and followed up with a visit to the nuns months later.

Last year, Gee apologized for comparing the problem of coordinating the school’s many divisions to the Polish army, a remark that a Polish-American group called bigoted and ignorant.

In 1992, in a moment of frustration over higher-education funding, Gee told a student newspaper reporter, “the governor’s a damn dummy.”

Then-Gov. George Voinovich laughed it off, and the two became allies.

Gee was named the country’s best college president in 2010 by Time magazine, and he has one of the highest-profile resumes of any college leader in recent history. He has held the top job at West Virginia University, the University of Colorado, Brown University and Vanderbilt University. He was Ohio State president from 1990 to 1997 and returned in 2007.

He earns about $1.9 million annually in base pay, deferred and performance compensation and retirement benefits.

He is a prolific fundraiser and is leading a $2.5 billion campaign at Ohio State, one of the nation’s largest universities. He is omnipresent on campus, attending everything from faculty awards events to dormitory pizza parties.

During his comments to the Athletic Council, Gee also questioned the academic integrity of schools in the Southeastern Conference and the University of Louisville.

The top goal of Big Ten presidents is to “make certain that we have institutions of like-minded academic integrity,” Gee said. “So you won’t see us adding Louisville.”

After a pause followed by laughter from the audience, Gee added that the Big Ten wouldn’t add the University of Kentucky, either.

When asked by a questioner how to respond to SEC fans who say the Big Ten can’t count because it now has 14 members, Gee said: “You tell the SEC when they can learn to read and write, then they can figure out what we’re doing.”
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Bret Bielema got the last laugh, as illustrated by the brilliant LSUfreek:

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Ahhh...let me beat Nunley to it. Fuck Ohio State.
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Bob Campbell wrote:Fuck Ohio State.
Yes. Fuck Ohio State. Very much.

I'm glad you beat me to it, Robert. We can share this phrase. In fact, we should campaign to get more people to use it.
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