Each week during the off-season we will be doing this feature that will simply be called "This Week In College Football". We will cover the biggest news and stories of the past week and give some opinions and analysis. In addition to covering the weekly happenings we also have started our Pre-Season Previews and we have several up already. This week we previewed Army, Clemson, Louisville, Minnesota, UAB, UCF and Western Kentucky, . Next week Baylor, Boston College and Miami (Fl) will be among the teams that we preview. A lot of stuff went down this week so let's get to talking about college football:

JIM TRESSEL AND THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY PART WAYS

On Monday, Jim Tressel finally resigned his position as Head Football Coach at the Ohio State University. I say finally because this is something that should have happened weeks ago. The only reason it didn't is because Tressel was so successful in winning football games and the Ohio State Administration did not want to part ways with a coach who played winning football. It's obvious that this was not Tressel simply resigning but a mutual decision that was made between him and the University. Tressel has lied, he's covered up and he's generally acted with very little integrity during this entire investigation since it came out that he knowingly played players who should have been ineligible based on NCAA rules. Now it's time for tOSU to move on and they will do so this year with Assistant Coach Luke Fickell. Fickell should be able to keep this years recruiting class in tact but it will remain to be seen if he can keep the team on the field together. In addition to the five players who are currently suspended for the first five games of the year, a Sports Illustrated article this week named nine additional players that they say received benefits they should not have. As it stands right now I think Fickell can be successful this year at tOSU but if they lose more players then all bets are off.

2010 Record: (4-8, 3-5 in C-USA)

Head Coach: Neil Callaway (15-33, 11-21 in C-USA)

Last Bowl Game: 2004 Hawaii Bowl (lost to Hawaii 59-40)

Schedule

9/10: at Florida

9/17: Tulane

9/24: at East Carolina (2010 result: lost 54-42)

10/1: at Troy (2010 result: won 34-33)

10/8: Mississippi State (2010 result: lost 29-24)

10/15: at Tulsa

10/20: UCF (2010 result: lost 42-7)

10/29: at Marshall (2010 result: lost 31-17)

11/5: Houston

11/12: at Memphis (2010 result: won 31-15)

11/17: Southern Miss (2010 result: won 50-49 OT)

11/26: at FAU

2010 Record: (11-3, 7-1 in C-USA)

Head Coach: George O'Leary (97-77 All-Time, 45-44 at UCF)

Last Bowl Game: 2010 Liberty Bowl (beat Georgia 10-6)

CFBZ UCF Links

College Football Roundtable: Conference USA Edition

Schedule

9/3: Charleston Southern

9/10: Boston College

9/17: at FIU

9/23: at BYU

10/8: Marshall (2009 result: won 35-14)

10/15: at SMU (2010 result: won 17-7)

10/29: Memphis (2010 result: won 37-17)

11/3: Tulsa

11/12: at Southern Miss (2010 result: lost 31-21)

11/19: at East Carolina (2010 result: won 49-35)

11/25: UTEP

2010 Record: (7-6, 3-4 in Big East)

Head Coach: Charlie Strong (7-7 All-Time)

Last Bowl Game: 2010 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl (beat Southern Miss 31-28)

CFBZ Louisville Links

College Football Roundtable: Big East Edition

Pre-Spring All Big East Team

Returning Big East Offensive Firepower

Schedule

9/1: Murray St

9/9: FIU

9/17: at Kentucky (2010 result: lost 23-16)

10/1: Marshall

10/8: at UNC

10/15: at Cincinnati (2010 result: won 26-0)

10/21: Rutgers (2010 result: won 40-13)

10/29: Syracuse (2010 result: won 28-20)

11/5: at West Virginia (2010 result: lost 17-10)

11/12: Pittsburgh (2010 result: lost 20-3)

11/19: at UConn (2010 result: won 26-0)

11/25: at South Florida (2010 result: lost 24-21 OT)

2010 Record: (6-7, 4-4 in ACC)

Head Coach: Dabo Swinney (19-15 All-Time, 13-8 in ACC)

Last Bowl Game: 2010 Meineke Car Care Bowl (lost to USF 31-26)

2010 Preview

CFBZ Clemson Links

2010 Clemson Tigers Exit Survey

ACC Roundtable

College Football Roundtable (Feb 7th Edition)

College Football Roundtable (Feb 16th Edition)

Pre-Spring All-ACC Team

Returning ACC Offensive Firepower

Schedule

9/3: Troy

9/10: Wofford

9/17: Auburn (2010 result: lost 27-24 OT)

9/24: FSU (2010 result: lost 16-13)

10/1: at Virginia Tech

2010 Record: (3-9, 2-6 in Big 10)

Head Coach: Jerry Kill (1st yr at Minnesota, 127-73 All-Time)

2010 Preview

CFBZ Minnesota Links

Big Ten Roundtable

College Football Roundtable 

Pre-Spring All Big Ten Team

Returning Big Ten Offensive Firepower

Schedule

9/3: at USC (2010 result: lost 32-21)

9/10: New Mexico State

9/17: Miami (OH)

9/24: North Dakota St

10/1: at Michigan

2010 Record: (2-10, 2-6 in Sun Belt)

Head Coach: Willie Taggart (2-10 in one season at WKU)

Schedule

9/1: at Kentucky (2010 result: lost 63-28)

9/10: Navy (2009 result: lost 38-22)

9/17: Indiana State

10/1: Arkansas State (2010 result: won 36-35 OT)

10/6: at MTSU (2010 result: lost 27-26)

10/15: at FAU (2010 result: lost 17-16)

2010 Record: (7-6)

Head Coach: Rich Ellerson (12-13 at Army, 68-48 All-Time)

Last Bowl Game: 2010 Armed Forces Bowl: beat SMU 16-14

Schedule

9/3: at Northern Illinois

9/10: San Diego State

9/17: Northwestern

9/24: Ball State (2009 result: won 24-17)

Each week during the off-season we will be doing this feature that will simply be called "This Week In College Football". We will cover the biggest news and stories of the past week and give some opinions and analysis. In addition to covering the weekly happenings we also have started our Pre-Season Previews and we have several up already. This week we previewed Ball State, Marshall, East Carolina, New Mexico, FIU, Louisiana, and San Jose State. Next week Army, Clemson, Minnesota and Western Kentucky will be among the teams that we preview. If you missed it we also took a look at the upcoming Ohio State/Wisconsin game, gave you 5 breakout players in the Big Ten this year and took a first look at Fall Practice at UGA. Now let's talk about what happened in college football this past week:

THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY CAN'T STAY OUT OF THE NEWS

Since I started writing this weekly column tOSU has given me a lot to talk about. And this one just simply isn't going to go away like a lot of Buckeye fans are hoping. Earlier this week there was an article published in The Lantern, Ohio State's Student Newspaper, that quoted former WR Ray Small as saying that everyone was selling memorabilia. Later that day tOSU fans and former players swallowed him whole and spit him out. On Friday, he changed his story to saying that it was only him that sold his ring because he needed money and says he didn't say that anybody else was doing it.

The tattoo parler owner who was connected to the "Tattoo Five" has been charged for drug trafficking and money laundering in federal court. Ouch. While that does not directly affect or involve tOSU it's a sign of the company that the players were keeping and who they were doing business with. It's a very slippery slope, as is keeping tabs on teenagers and young adults who are out of the house for the first time. 

In what may be the most damning news of all this week the car salesman who has been linked to tOSU says that he has talked to tOSU compliance director over 50 times. Why is this important? Because tOSU Compliance Director, Doug Archie, told the Columbus Dispatch that he had spoken to Archie only once. That should be pretty easy to verifying if someone wants to give up their phone records. Somebody is definitely lying on this one and if it's the tOSU Compliance director then ish is about to hit the fan. Big time. Ohio State administrators have proven that they will back a liar as long as he wins. But would they back a liar whose job is to tell the truth?

USC PENALTIES STAND

Earlier this week, the NCAA infractions appeals committee notified USC that all of their penalties would stand. If you don't remember, that's 30 scholarships over the next three years and the inability to play in this year's Pac-12 title game or a bowl game. It couldn't have happened to a nicer guy than Lane Kiffin. Kiffin must have really changed his ways over the last year or two because he said that he's committed to make sure USC is "winning the right way." Then again, his "right way" could be vastly different from ours. Before the scholarship losses, USC is the third best team in the Pac-12. What's going to happen after they lose all of those scholarships?

2010 Record: (1-12, 0-8 in WAC)

Head Coach: Mike MacIntyre (1-12 at San Jose State)

Last Bowl Game: 2006 New Mexico Bowl: beat New Mexico 20-12

Schedule

9/3: at Stanford (2009 result: lost 42-17)

9/10: at UCLA

9/17: Nevada (2010 result: lost 35-13)

9/24: New Mexico State (2010 result: lost 29-27)