Gordon Gee is Carrot Top

When it comes to Division 1 sports University Presidents should speak quietly and carry a big stick.  They should make decisions on important things like league expansion and hiring/firing decisions for athletic directors or football coaches in boardrooms with trusted advisors.   They should be seen at big events rooting on their team but not getting into any specific details with the media.   They have a university to run and yes, football is a big revenue generator but my hope is they would have a lot more important things to do then worry about the football schedule in 2018. 

When things go wrong at a Penn State or Rutgers you see examples of University Presidents who maybe weren't close enough to their respective programs to make the proper decisions.   I'm not saying they need to ignore the athletic programs, I'm just saying they should be handing "issues" behind close doors and not in front of a microphone.   These are not Fortune 500 countries where the CEO's have to be the face of their company, these are prestigious academic institutions that need leadership in and out of the classroom.   Be heard and seen to your students, faculty and staff. 

Gordon Gee the President of OSU is the exception to that rule.   Instead of leading a Big Ten University, I think he would prefer to open up for Carrot Top in Vegas.   He continues to put his foot in his mouth when he tries to make a joke about important topics.   Gee's greatest hits include:

• On Jim Tressel and his trouble with the NCAA:  "No, are you kidding? Let me just be very clear: I'm just hopeful the coach doesn't dismiss me."

• You might remember his comedy album from November 2010:  Ohio State's football schedule didn't include teams on par with the "Little Sisters of the Poor."

• Or from his leadership concert in the park:  Gee apologized for comparing the problem of coordinating the school's many divisions to the Polish army

Those classic lines are clearly worth the price of his "greatest hits CD"  but wait there's more!

Newly released material includes:

• Illiterate jokes:  "You tell the SEC when they can learn to read and write, then they can figure out what we're doing,"

• Pick Pocket Jokes:  "No one admires Jim Delany more than I do -- I chaired the committee that brought him here," Gee said. "Jim is very aggressive, and we need to make certain he keeps his hands out of our pockets while we support him."

• Religious Jokes: "The fathers are holy on Sunday, and they're holy hell on the rest of the week," Gee said to laughter at the Dec. 5 meeting attended by athletic director Gene Smith and several other athletic department members, along with 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.

This new comedy CD will be available at Columbus Car Dealers and Local Tattoo shops for the low- low price of $19.95 or free with equal trade for any OSU gear stolen from the equipment room.

I'm pretty sure Gordon is going to get his wish and will have plenty of free time to work on his act with Carrot Top very soon.   With PSU still fresh in our minds and Rutgers blowing up by the minute.   The Big Ten doesn't need anymore bad press and Gee should be relieved of his duties as top comedian at the Ohio State University.