Ohio State Players Jake Stoneburner, Jack Mewhort Lose Scholarships

Ohio State football players Jake Stoneburner and Jack Mewhort have lost their scholarships for the summer,  meaning they will pay their own way for summer school and will have a chance to return to the football team after the summer season has ended.

From the Plain Dealer:

"Meyer had announced on June 4 that they were suspended indefinitely. Stoneburner, a senior tight end, and Mewhort, a junior left tackle, are both key starters for the OSU offense.

"We are disappointed with the decisions made recently by two of our football players," Meyer said in the statement Friday. "Jake Stoneburner and Jack Mewhort will each be removed from athletic scholarship beginning with the summer term, and they will continue to be suspended from team activities until stipulations are successfully met. They will have an opportunity to return to the team in good standing following the summer session.""

According to Ohio State, both Stoneburner and Mewhort will be allowed to work out at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center, but they will not be working out with any other Buckeyes. Stoneburner, for one, talked after spring football about looking forward to throwing often with quarterback Braxton Miller this summer. Now that won't happen, at least at the WHAC.

The players initially entered not guilty pleas for their scheduled arraignments this past Monday. The Delaware Municipal Court website now shows those guilty pleas to disorderly conduct, with the status of the cases indicating that they are finished. Both players are listed as owing $299 in fines and court costs.

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Disclaimer: My tone for today’s column may be a little harsh. It has a lot to do with the upcoming kick in the balls the Buckeye’s are facing in August but also reflects my feelings on the 7 game lead that my beloved Indians choked away to the Tigers over the course of only two weeks. I knew the other shoe would eventually drop at some point this season but I wasn't prepared for that mammoth lead to evaporate in less than a fort night. 


I mean seriously, WTF is Carmona doing out there? Why can’t anybody hit the ball all of a sudden? How is Austin Kearns still earning a major league paycheck? All of these questions are enough to drive a man to the brink of insanity. I live and die with my teams and sometimes the line between them becomes a little fuzzy. Just thought I would throw that out there before today’s rant.

I am not sure how to feel about this upcoming season. Usually this time of year I am glued to the recruiting websites and lapping up any little piece of information about the Buckeye’s from any number of websites. As we all know, this year as been a lot different. It has been a living hell with the public flogging that Ohio St. has taken in the press and from opposing fan bases. It sure feels like the media blitz on OSU has been over the top and certainly worse than any other of our violating brethren faced (Alabama, Oregon, USC etc..). Does anybody else feel the same way? When the Trojans and Crimson Tide were being taken behind the woodshed, I remember reading numerous stories but don’t recall the scathing criticism and daily beat downs by reporters that our fan base has had to endure this summer.