The Ohio State football program has had to deal with other programs trying to tamper with their players ever since the Transfer Portal opened up. Jeremiah Smith recently talked about teams coming after him. Yet, he decided to stay loyal to the Buckeyes.
Not every player who has been tampered with decided to stay with the Ohio State Buckeyes. That's just the nature of the beast. Other Big Ten teams are starting to get punished for tampering with guys. Iowa just became the first Big Ten program to vacate wins due to tampering with another player.
According to the NCAA, the Hawkeyes were found to have tampered with another player in November of 2022, before the Transfer Portal opened up. That player ended up starting five games for the Hawkeyes in 2023, and all will be vacated. The former player in question is former TTUN QB Cade McNamara.
Former Michigan player causes problems for another Big Ten program
McNamara played five games for the Hawkeyes before this saga started. He then played for Iowa again in 2024, including against the Buckeyes. In that game, he got thumped 35-7 and was sacked three times. None of the games in 2024 will be vacated.
It just goes to show that you can take the player out of Michigan, but you can't take the Michigan out of the player. Jim Harbaugh built a culture of cheaters and liars, and he was punished for it. Now, another program is getting punished for trying to bend the rules as well.
Perhaps Ohio State should start calling out programs by name that tamper with their guys. Smith basically did that with Miami during the offseason. Perhaps that will be the only way to keep other colleges from trying to poach guys who are under contract at other programs.
Kirk Ferentz already served a suspension regarding this punishment. Still, this shows that cheating won't go unnoticed, even if it sometimes goes under-punished.
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