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4. Hoody Wayes was an absolute shit who got relatively good football results
Sun Jul 5, 2026, 08:13 PM
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largely by abusing (physically and emotionally; I don't think he was ever accused of anything sexual) the players and cheating them out of an actual education and forcing them to over-prioritize football.

He did not lose his "real" job, he was only fired as head coach. He remained as a tenured professor of military history, a position he also abused to serve the interest of football by giving his players whatever grade they needed to stay on the team, provided they played well enough. He even berated other professors if needed to keep his players qualified.

Sorry, grew up a mile from him, father on OSU faculty, I grew up with a hundred stories about this piece of shit.

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