I have family in Valdosta, Georgia and Jacksonville Florida that I visit frequently. There is a BIG difference between the two also. Florida is much more like the North than Georgia.

And I still think we suck noodles.

It would probably be easier to chase down the rumors than the letter, though. Whoever started circulating the rumors also knows who sent the letter. Good place to start, at least there are trails to follow.

I want DNA tests! Waterboarding! Whisk these suckers off to Kelleys Island, where they can be “interviewed” unfettered.

That said, I see from your comment where OSU’s coaching staff and athletic department have every right to be furious about this. They probably have a bigger claim to forgery here, since their losses could be quantified (marketing gains from publicizing the arrival of Minnesota’s second-best overall prepster and so on). Moreover, forging Tressel’s signature and running around with an unauthorized copy of official letterhead? That can’t be right.

As it stands, I’m more interested in finding out who was responsible for that letter so we can hang that person dead and pike the person’s head on top of the Olentangy River bridge on Lane Avenue as an omen for those who dare piss of Jim Tressel.

But that’s just because I have a bloodlust, and it is unquenchable.

Again, whether or not Minnesota’s coaching staff was part of this is beyond the issue at the moment, though I think it’s definitely worth looking into to at least clear their name if they’re not responsible. The forgery here, though, IS the issue, and what that author did surely is a crime, is it not? The letter was created under ostensibly false pretenses with a clear intent to defraud (which is the key here), was it not? That’s the textbook definition of forgery.