Ohio State's Gee: I'll stick to academics

Published Dec. 2, 2010 12:00 a.m. ET

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Ohio State president Gordon Gee says he'll stick to academics from now on and leave football to his athletic director and Buckeyes coach Jim Tressel.

Gee has been criticized for telling The Associated Press last week that teams from the Big Ten and SEC deserve to play in BCS bowl games because they play a ''murderer's row'' of opponents and ''we do not play the Little Sisters of the Poor.''

He said Boise State and TCU did not deserve to play for the national title, even if they went undefeated.

Gee told the Columbus Dispatch on Wednesday that he should not have gotten involved and ''what I should do is go over to the surgical suites and get my foot extricated from my mouth.''

''What do I know about college football?'' he said. ''I look like Orville Redenbacher.''