Ohio State donates $20,000 to Little Sisters of the Poor

In November of 2010, Ohio State president Gordon Gee told The Associated Press that OSU would deserve a BCS bowl bid over teams like Boise State and TCU because, unlike the Broncos and Horned Frogs, the Buckeyes "do not play the Little Sisters of the Poor."

In referencing "the Little Sisters of the Poor," Gee offended Boise State, TCU and teams from non-automatic qualifying conferences everywhere. Not to mention, of course, the Little Sisters of the Poor – a religious order dedicated to elderly care with locations worldwide, including a home in Oregon, Ohio.

Gee visited Little Sisters of the Poor Sacred Heart Home in northwest Ohio last August, telling staff members and residents that "as you know, I've made you famous," and asking for forgiveness. (His request was granted.)

Now, in an 805-page report sent to the NCAA detailing how the university has altered its compliance guidelines since 2010, OSU revealed that it took further steps to amend for Gee's misguided statement. The report touches on several topics, including the addition of several new staffers to OSU's compliance department, but nothing pops out quite like the donation the school made to Ohioan branch of Little Sisters of the Poor:

OSU acknowledges the past, providing the NCAA with mounds of evidence it has scrubbed clean all records and statistics from the 2010 season and proof the school donated the $338,811 earned from the vacated 2011 Sugar Bowl to charity — including a $20,000 check to Little Sisters of the Poor Sacred Heart Home in Oregon.

Not quite the amount OSU hands out for a non-conference game in Columbus, but it's a nice gesture from the university.

Another funny item: Ohio State just added TCU to its 2018 and 2019 schedules. What Little Sisters of the Poor?