Ohio University suspended its football coach for… some reason.

The school has yet to elaborate on its suspension for first-year skipper Brian Smith, who was mysteriously placed on paid leave for an “ undetermined period of time ” on Dec. 1.

The program’s prolonged silence has drawn widespread speculation and criticism from the student body, even prompting a scathing letter from the editor of the campus paper.

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“This silence is not neutral,” wrote editor Abby Waechter on Dec. 8, “it’s reckless.”

Smith, who coached the Bobcats to an 8–4 record to punch a ticket to the Frisco Bowl against UNLV on Dec. 23, was asked to leave in the middle of the work day without any context or reasoning, his attorney told public TV and radio station, WOUB

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