Comments on: FLORIDA STATE SUSPENDS TWENTY PLAYERS: BOWDEN WANTS APPLESAUCE

By: Jane

Jane — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 04:45:24 +0000

Great t-shirts commemorating the event:

http://charlieweisandthechocolatefactory.blogspot.com/2007/12/cwatcf-merchandise-class-is-for-gators.html

By: Irwin Fletcher

Irwin Fletcher — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:51:50 +0000

Pete, I respectfully submit that you are no “Gator grad.” Graduating from the University of Florida and being a Gator are not the same thing. For example, calling yourself a “die-hard Seminole fan” and being a Gator are mutually exclusive in all instances.

We Gators (Gates as you so cleverly call us) love this shit.

Hardy, Har, Har.

By: Roaminggator

Roaminggator — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:13:14 +0000

Ahh! This never gets old. We should have a seperate fulmer cup award just for Florida State student-athletes….or should I just say athletes?

By: Mr. Wrong

Mr. Wrong — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:42:38 +0000

Why don’t you enlighten us, Pete? What’s Machen been sued for, why should the NCAA care, and what the hell does it have to do with a massive cheating scandal at FSU?

By: Peter K

Peter K — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:32:33 +0000

How many times does Machen have to get sued for all of his shady up-to-no-goods before the NCAA kicks him in the balls?

By: DarthGatorOne

DarthGatorOne — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:17:53 +0000

It’s my understanding that when this whole thing came up originally, FSU self-reported to the NCAA after conducting its own “investigation”. That investigation turned up a number of athletic scholarship miscreants, only two of whom were football players. Then a young lady soccer player caught as one of the original group became unhappy with what she perceived to be discriminatory treatment and the fact that the “investigation” seemed to whitewash the football program (Cover-up!, Cover-up!). She then hired the dreaded “LAWYA” and went calling upon the FSU administration and the NCAA (Froggy went a courting and she did ride, Uh huh!). The next thing you know is that the NCAA was all up in the ‘Noles anal sphincter. Suddenly the “investigation” was “re-opened”, and the words that strike terror into ADs hearts, “lack of institutional control”, began to be bandied about. All the bits from the organic material that hit the fan are just now beginning to settle.

Now, far be it from me to be one to enjoy schadenfreude, but I’m giggling, no…..guffawing, like that baby.

By: Will (the other one)

Will (the other one) — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:25:01 +0000

This story would be funnier if the other kind of “snowballing” was involved (see Clerks)

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:53:54 +0000

#23
Swallows, Capistrano maybe? Keep hating the hate.

By: Pants McPants

Pants McPants — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:32:23 +0000

Online courses? Foenix State University?

By: Mr Pelican Pants

Mr Pelican Pants — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:30:36 +0000

#35
Well if this is the snowball, get ready for the avalanche……I am sure the NCAA has a 10 year running total or some BS rule that if you have “x” amount of infractions in a certain period they start yanking schollys and whatever else they can make up…They are just trying to cause Bobby to have a heart attack by elevating his blood pressure, or stroke , or embolism, some way to get him to kick the bucket…Jimbo Fisher may have been the “tipster” to speed up the process….

By: WhiteSpeedReceiver

WhiteSpeedReceiver — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:21:27 +0000

I know I’ve seen something like this where the coach didn’t know that his players were cheating and the NCAA didn’t absolutely destroy the program.

No, no I haven’t. Clem Haskins still isn’t coaching.

By: Joe Hoya

Joe Hoya — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:10:11 +0000

#33 – This is the snowball – this orginally came up over the summer and at the time was thought to involve only non-football athletes. Then it was two football players (who were held out of games and, I believe, practices) Then, a couple of weeks ago, word started circulating that it was much bigger.

By: marcillac

marcillac — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:34:45 +0000

Wooderson,

You certainly need the stuff given that its got to be fucking freezing in Poland just now. This should do wonders and alleviate and discomfort.

By: Mr Pelican Pants

Mr Pelican Pants — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:34:01 +0000

#30
Fla State will be hard to knock off….usually something of this magnitude will snowball and more will be implicated…..once the NCAA starts snooping around, it will be like a IRS audit and they will find errors……oh yes….they will find errors….and they will hope you were trying to cover it up……..

By: Mr Pelican Pants

Mr Pelican Pants — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:23:43 +0000

#23
Yeh the SEC has to worry about the NCAA….for instance, this “textbook” scandal that suspended 4 players for allegedly selling textbooks…Bullshit…Caldwell gave a book-no money was transacted-to another kid, a mistake, but 4 game suspension? and he had already graduated?
Hell guys get tasered, arrested, and they are on the field the following Saturday, mostly off campus stuff I know, but if it involves books, the NCAA will nail you to the cross and set your nuts on fire…