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Ok. I know
it may be borderline sacrilegious for me to say anything bad about
FSU Football or Bobby Bowden, the most “winningest” coach in
College Football. I’m not turning my back on the Noles, but
sometimes you have to say enough is enough. This is my enough.
This is my rant.
The
following quotes are reproduced verbatim.
Quote:
"I would hate to repeat, or say what I think about that because
I'm such a sweet guy ... Really, I loathe those kind of people,"
Bowden said. "That's them dagum playmaker experts or whatever they
are ... what's that game everybody plays ... PlayStation. They're
PlayStation All-Americans up there. They think they know football
because they happen to see a television game ... It'd be like me
watching Dr.Kildare and think I can operate on a brain." – Bobby
Bowden
Rant:
I like Bobby Bowden. I really used to have a lot of respect for
him, but this comment was completely wrong. Let me translate what
Bobby Bowden is really saying. I loathe the majority of FSU
Football fans. They come to the games consistently, but have no
idea what football involves beyond video games.” Is it really a
worth insulting your fan base? Give us a little credit. Any what
is this about operating on a brain? Is coach football on the same
level as brain surgery? If we were to use this metaphor correctly,
it would go like this. “ They think they know football because
they happen to see a television game… It’d be like me watching Dr.
Jack Kevorkian and thinking that patients should come out of the
hospital alive or something absurd like that.” With Chris Rix
being the only quarterback in the history of college football to
lose to the same team five times, I think maybe the fans are smart
enough to understand that something is wrong.
Quote:
Hello, I’m T.K Wetherell president of Florida State University.
FSU has a tradition of being a friendly and open campus. When you
see a visitor welcome them to our campus. Make them feel like you
would want to be made to feel on their campus. Remember, we cheer
for our teams and we do not boo any athletes. Seminole Pride means
treating others with respect. The most lasting memory a visitor
takes away from FSU should be the best one we can give. – T.K.
Wetherell
Rant:
I have to admit that I have been disgusted by T.K. Wetherell since
he came to FSU as president. I wrote an e-mail to him and got a
grammatically horrendous response completely void of any relevance
to what I had written. That and he basically turned my graduation
into a cheap fund-raising event. Personal bias aside, this quote
really irritates me. I agree that Seminole Pride should by
synonymous with sportsmanship, but we seem to be overlooking one
thing. Somehow, despite the repeated chants of “Bulls**t Bulls**t”
toward the referees and the usual “F**k Miami, F**k Miami” and
“F**k Florida F**k Florida” at the respective games, we are all
such great sportsmen – that is until Chris Rix is boo-ed. I don’t
know why T.K. tried to cover this message up by making it sound
like it is about visitors. Honestly, are “Bulls**t” and “F**k
(insert team name)” the lasting memories to which he alludes. No,
he is more concerned about booing our own QB. That and money.
Mostly money.
Quote:
Those two poor throws were enough to test the patience of Bobby
Bowden – and the FSU head coach already was plenty aggravated by
then. Bowden said that Sexton’s performance was shaky enough to
have him glancing down the bench in search of a backup quarterback
who could do a better job. -- Randy Beard “QB Wyatt Sexton faces
some road adversity for first time” Tallahassee Democrat
10-10-2004.
Rant:
This is sad, yet true. Somehow losing to Miami five times wasn’t
enough to aggravate Bobby Bowden enough to look down the bench for
a backup quarterback who could do a better job, but two poor
throws is too much for Sexton. I am not sure, but if I were
playing PlayStation and my quarterback
sucked,
I would look for another long before losing five times to the same
team. Oh well.
I’m still
pondering the irony of having a coach with a record for winning
and a quarterback with a record for losing.
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then... Hike,
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