For the Florida State Seminoles, it’s been a significant fall from the top perch they used to sit on.
The once mighty Seminoles used to look down on nearly the entire college football world as one of the game’s powerhouses, and a very consistent one at that.
Things went downhill almost a decade ago, with the Seminoles failing to get back to the title game since winning it all in 2001.
Whether it’s been the unusually shaky quarterback play or an offensive line that can’t block, the Seminoles have been floundering in mediocrity.
The team hopes all that changes this year with a veteran quarterback and much improved offensive line to go along with all of the parity that can be found in the ACC.
Friday, August 21, 2009 at 4:33 pm by steve
Circuit Judge John Cooper ruled on Thursday that documents detailing Florida State’s incidents with cheating should be public records, in a court case that the Associated Press and other media outlets had filed against the school.
The NCAA’s vice president for Division I, David Berst, said the move “‘rip[s] the heart out of the NCAA’ and its efforts to ensure competition is fair and equal,” according to Sports Illustrated.
He believes that the move will now severely hinder the NCAA in their mission to clean up cheating in both recruiting and academics, as “few witnesses other than school officials and employees” would willfully detail their knowledge of cheating without being promised confidentiality.
SI explained: “Florida law says records are public if they are ‘received’ by a state agency. The NCAA claimed the Florida State documents were not because the school never physically possessed the documents in paper or electronic form.”
The cheating incidents spanned 10 sports at FSU and could cost football head coach Bobby Bowden a total of 14 victories - potentially jeopardizing his chances of passing Penn State coach Joe Paterno on the all-time victories list (Paterno currently leads by one).
Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 10:55 pm by bryan
