All season they were rooting for the Music City Bowl to get teams with traveling fan bases so they could resell the tickets at a profit.
When Kentucky and Florida State were announced as the teams PPD triumphantly declared "cha-ching!"
Since then things haven't gone to well.
First there was an eBay debacle and a missed voicemail that could have solved the whole thing.
Now there's this, at least 20 Florida State players were suspended as part of a cheating scandal.
Doesn't seem like many FSU alums will travel to see a depleted team get their asses kicked.
Sorry guys.
Apparently the players took an internet test to which they were given the answers before or during the exam.
This doesn't surprise me at all. Bobby Bowden is a cheater and he has no scruples. He has always recruited bad guys, and hid behind Jesus and forgiveness when it came time to penalize his criminal players. Remember when the Ol Ball Coach said FSU stood for "Free Shoes University?"
And then a few years later Peter Warrick and Laveranues Coles were given a deep discount at Dillard's. Even though they committed the same infraction they were given much different penalties because at the time Warrick was a better player. Coles is so angered by the unfair judgment that when he does those hokey introductions of himself for ABC games he gives credit to his high school and won't mention FSU.
Everyone loves Bobby Bowden because he's been around a long time and he has a folksy charm including his famous "player flew" speech, but he's a despicable enabler who is willing to bend the rules to win. Florida State should use this latest scandal as an excuse to put the old man out to pasture.
Actually because of the timing (less than 12 hours until the bidding was to close) the advice on the voicemail was of no use and something I had already tried.
ReplyDeleteTwo e-mails to eBay solved the whole issue (Josh: "I'm an idiot who bid on tickets I didn't want to buy", Derek "this guy is an idiot who doesn't want to buy my tickts") and the tickets are back on auction at a more reasonable price.
Now my only concern is whether or not De'Cody Fagg was suspended because that's the only player Josh was looking forward to seeing.
"Player Flew" speech is classic if you haven't seen/heard it. Mike, Alan and I are HUGE fans of it. We always avoid situations that are "too high" and "too dangerous." I can't find it on You Tube, but it's very funny.
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