FSU vs Miami

Last night Florida State University played the University of Miami in the opening game of the 2006-07 college football season. The players were the usual Florida-fare, lots of dreadlocks, single-digit IQ's, and most of them "majoring" in criminology, which of course will come in handy for a number of them over the next couple of years. And then....

And then.....

A kid came on the field for Florida State. A true freshman from New Jersey named Marvyn Rolle. They rolled up Marvyn's credentials on the screen ....every scholastic grade since 9th an A... 1360 SAT score... and a desire to take Pre-Med. I rubbed my eyes until blood was running out of them. Fortunately, I have DVR, which means I can rewind live programs. I did...and there it was again! No grades less than an A; 1360 SAT score. My eyes bled worse.

A football player at one of the 3 major Florida football schools with academic credentials? This is blasphemy! These schools have standards for their football players, you know. And those standards do not include academic performance! Did this kid inadvertently stumble onto the wrong campus? Did he think Florida State was Stanford or Northwestern? Doesn't he know that long ago FSU, Miami, and U of Florida took the word "student" out of "student-athlete"?

I think a complete investigation by the NCAA is in order. This type of behavior cannot be tolerated any more. The next thing you know, these schools will have entire teams of kids who can read, write, and do mathematics. And you know what that means, don't you? That's correct. Instead of going 13-0 they'll probably lose a game or two.

Oh the horror!!!!