Bobby Bowden says NCAA is being unfair with trying to nullify victories

[O-town Gator]

"Florida State coach Bobby Bowden said the NCAA's intention to nullify some of his victories because of an academic cheating scandal is ''unfair'' and said that the NCAA ``might not like us because we didn't change our name from Seminoles.''

Link: http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/colleges/um/story/1052093.html

 

[gatorsare#1]

This is more proof that Bowden runs FSU, not the other way around.

FSU should've taken the vacated wins penalty and counted themselves fortunate. On appeal, I hope the NCAA gives the wins back to Bowden but hits FSU for more scholarship reductions like they said.

 

[O-town Gator]

More news from the school out west: The NCAA is denying an additional year of eligibility to WR Cory Surrency: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/football/ncaa/05/19/FloridaState.Surrency.ap/index.html

 

[Leakfan12]

Unfair my @$$, at least the NCAA isn't taking away titles like they did Florida in the mid 1980's. They should vacated those wins otherwise I'll grab a baseball bat the destroying Bowden's car with it and blow it up.

 

[O-town Gator]

The NCAA is giving the school out west two weeks to respond to a decision made on their appeal: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/football/ncaa/06/02/fsu-cheating.ap/index.html

 

[gatorsare#1]

Unfair my @$$, at least the NCAA isn't taking away titles like they did Florida in the mid 1980's. They should vacated those wins otherwise I'll grab a baseball bat the destroying Bowden's car with it and blow it up.

Well actually they could be losing 2 track national championships. You just don't hear about it because Bowden is the main concern.

But I also wish we had actually heard a final decision today. We'll have to wait 2 more weeks.

 

[O-town Gator]

Sonething still isn't kosher concerning the SOW; the NCAA seems to be "secretly" responding to their appeal, which is illegal under Florida's Sunshine Laws: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4251203&campaign=rss&source=NCFHeadlines

 

[O-town Gator]

Looks like Booby's screwed; the NCAA is upholding its initial ruling to nullify the wins: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/football/ncaa/06/18/fsu-cheating.ap/index.html

(FWIW, here's some more detail from tallahassee.com: http://www.tallahassee.com/article/20090618/FSU03/90618010&referrer=FRONTPAGECAROUSEL )

Copy of some documents issued by the NCAA regarding FSU's appeal: http://www.gatorsports.com/assets/pdf/GS17031618.PDF

 

[O-town Gator]