I have a good question. What the heck is wrong with Whitley? Oliver Barry CRS, GRI Real Estate Broker Crye-Leike, Realtors 964 Main St Nashville, TN 37206 Office: 615-650-7447 Mobile: 615-972-4239 bar...@realtracs.com
Begin forwarded message: > From: Shane Ford <goufgator...@gmail.com> > Date: August 10, 2021 at 8:46:05 AM CDT > To: GatorNews <gatorn...@googlegroups.com> > Subject: [gatornews] [SUN]: Whitley: Bowden should be all-time winningest > coach > Reply-To: gatornews+own...@googlegroups.com > > > Whitley: Bowden should be all-time winningest coach > David Whitley > The Gainesville Sun > > > Before we ponder whether Minecraft will become an Olympic sport, allow me to > ask a question as eternal as the Olympic flame: > > What the heck is wrong with the NCAA? > > The outrage I have in mind isn’t new, but Bobby Bowden’s death makes it > freshly relevant. In a just world, he would be the all-time leader in wins > for “major” college programs with 388 victories. But the Keystone NCAA Cops > stripped FSU of 12 wins in 2010 as part of an academic cheating scandal. > > More:Bobby Bowden dies: Legendary coach built Florida State into college > football powerhouse > > Remembering a legend:Gators notebook: Coaches pay tribute to FSU legendary > coach Bobby Bowden > > A tribute:Whitley: Saint Bobby is the ultimate class act > > At issue was an online music appreciation course that jocks used to pad their > grades in 2006-07. An investigation found Bowden was unaware of the crip > course, but the buck stopped at the top. > > Fair enough, but compare that to the all-time leader in wins, Joe Paterno. He > finished with 409 wins, but the NCAA stripped him of 111 after Penn State’s > sexual-molestation scandal. Pennsylvania lawmakers sued, and the NCAA > restored the wins in 2015 as part of the settlement. > > Let’s recap: > > FSU self-reported the infraction. It gave up victories in five sports, > including the 2007 men’s track and field national championship. And it was > all over one online music course. > > Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky was convicted of 45 counts of sex > abuse of young boys. At best, a clueless Paterno spent decades missing the > disturbing clues around his program. > > At worst, he turned a blind eye, passed responsibility to his superiors (some > of whom ended up in jail) and willingly covered up the worst scandal in > college football history. > > Paterno got to keep all his wins. Bowden did not. > > NCAA logic at work. ... > > The SEC’s Toughest Man Competition might go to LSU quarterback Myles Brennan. > He was loading up a boat for a fishing trip when he tripped and broke his arm. > > Brennan thought it was just bruised and went fishing. Turns out he’d > fractured his upper arm so badly that surgeons had to insert screws and > plates to repair it. > > You have to be one tough hombre to go fishing with a shattered arm. I just > hope Brennan caught a big one, because he’s going to miss at least half the > football season. ... > > Current and former Florida athletes finished with 17 medals at the Tokyo > Olympics. That would have placed UF in 17th in the medal count if it were a > country. > > Georgia finished with eight medals. And it still has not won a national > championship since Herschel Walker roamed the Earth. ... > > After participating in and watching dozens of preseason football interviews, > one question remains. What’s the difference between a player’s “skills” and > his “skill set”? ... > > Speaking of interviews, if you want to know why media members revered Bobby > Bowden, a quick story. At the height of Michael Jackson’s fame, a Tallahassee > TV reporter asked FSU’s coach to do an interview wearing one sequined glove, > which was Jackson’s trademark. > > Bowden put on the glove, propped his elbow on the back of a couch and > answered a bunch of football-related questions. His deadpan routine was > unrivaled in coaching history until Nick Saban bit the head off a bat. ... > > Speaking of St. Nick, Alabama’s board of trustees approved his contract > extension last week. Saban will average $10.6 million a year through 2028. > > He’ll be worth every penny, but talk about salary inflation. You know what > FSU paid Bowden annually when he arrived in 1976? > > $37,500, but they probably threw in moving expenses. ... > > The Florida Panthers signed Miami Hurricanes quarterback D’Eriq King to an > NIL deal Monday. In related news, the Tampa Bay Lightning announced they’d > signed Vinny Testaverde as a backup goalie. ... > > The Dodgers’ trade for Max Scherzer last week was almost scuttled because > Scherzer would have to pay about $1 million more in taxes if he moved to > California. After a brief stalemate, L.A. agreed to pay Scherzer’s tax bill. > > I have no editorial comment other than to say if the L.A. Times wants to hire > me, my tax bill is negotiable. And I would write on only three days rest. ... > > Correction — Ozzy Osbourne bit the head off a bat, not Nick Saban. The Sun > regrets the error. ... > > Four of the six medals in Olympic women’s skateboarding went to competitors > 13 or younger. In its quest to appeal to young viewers active on social > media, the International Olympic Committee is adding the ancient Greek sport > of breakdancing to the 2024 Paris Games. > > At this rate, the 2028 L.A. Olympics will replace wrestling with a TikTok > competition. ... > > I don't want to say Michael Jackson was ahead of his time, but he was wearing > a glove and a mask decades before anyone ever heard of Wuhan, China. Not that > anyone really wanted to be like Mike. ... > > Bears rookie QB Justin Fields adheres to a plant-based diet and plans to open > a vegan pizza shop in Chicago. That sound you just heard was Mike Ditka > choking on a 24-ounce porterhouse. ... > > Today in History: 1944 — U.S. defeated Japan in Battle of Guam. The NCAA > later overturned the decision after it was determined a few Marines took a > bogus online music course. ... > > That’s all the space we have for this week’s Whitley’s Believe It or Not. If > it taxed your reading skill set, look at the bright side. The tax would have > been a lot worse in California. > > — David Whitley is The Gainesville Sun's sports columnist. Contact him at > dwhit...@gannett.com. And follow him on Twitter: @DavidEWhitley > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent from Shane’s iPhone > Go Gators! > -- > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 > National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 > National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorNews" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to gatornews+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gatornews/022F44B3-3A35-4C7E-AF0E-C39843B0434A%40gmail.com. -- -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. 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