I agree Stu....and so do these guys at Fox: http://msn.foxsports.com/collegefootball/story/ohio-state-ncaa-sanctions-one-year-bowl-ban-gene-smith-gordon-gee-do-not-get-if-they-are-surprised-and-disappointed-122011 HOWEVER!! " meaningless Gator Bowl ".....WTF? Meaningless? Playoffs" "You talkin about playoffs?" "Meaningless??" Come now....they MUST be joking??? 8) :lol:
I agree that it was not Smith's finest hour, but I do think the additional and unrelated early season issues with the charity/booster compounded the issue and our problems with the NCAA. In view of the fact that it was the NCAA that reinstated the players for the bowl, I don't believe that they would then penalize us more as a result, but who knows???? I'm moving on....take our medicine, install whatever mechanisms are necessary to minimize the potential of a repeat and go forward, but at the end of the day, jock sniffers will be jock sniffers and some will do things contrary to the best interest of the program to satisfy their own selfish desires and kids will be kids and some will act in ways contrary to the best interest of the program because they are kids. The only we can do is educate, communicate, monitor and reinforce......
It was coming...the handling of this thing was atrocious. The infractions were not nearly as bad as the way they were approached by the university, at least from a PR standpoint.
With ya on that one BT......call the Gator Bowl "meaningless" ... Man...it's for all the marbles to see who sucks less and I have a hunch it's the Buckeyes..... :wink:
Let's get one thing straight RIGHT NOW ladies...whatever comes of this...the Gator Bowl DVD moniker is copyrighted.... :lol:
AJ.....it's your unbridled enthusiasm a couple of years ago that made me realize just how dad gum important this here Gator Bowl really is...... and it's contageous.! Wowzers!! :lol: 8)
Hey...I'm much better looking than "Peggy"... :shock: How about this exclamation about the Gator Bowl's importance.... "Holy Schneikes!!"