http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3958292

FSU PWNT. STAY HOME.

3/6/2009 6:08:20 PM

looks like we don't have to worry about FSU for another 5 years

3/6/2009 6:09:34 PM

this is like when Clay Aiken came out of the closet

3/6/2009 6:10:44 PM

ahahha cause we responded with... DUH!!!

3/6/2009 6:13:30 PM

shit, bobby bowden pwnt

joe pa now has a sizeable margin on him

3/6/2009 6:14:41 PM

Joe Paterno is laughing his ass off right now

3/6/2009 6:26:30 PM

^^ hahah

3/6/2009 6:27:27 PM

This has been in the works for a while right? I seem to remember reading about this during the summer, guess it was just a matter to get all the paper work in order and finally officially announce the sanctions. Hopefully it will help us dominate our division.

3/6/2009 6:40:07 PM

good comment on the page by fsu fan:

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"The only difference between FSU and other schools is FSU got caught."

unfortunately, this is probably very true.

3/6/2009 6:41:39 PM

The Pac-10 is hands down the dirtiest conference of all


yet everyone wants to pick on FSU

3/6/2009 7:12:07 PM

Does this mean we get credited for a win in 2007, or do both teams get a loss?

If the former, that puts us at 6-6...do we get a bowl bid now?

3/6/2009 7:20:07 PM

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"In November 2007, Florida State and the NCAA agreed that athletes who had received "improper help" would be suspended for 30 percent of their seasons. According to the Orlando Sentinel, officials interviewed 75 individuals, and 39 admitted receiving improper assistance in an online music course. Roughly two dozen football players were suspended for the Music City Bowl, which FSU lost 35-28 to Kentucky. The Seminoles also suspended about 10 players for the first three games of the 2008 season."

Really? Online music course?

3/6/2009 7:20:22 PM

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"NON-COINCIDENTAL AMATO TIMELINE"

^ironic that they need help in a music course, and get suspended from the music city bowl

[Edited on March 6, 2009 at 7:32 PM. Reason : .]

3/6/2009 7:32:19 PM

yet USC faced no penalties for the Reggie Bush fiasco

3/6/2009 8:05:08 PM

So they'll still be on our schedule next year, right? They're just on probation for now.

3/6/2009 8:17:12 PM

^^ same could be said of ohio state and maurice clarett.

[Edited on March 6, 2009 at 8:18 PM. Reason : ^ what? they're still playing.]

3/6/2009 8:18:39 PM

if they do take away bowden's wins, would they also take away other stuff? i cant recall, but i'm assuming they won at least 1 bowl game during that 2 year stretch, do they take that away too? cause if not, it seems pointlessly non-retroactive

3/6/2009 8:20:23 PM

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"So they'll still be on our schedule next year, right? They're just on probation for now."

Of course they'll be on our schedule. They got probation, not the death penalty.

3/6/2009 8:24:31 PM

announcer of the basketball game on espnu just said:

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"I hope they don't take away Bobby Bowden's wins because he's a legend"

3/6/2009 8:38:20 PM

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"Nine other programs were also penalized -- baseball, men's track and field, women's track and field, men's swimming, women's swimming, men's basketball, women's basketball, softball and men's golf -- and face the same sanctions."

Does this mean they aren't going to the NCAA Tourney this year?

[Edited on March 6, 2009 at 8:40 PM. Reason : ]

3/6/2009 8:40:10 PM

^ i was wondering that too

3/6/2009 9:19:15 PM

Will any of there basketball players have to sit out the rest of the season? (Last game and ACC tourney/NCAA if they still get in?)

3/6/2009 11:10:43 PM

^^^,^^ the article was implying that the ncaa doesn't like to limit post-season play these days, that they're more apt to reduce the number of scholarships allowed for a few years. maybe that was just for football though.

[Edited on March 7, 2009 at 8:07 AM. Reason : .]

3/7/2009 8:07:01 AM