Bowden Stripped of 14 wins by NCAA
January 5th, 2010 at 11:07 AM ^
Now if they can just drop the hammer on USC.
January 5th, 2010 at 11:08 AM ^
Good, hopefully this will set a precedent that one (in this case a couple) bad apple(s) in a university athletic system can ruin the whole bunch. Some people never could understand that.
January 5th, 2010 at 11:10 AM ^
he wasn't dotted or paisleyed of the wins. NCAA leniency for the win!
January 5th, 2010 at 11:33 AM ^
...since I laughed so hard that I shed tears. Just picturing Bowden paisleyed....priceless. I guess if he were actually "striped" he would match many of his former players.
January 5th, 2010 at 11:10 AM ^
What a nice retirement gift. Now JoPa better walk on. I'll hit an old man in public!
January 5th, 2010 at 11:28 AM ^
but striping him is way over the line. It's inhumane.
January 5th, 2010 at 11:30 AM ^
Tar and Feather Pete Carrol?
Put John Calipari in the stocks??
January 5th, 2010 at 11:51 AM ^
Not a bad idea now that you mention it...
January 5th, 2010 at 12:05 PM ^
DAD-GUMMIT... we won us them games.
January 5th, 2010 at 12:21 PM ^
Glad to see the Paterno/Bowden duel ended up the right way. Also glad to see the NCAA come down on a cheating school the way they should.
January 5th, 2010 at 12:29 PM ^
that Florida State is always cheating.
January 5th, 2010 at 2:01 PM ^
But, but...he had a Rhodes Scholar on his team last year! And he loves going to church! And he'll go into any living room in America and tell the fine young man's parents, grandparents, priest, rabbi, etc. how much he cares for those kids and how they'll be raised to be fine, upstanding citizens!
But seriously, the sad thing is that most big-name coaches have these types of skeletons in their closets. The problem for Bowden is that he (a) started losing too much, and (b) he flaunted his apparent invincibility from sanctions for so long that at some point people simply could not ignore them any longer. I never liked Bowden so I am happy he received his comeuppance, but this selective enforcement/punishment by the NCAA doesn't really inspire me.
January 5th, 2010 at 3:04 PM ^
They will probably wait until the year Pete Carroll decides to retire before they investigate anything to do with USC. Then, once he is already on his way out the door, stip him of a few wins or maybe give him a couple of stripes.
January 5th, 2010 at 3:51 PM ^
The worst example, of course, is Calipari - people know he is breaking the rules wherever he goes, but the NCAA seemingly allows him to coach however he wants and swoops in when he leaves. I'm not saying Carroll is at that same level - it is hard to imagine anyone else being that swarmy - but I agree that the hammer won't fall on USC until Carroll has packed his bags and moved to Malibu permanently.