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- inactive, on 11/15/2008, -6/+13but nothing happened to the frat boys because daddy is on the board of directors.
- Corneileus, on 11/15/2008, -2/+8This fight was started a week earlier over some girl at Floyd's. Floyd's is a bar that's located in the same strip mall as our lovely Anthropology department.
http://www.ibleedgarnetandgold.com/home/2008/11/13 ... - mpdid, on 11/15/2008, -0/+6a legacy of entitlement? get over yourself
- RHMac, on 11/15/2008, -1/+7It's that 4th paragraph that makes it art.
- btb06c, on 11/15/2008, -0/+5I'm in no way condoning what happened in our union or cheating, but just to be fair no school is immune from recruiting terrible/immature players to their team, including UF.
Florida has had its share of scandals. Lets not forget the UF player who rang up 3 grand on a deceased girls gas credit card last year, Tony Joiner breaking into a car impound lot and stealing a car, Jacques Rickerson was arrested for strangling his girl last week, or Ronnie Wilson battery against a woman this year and firing an AK to scare a guy last year.
The cheating scandal at FSU that was big last year was entire 300 student class that had a dumb TA, but they did cheat and we lost scholarships. Preston Parker with loaded gun and a large bag of weed, it happens.
Universities get these players off too easy.
Talent = Wins. That's all fans care about now. - redscofield, on 11/15/2008, -0/+5but i am sophisticated and independent... just ask my mom...
- Jwzupancic, on 11/15/2008, -4/+8Greek Life is not the apocalypse. It's just the opposite, something like 90% of the U.S. presidents and 75% of the top C.E.O.'s are greek.
As for the main article, FSU is known (aside from UM) for recruiting terrible/immature players to their team. I'm not supporting the Phi Betas, but look at their teams record. Last year a whole bunch of them were suspended for cheating on an online test.
Go Gators. :) - itsradBrad, on 11/15/2008, -1/+5Who won?
- Shevanel, on 11/15/2008, -0/+3That'd be chubby's thats with the Anthropology; floyd's is next to the mcdonalds
- MendotaLee, on 11/15/2008, -1/+4Can you imagine if this happened when FSU was in title contention? Every kid in the frat would get the ***** kicked out of them by the entire student body.
- inactive, on 11/15/2008, -0/+2Ummm Phi Beta Sigma is a Historically Black fraternity. Not to say there are not members of other races, (http://www.pbs1914.org/index.php?mact=CompanyDirec ...
Disclaimer: I am a member of this fraternity, although I initiated in NY, not FL. - AFLunatic, on 11/15/2008, -1/+3Totally picture the frat guys as these guys http://media.damnfunnypictures.com/photos/NewJerse ...
- badenglishihave, on 11/15/2008, -1/+3Greek life is great. It's the people who take it way too seriously that make way for prejudice like yours.
- jfinke, on 11/15/2008, -0/+2Hmmm.... Someone needs to learn their gator history. ;)
"Police reports indicated that Zook and 10 to 15 football players were at the frat house during the confrontation. Zook reportedly also threatened one of the fraternity members individually. An Assistant A.D. for Compliance who showed up told police that Zook didn't "initiate" the incident."
http://www.fanblogs.com/sec/004666.php - andergriff, on 11/15/2008, -1/+2This is what college sports is turning campuses into. Tax supported higher education is a joke.
- Corneileus, on 11/15/2008, -0/+1"As for the main article, FSU is known (aside from UM) for recruiting terrible/immature players to their university."
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FSU '11! - Jwzupancic, on 11/15/2008, -0/+1look at their perfectly manicured eyebrows! hahahaha :)
- bluejays47, on 11/16/2008, -0/+1So, let me see if I understand you correctly. The football players got into a gigantic brawl, are getting punished for their roles in said brawl, and that's... bad?
- Duffle, on 11/15/2008, -1/+2Hehe.
- Schwab, on 11/16/2008, -0/+1Well, a guy knocks you in the side of the head, the people with you get him off from bashing your face in. The police come, they arrest you...and that's bad?
- inactive, on 11/15/2008, -0/+1aka kids who come from a legacy of not having to do ***** to live a life better than most?
what i dont understand is where you get this crazy idea that you somehow deserve it just because your rich parents bumped ugglies. - partrow, on 11/15/2008, -1/+2Just another example of why moneyed sports should not be a part of higher academic learning.
- spikepeck, on 11/15/2008, -0/+1I would say that they get the name Crooked Crocs for a reason...if you live in a glass house don't throw stones
1. After Jarvis “Puffy” Moss jumped up (Ganja increased his vertical by 18″) and salvaged the croc’s season against the Gamecocks by blocking a last second field goal attempt, it was revealed he to also failed a drug test during the summer as the clock ticked to zero. Guess what game he missed? The showdown between top ranked UF versus division 1AA Western Carolina.
2. Gator great, Marcus “Medicinal Puff” Thomas - a multiple drug test failure, pot and GHB. Gator fans tried to convince us all it was from the same test… then the truth came out, near the end of the season with his dismissal from the team. Moss and Thomas were both drafted by the Broncos. WTF was Shanahan thinking?
3. Baby Momma Slappin Avery Atkins. The alleged victim, Benerah Sanford, told police: She and Atkins argued Saturday on a drive to Atkins’ grandmother’s house. Atkins leaned over and punched her at least 13 times, and pushed her face against the car’s window while he conversed with relatives. Every time Sanford tried to exit the car, Atkins either punched her or stepped on the gas. When the pair finally arrived at Atkins’ home, she ran off and called the police.
Earlier this month, Atkins was found in a car in Daytona Beach with weed, gun and digital scales. To top it off, it was not his car. He had enrolled in UF in January with plans to “fight his way back to the cornerback slot.”
4. Brandon James a football player and Brandon Powell who coincidently is the basketball player who sucker punched the Vandy student in the back of the head [link], were found together in Gainesville with…. you guessed it: marijuana in the car during an undercover “buy bust”. One felony and one misdemeanor — purchase of a controlled substance and possession of >20 grams of marijuana — suspended indefinitely.
5. WR Riley Cooper smashed a windshield, welcome the perfect gater. And just who is Jasim Alidina? Adlina was the victim of Freshman Riley Cooper’s flailing haymaker through his car window. While Alidina survived the incident, remarkably unscathed, neither Cooper nor the car were as lucky. Cooper was taken to the Morton Plant Hospital.
6. Florida defensive back Dorian Munroe charged with felony for removal of parking boot and placing it in his trunk. This was later ironed out as expected as UF is thin at the corner. One felony — theft of a police metal parking boot from his car
7. At Da Club, Ronnie “The Rifleman” Wilson slaps some guy, then spits on him, then ends it by shooting at him, luckily police actually stepped in one time before he killed that guy. two felonies and one misdemeanor — gun in a parking lot near campus — suspended indefinitely
8. LB Dusty “Rhodes” Doe, pummels some dude (ala Channing the Chainsaw Crowder) in a Alaucha County vs. Pasco County gang fight (Reds vs. Crips style). Punishment? No suspension from Meyer. Doe to face the (Jaws intro theme) Leadership Committee. one misdemeanor — disorderly conduct for parking garage brawl
9. The 7-Man shower Self shooting gun incident, Gator players led by Dee Webb, Andre “Bubba” Caldwell and Reggie Lewis had a $60,000 SUV loaded with improperly registered AK’s and other machine guns… and they were all drunk while shooting at apartment windows for fun. Of course initially nobody took the blame and they all said they were in the shower (together) and that the gun must have shot itself… Gators went with the deniable plausibility angle when Dee Webb shot off his arsenal saying he had already declared for the draft, so he was no longer a Gator.
T10. Dallas “Bike Taker” Baker, steals a bike, but when cops questioned him, Dallas said, “heck man, I just thought the bike was ‘abandoned’”. The sophomore was issued a sworn complaint from UPD as an officer stopped Baker near Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (which is a great place to take a deuce). Baker said he was late for an appointment and picked up an abandoned bicycle. Misdemeanor!!!
T10. Linebacker Taurean Charles. A UF student said Charles touched her against her will, the sworn complaint issued by the university police department said. Charles allegedly slammed her on the bed and onto a computer desk, picked her up over his head and threw her down on her roommate’s bed, according to the complaint. Charles was later dismissed from the Florida team.
Honorable Mention
Nyan (Cap’n Stabbin) Boateng gets into a heated arguement with some chick, a knife fight breaks out, Nyan Dogg ends up bloodied on the floor, luckily he was still alive. - adam07, on 11/15/2008, -1/+2The football players beat the ***** out of them.
- jmgoody311, on 11/15/2008, -0/+1Oh yes, UM definitely recruits immature players to their team. That's why we're tied for eighth on the NCAA's academic rankings. Florida isn't even in the top ten.
Go U. - Schwab, on 11/15/2008, -0/+1I'm heading to tailgating now. I don't expect to see a single sigma around tonight.
When Taiwan gets jumped and the d-line runs to his defense I don't see a damn thing wrong with it. This is all over a fight over some slut who was at a club. How we forget the ***** that runs ramp id on the internets.
Anyone catch College Gameday today? At FAMU, the predominately black college nearly everyone agrees to let the WR go. The media attention drawn in by this story is what is forcing 2 of our great players to sit out of homecoming. The student body is angry, the fan are angry. Tonight will hopefully be the end of the fiasco and everyone will move on, but dont expect to see any phi sigma's sporting their greek letters tonight at the game/club without hate back from the students and fans.
We are pissed. - inactive, on 11/15/2008, -0/+1And then they turn with these attitudes which is why NFL now stands for National Felon League.
- louisr, on 11/15/2008, -1/+1lol. I've witnessed a similar incident except it was about 12:30am and involved basketball players, a Mexican fraternity, and liquor. There was literally like 25 people running around slugging each other. I don't think anybody got seriously hurt or in trouble.
- adam07, on 11/15/2008, -1/+1Umm I don't think it's the kind of frat you're thinking of. The Sigmas are a predominately black frat where you pay $100 and you're in for life.
- zulfy26, on 11/15/2008, -2/+2Nothing better to do than fight about whatever jocks and frat boys fight about at 12:37 on a wednesday afternoon I guess.
- inactive, on 11/15/2008, -1/+1honestly, pretty standard in college and the greek system. I don't get why this is diggworthy. Not hating, but it just seems weird this gets huge media attention.
- spikepeck, on 11/15/2008, -1/+1Sigmas are known to hold their own pretty damn well
- inactive, on 11/15/2008, -0/+0Ohh God, get the ***** over it. Nobody cares about "frat"/"fraternity."
- inactive, on 11/15/2008, -0/+0Feckin', what the feck is up, brah?
- MustacheFace, on 11/15/2008, -1/+1If you start a fight with a wide receiver, make sure it's not in an open field and also that you don't have to run from him.
He will catch you and continue the beating that made you run from him in the first place. - kolinkoolface2, on 11/15/2008, -1/+1you obviously went to a d-2, or 2-3 school. If you went to a d-1 school and partook in greek life, you would not be surfing on this site.
- jxs2151, on 11/15/2008, -2/+1Nothing like a hasty generalization huh?
Jeez, all the nerds on Digg are haters and idiots. - kolinkoolface2, on 11/15/2008, -7/+6God, i got to MSU (michigan state university) i hope that all those frat ***** got a beating. Greek life = the apocalypse. GROW UP AND QUIT ACTING LIKE YOUR SOPHISTICATED AND INDEPENDENT.
- inactive, on 11/15/2008, -3/+1Greek life is for insecure, weak-minded individuals.
- zendegany, on 11/15/2008, -4/+1They suck this year.
- PittPanthersFan, on 11/15/2008, -5/+2Fraternity.
- Dr3w, on 11/15/2008, -7/+1FSU, where skipping class doesn't just apply to lectures
Go Gators - jmpeagle, on 11/15/2008, -15/+3kids who come from a legacy of intelligence and money vs. poor thugs on a football scholarship....gee, I wonder who started the fight.
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