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HOT SPRINGS, Va. - Florida State may not be at full strength against Miami on Sept. 5, but the Seminoles' linebackers will be, according to Coach
Bobby Bowden.
He said LBs
Ernie Sims and
A.J. Nicholson will play against the Hurricanes. Sims (domestic battery and resisting arrest) and Nicholson (DUI, resisting arrest) were charged with misdemeanors over the summer. Nicholson's charges came in separate arrests.
"If it's a felony it's already decided -- you can't play. If it's a misdemeanor it's in my hands," Bowden said Monday during the annual ACC football preseason media gathering.
"Yeah, oh yeah they'll play. There's more ways to discipline than a dadgum suspension.
"Now to say that we don't discipline just because I don't suspend them so I can be like everybody else? … I'm going to handle our problems. There's more than one way to skin a cat."
FAT CHANCE: Miami coach
Larry Coker has kept a close eye on junior TB
Tyrone Moss' physique since spring practice ended, and he likes what he has seen -- so far.
But Coker isn't going to be patient with the weight problems that plagued Moss last year. Miami needs productivity in its running game to relieve pressure from first-year starting QB
Kyle Wright.
"I'm not going to go through another season with an overweight, sluggish running back," Coker said. "I did that last year, and I'm not going to do it again."
RAISING THE BAR: Bowden initially withheld a pay raise from his offensive assistants last spring. Punishment for an unproductive season that included the lowest point total at FSU in 23 years, right?
Not quite.
"We took care of defense's first this year because we felt like they were more deserving," Bowden said. "But it wasn't as a punishment."
Bowden said he eventually went back and raised the salary of his offensive staff, including his son, offensive coordinator
Jeff Bowden.
Doug Carlson
Imagine if Tressel said,
"Yeah, oh yeah they'll play. There's more ways to discipline than a dadgum suspension.
"Now to say that we don't discipline just because I don't suspend them so I can be like everybody else? … I'm going to handle our problems. There's more than one way to skin a cat."
Now imagine Tressel saying that in a southern draw... (pause for imagination sequence)... Goes down a lot easier, eh? Makes me feel warm on the inside, too...
Yeah, this article clearly shows Bowden has a hard-on for punishing his players who break the law...
besides its good to show some of those lacking faith* that our coach may not be the devil after all.
