Tux of Borg Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 I thought this would be FSU year to finally beat Miami. article FSU losing players in many ways Posted: Saturday June 18, 2005 2:23PM; Updated: Saturday June 18, 2005 2:23PM TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- In just more than two months, Florida State opens its season against archrival Miami -- without its top defensive tackle from spring practice, possibly its two best linebackers and only experienced quarterback. June has been a rough month for coach Bobby Bowden's team, which suddenly heads into the 2005 campaign with a growing number of distractions. Xavier Lee, a redshirt freshman from Daytona Beach, is the only healthy scholarship quarterback at the school. He could be looking at taking his first collegiate snap Sept. 5 when the Hurricanes visit on Labor Day night. Lee has been the lone quarterback participating with teammates during informal daily workouts. Another redshirt freshman, Drew Weatherford, is trying to get back into playing shape after ankle surgery following spring practice. He took one snap last year and was hurt on the play -- an ill-advised rollout that ended disastrously. Still unable to drop back, Weatherford only began throwing this week. Wyatt Sexton, who started seven games last year while sharing assignments with the graduated Chris Rix, was committed by police this week for psychiatric evaluation. Sexton, who was under a team suspension at the time of his breakdown on a city street, remains under a physician's care for what authorities described erratic behavior. Sexton's father, running backs coach Billy Sexton, said the problems did not result from drug abuse. And that's only part of the latest troubles. The Seminoles lost their leading interior lineman earlier this month and may also be without star linebacker A.J. Nicholson as well against the Hurricanes, who have won the last six meetings between the two rivals. Nicholson had a second run-in with authorities on June 9 -- just two days after the school announced the dismissal of defensive tackle Clifton Dickson for academic reasons. Nicholson, already facing a drunken driving charge from earlier in the year, tried to run away from police June 9 when he was shocked with a stun gun and charged with resisting arrest. Police said Nicholson had been thrown out of a local bar for unruly conduct. Nicholson, who led the team in tackles in 2004, starred in the defense's 20-10 victory over the offense in the spring game with an 84-yard touchdown run on a fumble recovery. The other outside linebacker, junior Ernie Sims, is coming off a broken leg suffered in spring practice. Sims -- arguably Florida State's best player on either side of the ball -- is hopeful he'll be nearing 100 percent by the opener. When Dickson was declared academically ineligible for the 2005 season, it robbed the Seminoles of perhaps their most dominant interior lineman. Dickson, who is studying at neighboring Tallahassee Community College, must earn his associates degree before regaining his eligibility to enroll at Florida State. Bowden was away vacationing this week and unavailable to comment while other university spokesmen deferred from specific comments on the status of Sexton or Nicholson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramius Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 of all this bad crap happening, why cant jeff bowden get arrested or get booted off the team? that would solve 80% of our offensive problems...but noooooooooooo, hes bobby's kid, so he stays until bobby decides to hang 'em up...he better not ruin xavier lee, or the student body may actually go through with the promise of forming a lynch mob to take care of jeff bowden... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC-Bills Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 of all this bad crap happening, why cant jeff bowden get arrested or get booted off the team? that would solve 80% of our offensive problems...but noooooooooooo, hes bobby's kid, so he stays until bobby decides to hang 'em up...he better not ruin xavier lee, or the student body may actually go through with the promise of forming a lynch mob to take care of jeff bowden... 362355[/snapback] Make sure you video tape that event when it happens and send me a copy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tux of Borg Posted June 20, 2005 Author Share Posted June 20, 2005 11 weeks until FSU plays Miami. I want to know what Wyatt Sexton did to get suspended from the team. He must have really !@#$ed up. As far as the god incident, he was absolutely on drugs. C'mon people, he just attended a Dave Mathews Band concert. Time to hit the panic button? Not yet, but soon... Florida State has a good chance to going undefeated if they beat Miami. 09/05/2005 Mon Miami 09/10/2005 Sat The Citadel 09/17/2005 Sat at Boston College 10/01/2005 Sat Syracuse 10/08/2005 Sat Wake Forest 10/15/2005 Sat at Virginia 10/22/2005 Sat at Duke 10/29/2005 Sat Maryland 11/05/2005 Sat North Carolina State 11/12/2005 Sat at Clemson 11/26/2005 Sat at Florida 12/03/2005 Sat ACC Championship Game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UConn James Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 Wyatt Sexton, who started seven games last year while sharing assignments with the graduated Chris Rix, was committed by police this week for psychiatric evaluation. Sexton, who was under a team suspension at the time of his breakdown on a city street, remains under a physician's care for what authorities described erratic behavior. Sexton's father, running backs coach Billy Sexton, said the problems did not result from drug abuse. 361719[/snapback] This is the guy who was running around screaming that he's God? What's the harm in Wyatt repeating what Bowden's been drilling into his head all along? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.