Orange and Blue Hue » FSU Athletics: Business Insanity

FSU Athletics: Business Insanity

Bowden boiling Oh, joy — the relative and deepening obscurity of Florida State athletics is another source of pleasure for Gator Nation.

David Whitley writes:

I regret to inform you that the debate is over. Newspapers undeniably prefer the Gators, though not for the reasons persecuted fans think.

It’s not an orange-and-blue thing. It’s a green thing.

Money is becoming scarce in the newspaper business. That has led to cuts in space to print stories, people to write them and editors to mess them up (inside industry joke). That has led to two papers covering FSU’s first-round NCAA Tournament game on Friday.

A half-dozen state papers used to go on the road for regular-season games. Florida hasn’t felt the pinch nearly as much. Seven papers still have writers covering UF. Most live in Gainesville.

It used to be the same in Tallahassee. Now when Bobby Bowden walks off the practice field, he is usually greeted by the Sentinel’s Andrew Carter, someone from the Tallahassee Democrat and maybe a couple of students working part-time for state papers.

That’s not to toot our horn. If the boss is ever ordered to choose between covering FSU and Florida, he’d pick the Gators.

FSU fans have long felt insecure living in the shadow of one of the nation’s most successful athletic programs, just as they have long felt that the Orlando Sentinel is guilty of bias. And guess what? They’re right. Because Gator sports sells newspapers.

Guilty by reason of business insanity.

I’m glad the FSU fan kept that supposedly incriminating photo from long ago. It does prove at least one thing.

The only thing worse than being covered by newspapers you think dislike you is to not be covered at all.

We can only hope and pray that Bobby Bowden lasts ’til the bitter end. I think the old man is still rather spry-looking for an octogenarian. Can we start the chant? Five more years, anyone?

16 Comments so far
Leave a comment

I got to go with you on this one, Ferg.

Money talks. And believe me, it’s going to say a lot of good things about Gainesville when UF has netted four football and basketball championships in four years.

Also, UF has more successful and wealthy alumni who actually read newspapers. Instead of using it to line the cardboard boxes they live in like FSU grads.
Young UF alums read newspaper websites. Young FSU alums use the internets for playing Bejeweled.

I will not hear another foul word about Bejeweled. Take it back, sir.

When he said “Young FSU alums,” he actually mean “Young Fresno State University alums.”

They are different from Florida State alums.

Worst college EVER????????????

Only reason why FSU alumni use newspapers is to either wrap fish or wipe their ass.

GP, I know our boys are only in the NIT but we are playing Penn Stat…….are you too busy today for a brief write up? LOL

state….sorry

SPRING FOOTBALL IS HERE!

Here’s the write up:

Gators blow early lead and fall behind but then make a furious late rally to cut the lead to 2 before crapping their pants again during crunch time….too many guys chucking 3s and not enough defense and rebounding….same old, same old. How’s that for a write-up?

oh yeah…who cares? Spring practice has started!

Last year, the problem was finding running backs to complement the passing game.

This year, it’s finding a wideout to help out the running game.

Oh yeah, we could also really use some offensive and defensive tackles as well.

suffecient enough for me ski, thanks for the time

And Gillispie out at UK. Funny.

A true healthy athlete will perform at their optimal levels.

The last line of this post, “five more years, anyone,” is a much bigger indictment of Bowden than anything that could originate in Tallahassee. It’s like Michigan wanting OSU to keep Cooper, or OSU later wanting UM to keep Carr; when your hated rival wants you to keep your coach, you should immediately dump him.

I hope to see and hear “keep Richt” chants in the future; it’s getting pretty close now. And there will definitely be “keep Kiffin” chants, possibly as early as this year.

RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URI

Leave a comment
Line and paragraph breaks automatic, e-mail address never displayed, HTML allowed: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <code> <em> <i> <strike> <strong>

That's right folks! It's football betting time at BetUS.com and we're back with the biggest bonuses in the industry! BetUS.com is Amerca's leading sportsbook providing latest football lines on all games. Come on down to BetUS.com and start betting on your favorite sport!

Recent Posts:

The End of an Era - January 11, 2010
The FINAL SEC PowerPoll - January 10, 2010
(Bitter)sweet times in the Big Easy. - January 2, 2010
The Season of Neverending Insanity Keeps Getting Weirder - December 28, 2009
Meyer Reconsiders - December 27, 2009
STOP THE PRESSES! - December 26, 2009
Looking Back at Alabama after a week. - December 11, 2009
SEC PowerPoll Week 13 - December 4, 2009
A Magical Weekend for Gator Athletics - November 28, 2009
The Big Bad Mangina - November 25, 2009

Razorgator.com - O&B Hue loves 'em! Purchase NCAA Football tickets tickets now! Watch the Gators take on the Troy Trojans, Volunteers, Auburn Tigers, and the Georgia Bulldogs. Don't forget to purchase tickets to the College Bowls - including SEC Championship tickets!

You know you want to wear one. Give in.

2008 NCAA Football Season Schedule... with helmets

» Gatorpilot
» Keltic Gator
» Vincent Gagliano
» Swampster
» Rob G

Why look like every other Gator? Stand out from the crowd. Getcher Flaw-duh gear at the Orange and Blue Hue Fanshop. It's cool, it's edgy, and tastes better than Tony Joiner's sandwiches!

Amazingly, someone offered to pay Gatorpilot to write about college football and basketball. He covers the SEC for AOL's FanHouse. His five latest posts:

"... one of the best Gator fan sites I've seen on the web!" -Florida College Sports

"Orange and Blue Hue, for your viewing buck, is simply a better Gator blog than we can ever hope to be..." -Orson Swindle, EDSBS

"O&BH is, was, and will continue to be the best UF site on the interwebs." -Kevin Donahue, Fanblogs

"Orange and Blue Hue is the best Gators blog by far. They can be homers and still criticize the team. Most of all, they are flame throwers when someone takes a cheap shot at UF. That's what you want in a blog." -mlmintampa, Alligator Army

"One delusional Gator... patently absurd... insane... bizarre desire to see Spurrier fail... malicious, self-aggrandizing vitriol... totally ridiculous." -Gamecock Man, Garnet and Black Attack

"Any win over the Gators is a fluke... the Saurians simply own us and any Bulldog win in Jacksonville has to be filed under the heading of 'even a broken clock is right twice a day.' They're just better than us and they're never not going to be, even when we occasionally catch them on a bad day and luck into a win." -T. Kyle King, DawgSports, after Florida's 2008 49-10 victory over Georgia