Florida State on Self-Imposed Probation

Have to say, that despite my general dislike of FSU and their university, I have to give them their due credit for taking care of a very nasty situation. The incident that left them shorthanded for the Music City Bowl has given Florida State no choice but to put itself on probation.

Obviously this is a preemptive move on the part of the Seminoles. If they didn't do this, eventually the NCAA would have come down on them, and probably a lot harder had FSU not admitted to the wrongdoings. It's interesting to see this in comparison to the UF "investigation" into potential recruiting violations by Urban Meyer. Granted a cheating scandal is far more serious, but at least FSU isn't sweeping this stuff under the rug.

The scholarship reduction will certainly have to affect the football program, though as of now I don't know how many (if any) scholarships will be taken away from Bobby Bowden. It should be interesting to see how this affects the 2009 recruiting class, which as I mentioned earlier, is off to a fantastic start.