I remember watching the Tennessee cheerleaders, FSU staff, Georgia players, etc. stopping Tebow to take pictures with him. It happened almost every game in 2008 and 2009. I thought that was crazy but Tebow was a cultural phenomenon. I know lots of 'Noles who loved what the guy stood for even if they hated the Gators. This...this...Winston is a damn woman abuser and a thief. Terrible human being and certainly not a rival anybody would root for. I wouldn't want his autograph even if I was 'Nole. This is completely unacceptable.
There are some FORMER 'Nole players I've met and I actually like. Casey Weldon comes to mind. I told him how impressed I was with his performance in the 1991 game in Gainesville where our defense put a brutal beatdown on him. Tough kid. We kept pounding him into the dirt, and he kept getting back up. Darren Mickell spent the entire afternoon in the FSU backfield.
I hate what he did to us as a player (especially that wheel route he took to the house in '93--I'm still waiting for the ref to throw the flag for the block in the back) but Warrick Dunn is a rival who is a good role model. His mom was a police officer who died in the line of duty. He played the game the right way and has helped many families buy homes through his charitable efforts after he went pro.
Of course I NEVER rooted for those fellas while they played for the 'Noles, but years later, I could express some respect for them as players and as men (as opposed to the jerks I'd like to punch in the throat like Janikowski or Dockett). With a guy like Weldon or Dunn I would shake hands, maybe even pose for a photo...but ask for an autograph on a Gator shirt or hat? No effing way, not ever, under absolutely no circumstances. Hell naw.
And those guys are respectable--but freakin' Winston! While he's an active player for FSU? After all the crap he's pulled? WTF is wrong with people? I'm not the kind of guy who roots for injuries but if one of our defenders were to knock him the F out in Tallahassee this year, it would be hard to think anything other that "the punk deserves it". F that POS.
Alex.
There are some FORMER 'Nole players I've met and I actually like. Casey Weldon comes to mind. I told him how impressed I was with his performance in the 1991 game in Gainesville where our defense put a brutal beatdown on him. Tough kid. We kept pounding him into the dirt, and he kept getting back up. Darren Mickell spent the entire afternoon in the FSU backfield.
I hate what he did to us as a player (especially that wheel route he took to the house in '93--I'm still waiting for the ref to throw the flag for the block in the back) but Warrick Dunn is a rival who is a good role model. His mom was a police officer who died in the line of duty. He played the game the right way and has helped many families buy homes through his charitable efforts after he went pro.
Of course I NEVER rooted for those fellas while they played for the 'Noles, but years later, I could express some respect for them as players and as men (as opposed to the jerks I'd like to punch in the throat like Janikowski or Dockett). With a guy like Weldon or Dunn I would shake hands, maybe even pose for a photo...but ask for an autograph on a Gator shirt or hat? No effing way, not ever, under absolutely no circumstances. Hell naw.
And those guys are respectable--but freakin' Winston! While he's an active player for FSU? After all the crap he's pulled? WTF is wrong with people? I'm not the kind of guy who roots for injuries but if one of our defenders were to knock him the F out in Tallahassee this year, it would be hard to think anything other that "the punk deserves it". F that POS.
Alex.
