A Tardy Congrats to FSU “Roads” Scholar Myron Rolle, a True Student Athlete
College Football, Media Gossip/Musings November 26th. 2008, 11:00am
Read plenty of heartwarming stories about Florida State safety Myron Rolle, a 2008 Rhodes Scholar winner. He’s the kind of guy Ozzie Guillen would want his daughter to date (over Jeter, for sure), and Rolle is a paragon of virtue in an “I gotta get mine” sports world. Pathopsychology classes? Admission to Oxford? How’s this: “He’s just the second football player I’ve taught,” said Tim Logan, a biochemistry professor who has been at Florida State for 14 years. “The other was a walk-on.”
And because humor is necessary: A Tallahassee Democrat writer was on the learjet with Rolle from Birmingham to Baltimore, and relayed a text message to the FSU safety from one of his teammates:
One of Rolle’s teammates texted him congratulations on winning a “Roads Scholarship.”
Join me on a 550-mph trip into Myron Rolle’s world (Democrat)
31 Responses to “A Tardy Congrats to FSU “Roads” Scholar Myron Rolle, a True Student Athlete”
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November 26th, 2008 at 11:05 am
i liked what foghorn leghorn said about rolle’s “roads” [sic] scholarship:
“that was more important than us winning this game — and i know people will hate me for saying that.”
November 26th, 2008 at 11:06 am
Did FSU check with the NCAA to make sure that this wasn’t an illegal benefit? I mean, it’s not 90 percent off at Dillards, but it’s still big.
Actually, that is an incredibly impressive feat
November 26th, 2008 at 11:08 am
I don’t get it.
/stigs
November 26th, 2008 at 11:11 am
Florida State… Rhodes Scholar… ?!????!?
*head explodes from bafflement*
November 26th, 2008 at 11:14 am
I don’t follow recruiting much at all, but I remember PSU going after him pretty hard (from NJ i believe) and he said he chose FSU for “academic reasons,” which at the time made me laugh. Guess he was serious, very impressive.
November 26th, 2008 at 11:15 am
I thought it was pretty cool that most people in the stadium saturday night stood up and cheered when he came in….
November 26th, 2008 at 11:19 am
Virtually any large state school can prepare you for one of these if you are smart, driven, and take advantage of the resources that are available to you. But I hear you coop. This is like hearing that a Cincinnati basketball player graduated.
November 26th, 2008 at 11:19 am
One of my dad’s favorite jokes as we’d be in the car driving through road contruction: he’d look at one of the workers and say “that guy’s a roads scholar”. I didn’t laugh until I was older and understood it. Now I’ve adopted it as my own.
November 26th, 2008 at 11:26 am
I hear that the Vegas odds on the Oxford/Cambridge boat race next year just went through the roof.
November 26th, 2008 at 11:28 am
Rhodes? Where Myron is going, he doesn’t need Rhodes.
November 26th, 2008 at 11:35 am
Jenn Sterger was the alternate candidate from FSU, but her “giant boobs” project she started while a FSU student did not impress the panel of female judges.
November 26th, 2008 at 11:37 am
late additions:
- the second half of the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving special was REALLY heartwarming
- I’m so glad this day is going slowly. it’s only 1130 but feels like 2.
- last post will go up at 230 … but then there will be a college hoops post tonight.
November 26th, 2008 at 11:38 am
I like how every time they interview Bowden he acts like he was doing this kid a huge favor by letting him out of the football game. Way to try and hog the spotlight Bowden, I’m sure you’ve taught him a lot on the football field that is going to help him out in the future.
November 26th, 2008 at 11:40 am
: This just in from the Peacock Network.. FNL coming back on Friday, Jan. 16; Life, Chuck, and Heroes on “hiatus”; L & O: SVU to become network’s flagship show for January(3-4 hrs/week).
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November 26th, 2008 at 11:42 am
I havent heard though, is he going to Oxford or the NFL?
November 26th, 2008 at 11:45 am
Thanks Bruce. You forgot to add this tidbit:
One unexpected addition is “Howie Do It,” a hidden camera show starring “Deal or No Deal” host Howie Mandel that’s been largely off the media’s radar since its development was announced last spring. The show air Fridays at 8 p.m. starting Jan. 9.
“‘Howie Do It’ is a really funny show and Howie is perfectly suited for it,” said Mitch Metcalf, NBC’s head of scheduling. “It’s flat-out funny and it’s perfectly placed on Friday nights.”
How can I see that this show will be a trainwreck just by reading two paragraphs, but the wizards at NBC who get paid millions of dollars don’t?
November 26th, 2008 at 11:53 am
I disagree. Combining two things that people love is a no-brainer. People love Howie Mandel and people love hidden camera shows. It’s a simple formula. People love children and people love pornography. It’s only natural to combine things that people love.
November 26th, 2008 at 11:54 am
Good for this kid. I’d be interested in knowing about his home life. I’d be willing to bet that his dad is around and involved.
November 26th, 2008 at 11:58 am
People love Howie Mandel
No. I think people finally gave up when they realized that television executives were just going to keep giving him show after show after show after show until we just gave in and started watching.
Kinda like Kathy Griffin.
November 26th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
That’s the part of my comment you chose to respond to? Awesome.
November 26th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
blazers- He says he’s going to study at Oxford, then going to the NFL, then practicing medicine when he’s done.
FYI- This is Florida State’s 3rd Rhodes Scholar in the last 4 years I believe.
November 26th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
The young man wants to be a brain surgeon, I don’t think he needs the NFL.
November 26th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
Happy, I couldn’t stop laughing at the other part and could come up with nothing else to top it.
November 26th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Yeah, single parent households raise shitty kids.
/The President-elect
November 26th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
CNNSI has been all over this one with a couple nice articles. I am suprised Whitlock hasnt put in his two cents
November 26th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
If it doesn’t let him accuse a black athlete of “bojangling”, then Whitlock wants nothing to do with it.
November 26th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
I am suprised Whitlock hasnt put in his two cents
They give Myron Rolle a scholarship, and yet, STILL, nobody will give Jeff George a scholarship? What is wrong with these people?
November 26th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
Most shitty kids come from single parent homes. If you pulled your head out of your ass long enough to think for once, you’d know this.
/science
November 26th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
Calling shenanigans on that. I know a ton of kids from my town who are from single-parent homes, myself included, and have all gone on to college, stayed relatively out of trouble, and are either still in school or graduated. It makes no difference at all.
It’s a straight-up stupid generalization. Shitty parents raise shitty kids. Most of the assholes I grew up with had both parents.
November 26th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
And congrats to Rolle. I was at the game Saturday night (luckily, I don’t remember most of the first half, cuz that game got ugly for us Terps fast), and there was a good applause. Helluva job. Especially as a student athlete, I just do XC and track, I can’t imagine doing more schoolwork than I already do…by choice. Football for FSU is another story.
November 26th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
Billy, you and your friends are the exception to the rule and you deserve a lot of credit. But I didn’t just pull this idea out of my ass. Here are some stats from Children’s Justice that actually back up my assertion.