11.12.08 A SMART STUDENT-ATHLETE FROM FLA. STATE?
Myron Rolle, a safety for Florida State, has a 3.75 GPA and finished his undergrauate studies in just two and half years, according to Larry Brown Sports. Now, like so many student-athletes before him, he has to balance his team’s games with his interview to become a Rhodes Scholar.
The ACC announced Monday that FSU’s Nov. 22 game at Maryland will kick off at 7:45 p.m. on ESPN.
Rolle will be in Birmingham, Ala., that day to interview for a Rhodes Scholarship. He should be done in Alabama by 5 p.m., CST, which should give him a shot at hopping a charter flight to make the game by halftime.
I applaud Rolle for his work ethic, and I hope he gets the scholarship to study at Oxford. But I refuse to be impressed that he got good grades at Florida State. I’m more impressed with people who graduate from clown college. Although, I understand FSU does offer some rigorous ballon-animal courses.
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A SMART STUDENT-ATHLETE FROM FLA. STATE?
Got a 1340 on his SAT and 4.0 gpa in High School (along with 57 scholarship offers). The real story is, why the hell did he go to FSU? I’m pretty sure the homeless guy down the street just got in there.
Ironically, none of his teammates can spell Florida.
Got a 1340 on his SAT and 4.0 gpa in High School
Jesus, he should have gone to Northwestern.
/homer for smart football team
Whats really funny is FSU actually has its OWN clown college. Well, technically its a circus college, but there is bound to be clowns somewhere in there
http://circus.fsu.edu/
SI did a great article on the Rolle family last year; they’re all smart, athletic, and driven. I tend to stay away from people like that, as their achievements make my life look even more pathetic than it is.
“Jesus, he should have gone to Northwestern.” –
- problem with that notion: in addition to being smart, he plays football at an elite level.
By the way, someone should tell him that if he goes to Oxford, he should totally avoid taking the English chick away from the Earl unless he can really, really row some fucking crew. Otherwise it’s totally not worth it.
wwsm just gave me the blues.
Is Jenn Sterger providing the balloons?
And if Matt is a homer for smart football teams, does that mean he’ll start cheering for Duke?
I’m more impressed with people who graduate from clown college.
I’ll thank you not to refer to Princeton that way.
of course he is smart, his name is Myron
@ Allan, I’ll give you two good reasons why he chose FSU. Not satisfied? Here’s two more.
/bitter rant from a guy who went to Harvey Mudd, a school known for its academics and lack of tits.
I’m pretty sure the second set of two reasons was really four reasons. I did not go to FSU, so the chances of my math being right are excellent.
I graduated from FSU and now I work at a hedge fund with other ivy league college people. So you’d be suprised what doors FSU opens and how challenging the curriculum is.
@ JamesJ – remove the S from your school name to see how excited we are for you.
I am also not surprised that you spelled it “suprise.” Go Noles!
I wish I got out of work at a time I could be topical. I bet nobody sees my posts.
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