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'05 Florida WR Fred Rouse (Florida State, transfer to UTEP)

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Florida State head coach Bobby Bowden announced Friday the dismissal of Fred Rouse and Cornelius Lewis from the football program. Lewis, a redshirt freshman offensive guard, started three games for the Seminoles in 2005. Rouse was a true freshman wide receiver who started the Orange Bowl game against Penn State. He had six catches for 114 yards and one touchdown in 2005.

"Both players are dismissed for conduct detrimental to the welfare of the football team," said Bowden.

There will be no further comment on the dismissals from FSU officials. "Seven years of college down the drain." 68 days and counting.
 
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Wow
For a kid with that talent to be kicked off the team by Bowden, he must have really screwed up...

One wonders if he is tightening his ship a little bit at the end because a)they aren't contending for national titles anymore, and b) He is worried about his legacy. This never would have happened during the run of top 4's, I don't think.
 
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I'm hearing it has something to do with weed. The FSU fans are upset because of what AJ Nicholson did and he was still on the team.

:roll2:
Well, Nicholson was arrested 3 times in 10 months. He didn't get anything more than a dag-gum one game suspension until the 3rd arrest on suspicion of rape.

If that's what it takes for Nicholson to get suspended one game, what the heck could Rouse have done?

... just like his hero, and FSU trailblazer, Randy Moss. Too bad Marshall isn't D1AA anymore. :tongue2:
 
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a quick breakdown on the happenings with Fred according to an FSU insider I know...

the FSU drug program works something like this: on the first offense you are enrolled in a drug treatment program at Thagrad Student Health Center, the FSU Campus hospital and are tested on a stricter schedule, on the second offense you are suspended at least 1 game and are on a last strike policy, on the 3rd offense you are gone unless there are extreme circumstances...that would include drug use, arrests, etc.

Fred failed his 3rd drug test (he enjoys the greenery)...and into the fact that this year he asked for transfer papers to prove a point, told Urban Meyer he made a mistake going to FSU, showed coaches up on National TV, and reportedly negative recruited kids to FSU (telling potential recruits from Tallahassee Lincoln, and others FSU isn't the place to be)....it all adds up to a dismissal, and I would not want this kid on OSU at all.....his ego is too much too handle, and the negative pub isnt worth his playmking abilities
 
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Rouse had listed Texas as his #1 choice for awhile, and word over at Warchant is that he showed up stoned when he met Mack Brown for his official visit. Any Longhorns here confirm this tale?
 
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1/21/06

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Two Florida State players let go by Bowden

Saturday, January 21, 2006

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Florida State receiver Fred Rouse and offensive lineman Cornelius Lewis were kicked off the team yesterday by coach Bobby Bowden.

Both players had been disciplined during the season. Rouse was suspended for one game after the freshman argued with coaches during the Seminoles’ 26-21 loss to Virginia.

Bowden also suspended Lewis, a redshirt freshman, for a game during the season for a violation of team rules.
Lewis also was ejected from the Florida game for fighting and, as a result, had to sit out the first half of Florida State’s 27-22 victory in the Atlantic Coast Conference title game against Virginia Tech.
 
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