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You, obviously, have bought into the ABC/ESPN/Lee Corso love fest of the Bowdens. Diddy is a fraud. His players are thugs. (Did you see the tape of what his boy did to Ernest Graham last year? And diddy was "shocked, shocked!" that anyone would accuse him of coaching dirty football.)

I've followed college football, closely, for a long time. And I'll admit I was once taken in by Diddy's aw-shucks, down-home shtick. But that's all it is: shtick. He plays in a sissy conference, runs up the score, has his players intentionally try to injure opponents...

But people like Lee Corso -- and you, apparently -- have ingested so much Bowden DNA that they lose all objectivity.

Noooo...actually I don't take Corso serious in the slightest. I do however agree with you that Daddy Bowden is treated like royalty by the networks because he has charisma.

I live in the FL panhandle and Bowden routinely participates in charity events and routinely speaks at churches in the area. Is it to drum up a constant positive PR? I don't know, what I do know is that the people in this part of the country love the guy, he reminds us of our grandfather. A simple man.

I don't deny that alot of his players are thugs, but most blue chip atheletes are not model citizens in the community loaded with intelligence. They are catered to, and treated like royalty as well. ESPN had an article this morning that mentioned Chris Webber may have received up to $260,000 from boosters or agents before he ever turned pro. Football, like other sports, used to be a game. It's has somehow morphed into a battlezone of "win at any cost". It's about money.