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“Cook”ing Up More Fun at Florida State!

First it was Jameis Winston. Then it was De’Andre Johnson. And now Dalvin Cook! Poor Coacha Inconsolata (put that phrase in my search engine for background on this poignant human type) Jimbo is in full more-in-sorrow-than-in-anger mode. How could he have known that yet another of his football players was, um, problematic?

Well, how about he could have known because…

Wait. Lemme start that sentence again. Jimbo Fisher (2015 salary: $5 million) did know, because Cook already had a hell of a record for someone of his tender years.

Cook was suspended by FSU on Friday after the state attorney in Tallahassee issued a warrant for the player’s arrest after a 21-year-old woman accused him of punching her in the face several times during an argument outside a bar last month.

… Cook was arrested as a juvenile and charged with robbery in 2009. Prosecutors later opted to drop the case. Cook was also arrested and charged with firing a weapon and possessing a weapon at an event on school property in 2010, according to FDLE records. The third-degree felony charge was later dropped or abandoned.

… Since arriving on campus, Cook has been charged with criminal mischief following an incident in June 2014 when he was one of several players (see Jameis Winston) involved in a BB-gun shooting incident that caused minor property damage.

Bottom line: The political hack running FSU, and the coach running the political hack, do not care if their students are placed in direct danger by the bullies they put on the team. They. Do. Not. Care.

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FSU: Proudly scummy for decades.

If you’re keeping score.

But let’s be fair and look at the larger picture.

Margaret Soltan, July 10, 2015 8:05PM
Posted in: sport

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