Former FSU Football coach talks Seminoles during SEC Media Days

FSU football isn’t even a member of the Southeastern Conference, but the Noles still were brought up thanks to the $75 million man from Texas A&M.

Come the third day of September, the FSU football team will begin their 27th season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference – a move that came after the Seminoles were not invited to be part of the expansion of the Southeastern Conference for reasons that vary based on who you talk to on a given day.

Nonetheless, the Seminoles found themselves being brought up during the opening day of the SEC’s annual media event – being held in Atlanta for the first time. The reason why? Well, everyone’s favorite former head coach of the Noles was in attendance for the first time as head coach of his new team, the Texas A&M Aggies.

In between being questioned about how he is going to enjoy being in the middle of the SEC West for the length of his 10 year contract, the former “leader” of FSU football – and I use that term loosely for what took place over the last three years of his tenure – tried to make nice with his former employer after the way things went down.

At this point, it would almost be better for all parties involved if neither side talked about each other for a while. Despite what some writers, columnists and bloggers want to falsely write, the dislike from FSU football fans toward this man has nothing to do with the fact he left – but HOW he decided to do so and the shady manner in which he acted toward the end.

No one will fault him for taking a $75 million guaranteed payday – heck, there are a lot of things people would do for that kind of money – and do what is in the best interest of his family long term. That being said, stringing everyone along and essentially quitting on the program before the season was over makes all these comments seem as fake as his new hair.

There is a way to be grateful for all that was accomplished by the Seminoles during his tenure – while also feeling as if we were used just for a better payday and treated as if we are a lower level program than Texas A&M, a school which hasn’t won a national title since FDR was president.

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Do us all a favor, sir – enjoy your time in College Station and having at least two losses by the end of September. Leave us alone for a while and keep our names out of your mouth.