Florida State President Apologizes To Alabama School

T.K. Wetherell referred to Samford as "a dip---- school" while talking about the record of football coach Bobby Bowden, who started his career at Samford.

By: Jamie Burch | WKRG-TV
Published: March 19, 2009

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - It hasn't been Florida State University
President T.K. Wetherell's finest week.
The outspoken university president who frequently sprinkles
off-color commentary into remarks, referred to Samford University
by an obscene and scatological term that means stupid or
incompetent.
Wetherell wrote Samford's president an apology Wednesday, saying
he was embarrassed for referring to Samford in an unflattering
manner.
Wetherell made the comment Tuesday when answering a question
about football coach Bobby Bowden possibly losing as many as 14
wins as part of an NCAA penalty for an academic scandal.
Bowden has 31 of his 382 career wins at Samford, when the school
was known as Howard, which is in Birmingham, Ala.

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