As with Enron, this all starts at the top. One might assume that the bizarrely wide gap between JF's eyes gives him some kind of broader perspective. However, it looks like he is no more mature than the rapist he decided to enable.

I'm lazy. So I did not look for a litany of examples to justify my argument. I have decided, instead, to seize on two visible instances in which JF's true leadership came out: Rapeis' appearance at the warm ups of the Clemson game, and the sideline exchange in the Rose Bowl. Pay close attention to JF's demeanor.

In the first, he pouts. He looks like a Bieber fan whose parents got him the wrong iPad for Christmas. Rolls his eyes, huffs, looks away, etc. In the second, he again looks away when making his point, starting by staring at the ground and then finally looking up - almost coyly - right at the end to see whether Rapeis is still even listening.

In both of these cases, the lack of eye contact says a lot about JF. It says he is a coward. He is intimidated by Rapeis. He does enough to "chide" him because he knows the cameras are rolling, but fears the consequences - whatever they may be - of being a true disciplinarian.

The 37 year old in me has to make a movie reference - Back to the Future. The first one. Remember Principal Strickland? Now there's a disciplinarian. Here's a clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ndJNXCkNxg

I was a middle school teacher for four years, about 15 years ago. I understand - to some degree - what it takes to get the attention of kids that age. It's simple. A little f-cking EYE CONTACT. What I see in Rapeis is behavior that is no more mature than that of my 12-14 year old students. Above the law, and flaunting it...until somebody steps in with a stern voice. Rapeis obviously isn't getting it from Coach Alien Eyes, who actually exhibits the same pouty arrogance. Perhaps his eyes are too far apart for him to control very well.

Rapeis could have benefitted from somebody like Strickland, but it is obviously too late. He will be fellated by an NFL society (owners and fans) desperate for any advantage and by a media that has a hell of a lot to gain from an ENDLESS debate about whether Rapeis should be drafted/played, etc.

All that aside, we can enjoy yesterday's cataclysmic meltdown for now. This is the most delicious moment of the entire season, and perhaps of the past decade. As somebody said below, Rapeis will move on but FSU must stew in its own juices as an institution. No amount of after-the-fact second guessing and self flagellation will make up for the fact that they sat on their hands for an entire season in anticipation of the fleeting pride of a championship, sealed and delivered by a rapist. Now, they'll get no soup and like it.

Perhaps now my faith in CFB has been restored for another season. It certainly wasn't due to the virtuous actions of FSU or the TPD or the NCAA. It had to be chance - the chance that there was actually a team better than FSU this year. A hell of a lot better. And they didn't blow their opportunity to twist the knife into the back of football's greatest institutional shame.

I was on the beach today in southern Thailand. 85 degrees, balmy sunshine, and a gentle breeze. Had my coconut and fried sea bass. And as removed as I felt from all the drama of football, I couldn't resist just laying back and playing the whole fiasco over and over in my head. It is so heartwarming, for once, to revel in justice as delicious as this.

It's not about my distaste for FSU, or even about being "mad" at some dumbas$ kid (if you can't be "mad" at the millions of others, why waste your time on one?). No, my real fascination is how an institution - an R1 university - tried to hold on for just a little more glory, at the expense of all the dignity it had left. So it says something a lot larger about humanity than just a kid who fails to understand the basic laws of decency - let alone navigate his way through a press conference without a barrage of hilariously ear-piercing grammatical flubs. It also says a lot more about humanity than the shameful actions of the gaping, drooling halfwit who gets millions in public money every year to lie for rapists.

It says that, yes - even when things seem to be going all to $hit - SOMEtimes good wins.