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nytimes.com - 11/20/2008
For Star Player and Scholar, This Game Day Is Different
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Florida State safety Myron Rolle will risk missing all or part of a game against Maryland in order to be interviewed for the Rhodes Scholarship. >
Rolle Wins Rhodes Scholarship
nytimes.com - 11/23/2008
Rolle Wins Rhodes Scholarship
— nytimes.com — Florida State safety Myron Rolle is the first major-college football player of his generation to win what... is considered the world’s most prestigious postgraduate academic scholarship. > (more) Rolle Wins Rhodes Scholarship

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For Florida State Player and Scholar, Game Day Is Different
nytimes.com - 11/20/2008
For Florida State Player and Scholar, Game Day Is Different
— nytimes.com — Florida State safety Myron Rolle will risk missing all or part of a game against Maryland in... order to be interviewed for the Rhodes Scholarship. > (more) For Florida State Player and Scholar, Game Day Is Different

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Florida State University Official Athletic Site
seminoles.cstv.com - 11/23/2008
Florida State University Official Athletic Site
— seminoles.cstv.com — THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY'S MYRON ROLLE NAMED RHODES SCHOLAR The Rhodes Trust named Rolle one of 32... U.S. Rhodes Scholars for 2009 - the first time in nearly 25 years it has awarded the scholarship to a prominent college football player. Nov. 22, ... (more) Florida State University Official Athletic Site

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The Wiz of Odds:  Reporters Notebooks

Dan Shanoff:  Carl Joseph and Myron Rolle

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The Wiz of Odds — ... Pete Thamel, New York Times: Florida State safety Myron Rolle will go through his final interview Saturday and find out if he is among the 32 winners of a Rhodes Scholarship. Then he will board a private plane and fly 700 miles and play in the Seminoles' game at Maryland. ...

Carl Joseph and Myron Rolle
Dan Shanoff — Have you ever heard of Carl Joseph? This might be some of the most dramatic sports footage I have ever seen. Meanwhile: you can hate FSU, but how can you hate Myron Rolle? Rhodes him! (Speaking of wildly successful outliers, here's a very interesting Q&A Malcolm Gladwell did with ESPN the Mag. Hmm: Gladwell's next NYer piece is about college QBs?)

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LiveBlog & GameThread! FSU! Maryland! — Tomahawk Nation
And then there were 3... 2 Coin Flips left.   FSU BEATS MD MD BEATS   BC FSU FSU BEATS MD BC BEATS MD BC MD BEATS FSU MD BEATS BC MD MD BEATS FSU BC BEATS MD BC Myron Rolle is a Rhodes Scholar Game discussion inside. ...
FSU Rhodes Scholar Is Best Person In The World — SPORTSbyBROOKS
How many times have we said, “Florida State’s football team isn’t exactly a bunch of Rhodes Scholars?” We were wrong. Safety Myron Rolle just took every stereotype we had about FSU football, and eradicated them like he’s eradicating obesity and diabetes on a ...
Florida State Player To Be A Rhodes Scholar [Smart Athletes] — Deadspin
It's nice to report news when an athlete does something admirable. Florida State safety Myron Rolle interviewed with the Rhodes Scholarship committee in Birmingham, Alabama before flying to meet his team in Maryland to help them beat the Terps. And he won a scholarship in the process . "It ...
Noles' Rolle named Rhodes Scholar — SI.com - NCAA Football
MOUNTAIN BROOK, Ala. -- Florida State professor Sally Karioth bought two cards to give her prized pupil Saturday; one for good news and one for bad. Had Myron Rolle opened the bad-news card, it would have played the old Band-Aid jingle.
Florida St. safety Rolle up for Rhodes Scholarship — ESPN.com - College Football
Myron Rolle will be a late arrival to FSU's crucial game at Maryland on Saturday night because earlier in the day he'll be interviewing in Alabama to become a Rhodes Scholar.
Florida St. safety Rolle up for Rhodes Scholarship — ESPN.com - College Football
Myron Rolle will be a late arrival to FSU's crucial game at Maryland on Saturday night because earlier in the day he'll be interviewing in Alabama to become a Rhodes Scholar.