There was plenty to talk about from the BCS National Championship, and that’s without even getting into the thrilling back-and-forth conclusion to Florida State’s last-minute, 34-31 victory over Auburn at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif.
The flag for most unsportsmanlike conduct goes to the mother of Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron, Dee Dee, who took a charged Twitter shot at winning quarterback Jameis Winston’s post-game interview.
“Am I listening to English?” she tweeted, before quickly deleting it.
She later returned to Twitter and wrote: “Any1 that knows our family knows we r far from racist. My tweet was not in anyway meant that way. I sincerely apologize if it offended any1.”
Katherine Webb, the model girlfriend of McCarron, favorited another insensitive tweet that read: “Jameis Winston needs to learn sign language to communicate because listening to him attempt to speak English is just insulting.”
Webb said it was a mistake.
“The idea that I am a racist is absolutely stupid and it needs to stop. I was scrolling through my TL and that tweet was accidentally FAV,” she tweeted, referring to her timeline.
Winston addressed the criticism Tuesday afternoon with a tweet of his own: “For the people that criticize the way that I talk this is for y’all. The Florida state Seminoles are national champions! That is all.”
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While Webb, a brunette beauty, stole the nation’s attention during last year’s game, it was a redhead that turned heads on Monday night.
Frankie Grizzle-Malgrat, Florida State’s fire-headed ball boy, was seen several times by ESPN’s cameras chasing down big Seminoles plays as he’s done all season.
But since it was the national stage, it garnered a bigger spotlight. And the, um, perks that come with that spotlight.
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Freshly minted TV analyst Tim Tebow showed his trademark flair for the dramatic by coming within one point of correctly predicting the final score.
On the ESPN “College Gameday” pregame show, the former Heisman Trophy winner forecasted a 35-31 Seminoles win. Turns out, the failed NFL quarterback might be better at picking games than he is at throwing footballs.
“Auburn might be a team of destiny, but tonight, Florida State is deeper from top to bottom. When Jameis Winston and Telvin Smith’s leadership in the fourth quarter, I think they win 35-31,” he said.
And it was nearly gospel.