Follow Up: Florida State Releases New Look (We reported this two weeks ago)

We first told you about this happening back on March 27th. We were one of the very first outlets to report that Florida State was about to do a major overhaul to their athletic team logos and jerseys.

A reminder RIGHT HERE

Sorry, we don't get to brag much.

Anyway, if you look at the video in that link, the release date says 4/11/14. Well, today is 4/11/14 and the new look has been revealed.

And the reviews thus far have been pretty darn good.

Take a look at the football helmets:

The actual helmets. http://t.co/iwfjLXME6l #IgnitionTradition pic.twitter.com/V5c8INsLAH
— Seminoles.com (@Seminoles_com) April 11, 2014

And the football jerseys:

 

#IgnitionTradition LAUNCHED! http://t.co/iwfjLXME6l pic.twitter.com/J5ocp5bvUK
— Seminoles.com (@Seminoles_com) April 11, 2014

The overhaul includes all the school's sports teams, but you'll have to go look those pictures up. The overahaul is courtesy of Nike, and both the school and the manufacturer are no doubt expecting a windfall in merchandise sales.

You're Hired, You're Fired... After A Few Hours...

((HT: KFBB-TV))

The University of Great Falls (Montana) hired a gentleman by the name of Todd Brittingham as their new Sports Information Director and Marketing Director yesterday. By dinner time, he wasn't the SID/Marketing Director...

UGF said they did a background check, but his criminal conviction in Kansas wasn't a part of their search results.

The local paper, the Great Falls Tribune, revealed in Jesse Geleynse's piece that:

"Brittingham was convicted in 2012 in McPherson, Kan., of endangering a child and furnishing alcohol to a minor, both misdemeanors.

He pleaded guilty to those charges in November 2011, and in exchange, four felony charges of unlawful sexual relations against him were dropped, according to The Associated Press. He was sentenced to one year of probation and a six-month jail sentence that was suspended.

Joe Biega is explaining the kerfuffle...
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Gary Ehnes, the AD at UGF, was understandably stunned thinking that the information he found was all the information he needed and the references Brittingham gave had his back- which they, probably, did...

It's just another case of making sure when you're making sure...