Warren Saga Continues

As has been reported previously,former Florida State freshman All-American tight end Brandon Warren has officially asked for his release from FSU. Bobby Bowden, who is in Mexico at the moment, has said nothing about whether or not he'll grant the release to Warren.

Warren left Tallahassee February 6 to his home in Alcoa, TN indicating that he was homesick. At issue for Bowden, who has traditionally allowed releases to schools other than Florida, are the facts that Warren left in the middle of the semester (and thereby not honoring his letter of intent) and he hosted highly sought-after recruit Rae Sykes while still a member of the Seminole team. It is interesting that Sykes later signed with Tennessee, the school Warren wants to transfer to.

If Warren is not granted a release, he will have to pay his own way to Tennessee for a year. Even if he is released, he will have to sit out the NCAA-mandated year for transferring, unless the NCAA grants him a hardship for the situation with his mother. Another hitch for Warren is that he left in mid-semester and didn't have time to enroll at UT, so he won't have the credit hours to play next fall unless the NCAA forgives that requirement. And we all know how forgiving the NCAA can be.