08:00 AM ET  03.07 |   It was announced yesterday that several Florida State sports have been caught in a major academic scandal in which some of the players were given "improper help" in classes. Ten programs -- football, baseball, men's track and field, women's track and field, men's swimming, women's swimming, men's basketball, women's basketball, softball and men's golf -- all face penalties, but none is more crucial to history than football. It is reported that the NCAA may force FSU to forfeit all wins from 2006 to 2007, meaning that Bobby Bowden, who is currently 1 win behind Joe Paterno for the most wins in Div I-FBS history. If the wins are forfeited, that decreases his win total to 368, making him fifteen wins behind Paterno. So, the question is, what should be done? Should the NCAA take away Bowden's wins, or just take away scholarships and call it a day? I'm not real sure.

On one hand, I say take the wins away. They cheated, they got caught, and they should be penalized for it. But on the other hand, my "Media Side" tells me not to. If you do, then there will no longer be an interest in "Who Has the Most Wins Now?" and I guarantee that some of the ratings for the national broadcasted Florida State and Penn State games will go down. This seemingly gives Bowden no excuse to keep coaching if the Seminoles struggle (besides the whole less-scholarship deal). When Joe-Pa struggled, everyone said "he's just trying to beat Bowden" and it seemed that being #1 was partly what kept these two guys going. Now it seems Paterno might have this for good over Bowden.

So what's the verdict? I say take the wins away. Set an example. You don't help student-athletes cheat. And you don't screw around with the NCAA and think you'll get away with it. Sorry Bobby, if you knew about it or not, but it seems you will be the main man punished.