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Quarterback scramble FSU's Rix has some issues he needs to settle, tooPosted: Friday April 04, 2003 12:35 PMUpdated: Monday June 30, 2003 3:28 PM By Mike Fish, SI.com TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Adrian McPherson isn't the only Florida State quarterback taking a hit from the law. As Chris Rix battles this spring to regain his starting job, the junior still hasn't paid two speeding tickets he received last fall, and the Florida Department of Motor Vehicles has asked California to suspend Rix's license. Maybe Rix was just having a bad morning when he was nabbed by radar not once, but twice, within a half hour's time on Oct. 27 on Stadium Drive, in the shadow of Doak Campbell Stadium. Rix lost his starting job when players mutinied against him following a 34-24 loss to Notre Dame the day before. Rix regained the job after McPherson was suspended, but lost it a second time and sat out the Sugar Bowl after he overslept and missed two final exams in December. On the morning of Oct. 27, according to Leon County Circuit Court records, Rix, 21, was cited twice by the same officer, Anthony Gioannetti. FSU police refused to let Gioannetti discuss with SI.com the tickets he issued. Records, however, reveal that at 10:01 a.m., Rix was caught on radar driving 57 miles per hour in a 25 mph zone. By 10:30 he had eased off the pedal a bit, but was still cited for driving at 50 mph. Rix was behind the wheel of a 1999 maroon Chevy Tahoe purchased Aug. 26 from a Tallahassee dealership. The SUV was sold for $20,974 by Foster Motors, according to office manager Sandy Perkins. The traffic cases remain open because Rix hasn't paid the fees that now total $348. (On April 16, Rix paid the fines on both of his speeding tickets. The clerk's office of Leon County then contacted the Florida Dept of Motor Vehicles to request that DMV contact California authorities to let them know that Rix's fines and late fees had been paid.)
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