Re: [gatortalk] Dwayne

I ran into him a couple of times, since I was at UF then; I worked at the bookstore in the Hub and was manning a book buy-back station when he came up to try to get some cash for his books.  When I informed him that one of his paperbacks was essentially worthless, he leaned down (and that says a lot, since I was sitting on high stool behind a raised counter) and showed me the front cover where he'd signed his name (the "S" in "Schintzius" was a dollar sign). He said that it was worth at least 10 times the cover price just for the autograph.  I laughed, told him to try another bookstore and stop complaining, because I knew he got his books for free in the first place as part of his scholarship. 

The other time I'd encountered him was also at the bookstore, when he came in to get his books for the semester.  The scholarship counter was in the back of the textbook section, and the textbook section had a bit of a dropped ceiling. We had never seen anyone have to duck to walk back to the scholarship counter, but Dwayne did.  It was policy that we were not allowed to "pester" any of the athletes when they came to the scholarship counter  (otherwise Emmitt Smith would have spent half an afternoon taking pictures and signing autographs for the employees), but apparently Schintizius was the exception.  Next thing we knew, a member of the bookstore management asked him to stand next to this one incredibly short lady (about 4' 7") who worked at the Hub so we could get a comparison, and the manager snapped a picture.  Schintzius was pretty good-natured about the whole thing.

I know he had a bad reputation for being a bit of a jerk, and even though one could see  he was a bit arrogant, I found him amusing.  I could see where stupid comments like, "How's the weather up there?" would get on your nerves after awhile and make one a bit surly.

On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 9:11 PM, John Bowers <jbowers4@cfl.rr.com> wrote:

Very sad news, indeed. 

 

Dwayne had a star-crossed life, it's probably not easy being 7'2". 

 

He's among friends tonight, where school loyalty knows no bounds.

 

John    

 

 

 

 

 

 

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