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Posted on 12/19/14 at 2:18 pm to Buttermilk Pancakes
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I thought B1G fans were the only ones that got on the academic rah rah talk wagon. No one gives a frick about these shite rankings...
Academics and uniforms are hot topics here in the offseason.
Posted on 12/19/14 at 2:18 pm to LegendOfCobb
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Skrayper, I think your post is spot on for the average student, but fails to take into account the fact that athletes are generally getting into schools they have no business being in.
Perhaps, but it becomes intellectually dishonest to trumpet being a bastion of academic integrity if, on the flip side, schools give a pass and even the Tech's of the NCAA landscape allow in kids with the same criteria as getting into any other institution.
Posted on 12/19/14 at 2:24 pm to Buttermilk Pancakes
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I thought B1G fans were the only ones that got on the academic rah rah talk wagon. No one gives a frick about these shite rankings...
The shittier schools don't give a frick about them.
Posted on 12/19/14 at 2:27 pm to LegendOfCobb
Should the OP title be renamed which schools doing a better job getting players through with a degree…earned or unearned?
Posted on 12/19/14 at 2:28 pm to Buttermilk Pancakes
I'll tell you what we dont give a shite about: an osu fan's opinion on an SEC board.
Posted on 12/19/14 at 2:33 pm to Tigerman97
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Should the OP title be renamed which schools doing a better job getting players through with a degree…earned or unearned?
Sociology?
Anyway - I simply used the same name as the article that was linked. Take it up with Time.
Posted on 12/19/14 at 2:37 pm to WG_Dawg
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#3 Alabama
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#17 Georgia Tech
Interestingly I focused on the exact 2 schools and their respective ranks when I realized this list is complete bullshite.
Posted on 12/19/14 at 2:42 pm to PokerPlayingTiger
Huh. USC stuck out to me.
Posted on 12/19/14 at 3:40 pm to skrayper
The methodology for the rankings is stupid. Graduation rates for football players has nothing to do with the quality of the academics offered at the school. If anything a high graduation rate means the school is good at steering athletes towards easy majors and has a ton of "tutors" to do their work.
Posted on 12/19/14 at 3:47 pm to skrayper
I feel like this thread title is a bit misleading.
Posted on 12/19/14 at 3:49 pm to GetCocky11
Georgia Tech's problem too is that they don't have the typical "jock" majors that even places like Northwestern and Stanford do. I've been told that's changing.
Posted on 12/19/14 at 3:52 pm to skrayper
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Actually, Alabama does a much better job of graduating their players than Tech does. Bama has a GSR of 80, while Tech is much lower at 66.
Probably because Alabama is a much easier place to graduate from if you've got the mind of the average football player.
Posted on 12/19/14 at 3:57 pm to Pettifogger
Reading comprehension in this thread is low.
Posted on 12/19/14 at 3:58 pm to GIbson05
please saban just has those teachers either scared shitless or eating out of his hand
Posted on 12/19/14 at 7:36 pm to Korin
How dimwitted do people have to be to not understand this is a comparison of the FOOTBALL PLAYERS ACEDEMICS ?
Not that hard to understand really.
Not that hard to understand really.
Posted on 12/19/14 at 8:02 pm to restore the roar
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I'll tell you what we dont give a shite about: an osu fan's opinion on an SEC board.
Posted on 12/19/14 at 8:03 pm to S.E.C. Crazy
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How dimwitted do people have to be to not understand this is a comparison of the FOOTBALL PLAYERS ACEDEMICS ?
Pretty damned dimwitted.
Posted on 12/19/14 at 8:06 pm to Korin
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Georgia Tech's problem too is that they don't have the typical "jock" majors that even places like Northwestern and Stanford do.
No, the problem is that they admit a disproportionate number of players who have no business being at Georgia Tech. They want to have the academics of Northwestern but the football of an Alabama.
Posted on 12/19/14 at 8:07 pm to skrayper
If you were to rank the top 25 in terms of ACTUAL academics, it would look like this:
1. UCLA
2. USC
3. Georgia Tech
4. Michigan State
5. Wisconsin
6. Georgia
7. Ohio State
8. Clemson
9. Minnesota
10. Missouri
11. Alabama
12. Auburn
13. Baylor
14. TCU
15. Utah
16. Florida State
17. Oregon
18. LSU
19. Arizona
20. Arizona State
21. Kansas State
22. Ole Miss
23. Mississippi State
24. Louisville
25. Boise State
1. UCLA
2. USC
3. Georgia Tech
4. Michigan State
5. Wisconsin
6. Georgia
7. Ohio State
8. Clemson
9. Minnesota
10. Missouri
11. Alabama
12. Auburn
13. Baylor
14. TCU
15. Utah
16. Florida State
17. Oregon
18. LSU
19. Arizona
20. Arizona State
21. Kansas State
22. Ole Miss
23. Mississippi State
24. Louisville
25. Boise State
This post was edited on 12/19/14 at 8:34 pm
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