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re: Alabama places 82 athletes on the SEC's Fall Academic Honor Roll
Posted on 1/28/16 at 9:00 am to coachcrisp
Posted on 1/28/16 at 9:00 am to coachcrisp
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It's pretty easy to achieve academic honors when you dress up underwater basket weaving as a science
Which every school sans Vanderbilt in the SEC does, so shouldn't all of them have a billion kids on the list?
Back in the day, Vandy funneled their less "scholarly" athletes to Peabody where their work was accepted at Vandy...is that still the case?
Back in the day, AU would have their players in Education and Bama would have theirs in Communication. But during that period, athletes spent unlimited time at practice or at conditioning and had very little academic support. Again, with the support and restrictions in place today, the Honor Roll is a
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Posted on 1/28/16 at 9:03 am to Tuscaloosa
Congrats on handing out the free grades.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 9:13 am to Irons Puppet
quote:Are you actually saying that making Academic Honor Roll in the SEC isn't anything special?
Again, with the support and restrictions in place today, the Honor Roll is a .
Posted on 1/28/16 at 9:25 am to coachcrisp
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Again, with the support and restrictions in place today, the Honor Roll is a .
Are you actually saying that making Academic Honor Roll in the SEC isn't anything special?
No, I'm saying the schools are using it more to honor their system , then to honor the individual. Take a look at the number of student/athletes that do not make it. We hear about the NCAA preventing the Athletes from receiving extra benefits that the normal student gets. Then they praise the Schools for providing support to athletes that the normal student doesn't get. This is just another tool for recruiting and PR. Im actually surprised that the numbers are so low.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 10:54 am to Irons Puppet
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No, I'm saying the schools are using it more to honor their system , then to honor the individual.
When?
Posted on 1/28/16 at 11:24 am to BamaGradinTn
Watch the PSAs at any SEC Game on TV. Why do you think schools are spending so much money on Academic Centers.It has become a recruiting tool.
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Posted on 1/28/16 at 11:35 am to Irons Puppet
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spending so much money on Academic Centers.It has become a recruiting tool.
Could pick a lot worse things to use as recruiting tools
Posted on 1/28/16 at 11:40 am to Irons Puppet
Since a lot of these guys would never be accepted into these colleges unless they were athletes (a 2.3 HS GPA? Seriously?), either they are getting a LOT of academic "support", or the academic standards of their courses are not very high.
This is NOT a slam at Alabama, because it applies equally to Auburn and every other major school.
At least the kids on the honor roll are working enough to get a reasonable facsimile of an education. Good for them.
This is NOT a slam at Alabama, because it applies equally to Auburn and every other major school.
At least the kids on the honor roll are working enough to get a reasonable facsimile of an education. Good for them.
Posted on 1/29/16 at 12:17 am to I-59 Tiger
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Too bad you don't write well.
I'm going to assume you never saw the movie Zoolander.
Posted on 1/29/16 at 7:35 am to BammerDelendaEst
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At least the kids on the honor roll are working enough to get a reasonable facsimile of an education. Good for them.
That is kind of my thought on it. I don't think it shows much about the quality of their education necessarily, but I think to get to a level to be on this list you at least have to care enough about whatever you are doing academically to be better than "least amount required", which is good.
Posted on 1/29/16 at 7:41 am to Tuscaloosa
Another fantastic thread brought to you by one the great minds of our time ~ Tuscaloser
Posted on 1/29/16 at 8:03 am to tigerfan in bamaland
And you whine and bitch in every single one of them. Idk what's worse
Posted on 1/29/16 at 8:07 am to AU24
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Do you have ANYTHING in your life other then Alabam football/athletics. I mean do you do anything outside of Alabama sports?
This is awesome. Tuscaloosa post Alabama related threads and he's got nothing in his life besides Alabama football. He post threads about other teams and hes obsessed. People just don't like them because they are typically well put together and make Alabama look good while making other schools look not as good.
Keep on rocking in the free world Tuscaloosa. You're doing gods work.
Posted on 1/29/16 at 8:17 am to Patton
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This is awesome. Tuscaloosa post Alabama related threads and he's got nothing in his life besides Alabama football. He post threads about other teams and hes obsessed. People just don't like them because they are typically well put together and make Alabama look good while making other schools look not as good.
Keep on rocking in the free world Tuscaloosa. You're doing gods work.
Posted on 1/29/16 at 8:21 am to Tiguar
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Human Environmental Science
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what is this, exactly?
Looks like it includes the following graduate programs:
Consumer Economics
Financial Planning
Health Science
Human Development & Family Studies
Human Nutrition
Consumer Conflict Management, Negotiation & Mediation
Environmental Health & Safety Management
Interactive Technology
Consumer Quality Management
Restaurant, Hotel & Meetings Management
Rural Community Health
Sports Management
UA College of Human Environmental Sciences
Posted on 1/29/16 at 8:22 am to Old Hellen Yeller
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And you whine and bitch in every single one of them. Idk what's worse
Lol what? Fiction can be fun.
Posted on 1/29/16 at 8:23 am to madmaxvol
HES is a hodgepodge of majors. It includes the "can't get into the business school business majors" like "Personal Finance" and it also includes all Nutrtion and all the "family planning" type majors.
Basically, it is like a big ole "COME TO ME" sign for athletes.
Basically, it is like a big ole "COME TO ME" sign for athletes.
Posted on 1/29/16 at 8:46 am to piggilicious
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and that Stats class required as much studying and work as any class outside of my 2-3 hardest Senior year Accounting classes.
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Obviously, I didn't go to Bama but that's how it was for me too.
Same for me at UNA and UAB. I hate myself enough that I got a Business degree AND an Accounting degree from two different institutions.
Posted on 1/29/16 at 9:13 am to AU24
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I don't post everyday about everything positive about Auburn.
Because that would take time away from posting something negative about Alabama?
Posted on 1/29/16 at 9:19 am to Irons Puppet
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The way University's have the Acedemic Support infrastructure in place
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