I think we're turning the corner

[Chief00]

Being good at football.

The SEC schools have different admissions standard for football players and an easy path to success once they get admitted. A few years ago Bama football had a higher APR than Harvard basketball. That’s not by accident.

 

[Palatine]

Not original to me, but the P5 conferences may decide to cut the fat and form, say, 4 football only conferences of 12 teams each allowed to qualify for the national championship playoffs. /QUOTE]

That's a great idea if you want to reduce the popularity of the sport.

If you want to grow revenues, you expand the playoff to eight or sixteen and invite Cinderellas from out the P5.

 

[nUConn Fan]

Brian Kelly once said that only 1 or 2 players on the ND football team met the academic admission standards. UConn needs to wake up and ditch this "student athlete" model. We can all see where that is getting us.

They’ve already ditched that model with this year’s group.

 

[Adios]

I know you Neanderthals don't think women matter, but they do, leaving trails of destruction. Women are gaining actual equality in terms of perception. With that said, there's no way our basketball programs are going to be left to rot, especially with the championships and alumni they've produced. Without those, we'd be at UMass' level.

 

[gopher2]

They’ve already ditched that model with this year’s group.

Thanks. News to me. Can anyone else verify that we have lowered admissions requirements for football players to a point where our recruiting should significantly improve?