I've never seen a team more overmatched. At any level. Ever.

[Hornet22]

Stanford I do. Nobody else do I feel that way about. Not a lot of one and dones in BBall and not a lot of early entry candidates in the NFL either. In addition, back when I followed recruiting closely, it was not uncommon to see their recruits also have offers from most/all of the IVY schools.

The Ivy Leagues operate on a band system from 4 being top student to 1 being an academic help kid. Which band you fall in is based on your Academic Index (based on SAT and GPA). Out of the 30 kids they are able to bring on in a year, they are allowed a few kids in the 1 and 2 bands but have to take I believe a mandatory 13 kids in Band 4. This balances it all out.
As for Stanford, they do lessen the SAT and GPA requirements for their football players. Depending on how high you rank on their board suggests what your grades can be in order for them to vouch for you in admissions. Preferred walk ons are held to a much higher academic standard then scholarship guys.

 

[noeynox]

The Ivy Leagues operate on a band system from 4 being top student to 1 being an academic help kid. Which band you fall in is based on your Academic Index (based on SAT and GPA). Out of the 30 kids they are able to bring on in a year, they are allowed a few kids in the 1 and 2 bands but have to take I believe a mandatory 13 kids in Band 4. This balances it all out.
As for Stanford, they do lessen the SAT and GPA requirements for their football players. Depending on how high you rank on their board suggests what your grades can be in order for them to vouch for you in admissions. Preferred walk ons are held to a much higher academic standard then scholarship guys.

Good info.

 

[TRest]

The admissions standards relative to the general student body don’t matter.

The admission standards for athletes relative to other schools does.

It’s also what happens when you get there. It’s not just letting them in - you gotta remove the schoolwork.

Based on what I've heard from people on campus with some former BB players, they couldn't find Gampel without an escort. If Temple can get kids in that we can't, it's a pretty low bar.

 

[CL82]

So in your opinion he crushed it here? Give me some examples. I mean like besides the genius Diaco hire.

Well in Michigan's opinion "he crushed here" but I'm sure you are right and they are wrong.

 

[whaler11]

Well in Michigan's opinion "he crushed here" but I'm sure you are right and they are wrong.

He crushed us all right. They are right about that.

 

[TRest]

He crushed us all right. They are right about that.

Wait until Warde has to replace Harbaugh.

 

[CL82]

Wait until Warde has to replace Harbaugh.

"Hey buddy! I hear you have an opening... Warde? Warde? I think we were cutoff."

 

[noeynox]

Well in Michigan's opinion "he crushed here" but I'm sure you are right and they are wrong.

He's an alum. He used UConn as a stepping stone and got ASAP before the Diaco poop bomb exploded. He fixed our apr issues, but the one job he couldn't fail at he absolutely bombed at. Basically, it's like crediting the plumber even though he burnt you're house down.

 

[noeynox]

Well in Michigan's opinion "he crushed here" but I'm sure you are right and they are wrong.

Plus Michigan doesn't exactly have a revenue problem. What we needed was a forward looking Lew Perkins type, not a landscape monitor.

 

[Waquoit]

He fixed our apr issues,

Anyone could have said, "Hey Jim, don't run too many off at once anymore, okay?"

 

[noeynox]

Anyone could have said, "Hey Jim, don't run too many off at once anymore, okay?"

To the extent that he did anything of note here, that's it. He had one job. Hire someone better than PP. F MINUS GRADE.

 

[champs99and04]

Let's all not forget one very important element to Louisville - they are a big-time scam and lied, cheated, and bribed their way to the ACC. But that's how business gets done and they got it done. We were too busy making sure we had perfect APR scores and looking like choir boys/girls that we forgot that the FSUs, Clemsons, UNCs, etc don't give a rat's patoot about ethics or morality. They care about money and only money and UL delivered the case to make more money - legally and illegally - when we didn't.

I agree on the surface, but I think it's a bit more layered than that. To the extent that Herbst's self-righteousness may help at times is more than offset by her maddening ignorance on matters of general equality. With respect to the Ollie firing, I actually believe that she's been duped into accepting the cause at face value. My impression is that she is shockingly naive, not necessarily in a totally bad way, but in a manner that creates a ton of variance in her choices. The stances she took on Calhoun and Ollie seem like polar opposites - she vigorously pursued a 'fix' for the trivial problems that plagued the program under Calhoun, then emptied the gas chamber when they needed to save money on Ollie. Except, they're only incompatible when viewed through the lens of business interest. In her mind, she's building the ethical foundation first and then recruiting the dollars to sustain it. That's why the things she's good at, like fundraising, have so often confused people into believing she's been good at her job, which...I guess makes perception reality.

The irony is that she had to play dirty - or be fooled into playing dirty, depending on what you believe - to maybe save her legacy.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

Based on what I've heard from people on campus with some former BB players, they couldn't find Gampel without an escort.

I thought that was just a Louisville thing? See we were ACC quality all along.

 

[uconnphil2016]

Wait until Warde has to replace Harbaugh.

I imagine he met Harbaugh and thought wow, this guy’s way more stable than my last football coach.

That’s saying something considering Harbaughs demeanor

 

[CL82]

He's an alum. He used UConn as a stepping stone and got ASAP before the Diaco poop bomb exploded. He fixed our apr issues, but the one job he couldn't fail at he absolutely bombed at. Basically, it's like crediting the plumber even though he burnt you're house down.

If you are saying Diaco was certifiably insane and, perhaps more importantly, utterly incompetent as our head football coach, I am in full agreement. As I've posted on many occasions, I can't find too much fault for Warde's hiring of the guy though. He was a Broyles award winning coach and his particular brand of insanity would have come off as quirky enthusiasm in a interview. I think most of us would have pulled the trigger on the guy.

 

[Madmannsucks]

I seem to remember Georgia Tech beating Cumberland 222 to nothing.
Rockford 105 TBC 0
USF 80 Wesleyan 3
Georgia Southern vs Johnson C. Smith, 2004
Princeton 115 Virginia 0
Huskers 77 Devils 28
Noles 77 Wolfpack 17
Nebraska 84 Goofers 13 Minnesota
Gators 58 Tigers 3 FLA vs LSU
'Canes 58 Irish 7
Alabama vs Vanderbilt 78 -0 Vandy
Sooners 68 Wildcats 0
Trojans 76 Bruins 0

I could go on, but when you say you have never seen a team so overmatched at any level, ever...I say hmmmmmmm.

 

[HuskiesFan1014]

If you are saying Diaco was certifiably insane and, perhaps more importantly, utterly incompetent as our head football coach, I am in full agreement. As I've posted on many occasions, I can't find too much fault for Warde's hiring of the guy though. He was a Broyles award winning coach and his particular brand of insanity would have come off as quirky enthusiasm in a interview. I think most of us would have pulled the trigger on the guy.

He was an easy man crush. Notre Dame, for Fecks sake! And every female member of our tailgating group got all gushy at the Husky walk. Then he started talking. And losing. And talking.

 

[UConnNick]

If you are saying Diaco was certifiably insane and, perhaps more importantly, utterly incompetent as our head football coach, I am in full agreement. As I've posted on many occasions, I can't find too much fault for Warde's hiring of the guy though. He was a Broyles award winning coach and his particular brand of insanity would have come off as quirky enthusiasm in a interview. I think most of us would have pulled the trigger on the guy.

I'd like to pull a trigger on Bobby Diablo, a different sort of trigger than you had in mind.

 

[kemba]

I do fault Warde. Its one thing to fool people in an introductory press conference, its another when going through a hiring process. Obviously recruits didn't buy what he was selling. If 18 year old kids can see through him, our AD should have too.

 

[noeynox]

If you are saying Diaco was certifiably insane and, perhaps more importantly, utterly incompetent as our head football coach, I am in full agreement. As I've posted on many occasions, I can't find too much fault for Warde's hiring of the guy though. He was a Broyles award winning coach and his particular brand of insanity would have come off as quirky enthusiasm in a interview. I think most of us would have pulled the trigger on the guy.

I just ask by what measure was warde a success here? Easy hire? You can say that about any hire. The important thing was to hire a competent coach a and he failed. That hire set us back a decade easy and pretty much ended the p5 dream, but hey he got hired at Michigan.

 

[CL82]

I just ask by what measure was warde a success here? Easy hire? You can say that about any hire. The important thing was to hire a competent coach a and he failed. That hire set us back a decade easy and pretty much ended the p5 dream, but hey he got hired at Michigan.

So let me turn that around. You’re basically saying that one decision he made, which was made by reasonable criteria, means that everything else he did his invalidated. Kind of silly position

 

[noeynox]

So let me turn that around. You’re basically saying that one decision he made, which was made by reasonable criteria, means that everything else he did his invalidated. Kind of silly position

And yet, "he got hired by Michigan, thus he is great" isnt silly?

Ultimately results matter. It's how we judge coaches. I just want to know what he accomplished while here that makes him a success in your eyes other than he got the Michigan job.

That one decision reasonable criteria or not is a colossal failure. Just like Hathaway hiring PP was a failure, just like Bendedict extending Ollie was a failure.

 

[CL82]

And yet, "he got hired by Michigan, thus he is great" isnt silly?

Ultimately results matter. It's how we judge coaches. I just want to know what he accomplished while here that makes him a success in your eyes other than he got the Michigan job.

That one decision reasonable criteria or not is a colossal failure. Just like Hathaway hiring PP was a failure, just like Bendedict extending Ollie was a failure.

Results do matter. All the national championships that happened under Wardes watch? They matter. Fixing RPI? It matters. Getting us through the NCAA ban? It mattered. And yeah Michigan did see all that and guess what? It mattered.

But keep going all in on “duh Diaco sucked” as if that carries the day.

 

[noeynox]

Results do matter. All the national championships that happened under Wardes watch? They matter. Fixing RPI? It matters. Getting us through the NCAA ban? It mattered. But keep going all in on “duh Diaco sucked” as if that carries the day.

Wtf? So the ones under Hathaway dont?

That's silly. Hathaway hired P and he is scorched Warde hired Diaco but he guided us through the NCAA ban by doing what? We were banned he had no choice or say. He showed up to work while we were banned, but he got hired at Michigan.

 

[CL82]

Wtf? So the ones under Hathaway dont?

That's silly. Hathaway hired P and he is scorched Warde hired Diaco but he guided us through the NCAA ban by doing what? We were banned he had no choice or say. He showed up to work while we were banned, but he got hired at Michigan.

Lol so the only criteria is “ duh Diaco sucked”.