College Football 2010: So it begins

[Donegeal]

Big Ten and two suckers.

[rah]

Reading the reviews this morning it seems that the division names are universally despised. I love Delany brushing it off saying "if people don't embrace it in the first hour, then maybe after 24-36 hours, or in a couple of years." Let's try centuries.

[SpencerH]

Woot, Rutgers on the low % list

Both Alabama and Auburn on the high % list is no surprise (though Alabama, and Arkansas, over 50% makes on think that instead of academic institutions that have athletics, they are more athletic institutions that have academics!), but I'm kind of surprised that UGA isn't there.

The reason you're surprised is because the "percentages" are obviously highly manipulated and/or outright lies. Clearly, universities such as Alabama spend more on athletics than Harvard (for example). The last time I looked, Alabama football alone brought $65M to the university. How much do you think Harvard football brings in? I'm not pretending that Alabama has the same academic qualifications as Harvard (OTOH it doesnt have the pretentious bull**** either). As someone who has long looked down at Alabama academics, I was surprised to find that within Alabama there is a core of honor students that Alabama recruits just as keenly as they do football players (well maybe not quite so keenly ).

[Donegeal]

UW-Whitewater wins the Div-III National Championship for the second year in a row and the 3rd time in 4 years! That's a NCAA leading 30 game win streak for the Warhawks!

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=ap-divisioniiichampionship

[Tupac Shakur]

No one cares.

[SlowwHand]

I think it's pretty impressive.

Coppage ran for 299 yards, an Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl record, and three touchdowns

[Tuberski]

The reason you're surprised is because the "percentages" are obviously highly manipulated and/or outright lies. Clearly, universities such as Alabama spend more on athletics than Harvard (for example). The last time I looked, Alabama football alone brought $65M to the university. How much do you think Harvard football brings in? I'm not pretending that Alabama has the same academic qualifications as Harvard (OTOH it doesnt have the pretentious bull**** either). As someone who has long looked down at Alabama academics, I was surprised to find that within Alabama there is a core of honor students that Alabama recruits just as keenly as they do football players (well maybe not quite so keenly ).

They need someone to write term papers for the football team.

ACK!

[Tupac Shakur]

They need someone to write term papers for the football team.

Comparative advantage

[SlowwHand]

All I know is that I don't care about who wins the BCS Championship, as long as it's close and hopefully filled with inept mistakes, and a TCU team that trashes Wisconsin.
TCU is a 3 point favorite, as I write this.

[Imran Siddiqui]

TCU is not going to be voted National Champion regardless.

[SlowwHand]

Of course not, but then people can shake their heads and say again how the BCS sucks.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Why do you think that's not going to happen regardless?

[Donegeal]

TCU isn't even going to win the Rose Bowl. They are going to get trounced by my Badgers.

[SlowwHand]

We'll see. It should be a decent game.

[Guynemer]

I'm trying real, real, REAL hard not to gloat about Ohio State...