College Football Smack Talk

[1911Sooner]

Arbuckle it is!

 

[Shadowrider]

Already on Wiki! lol

 

[1911Sooner]

 

[SoonerP226]

Some of the English teachers should be fired then, because a big chunk of the players doing interviews couldn't string together a coherent sentence if their life depended on it.

That’s not on their English professors; the ability to read and write English is foundational, for sure, but it doesn’t have a whole lot to do with one’s ability to communicate in front of the camera. A bunch of otherwise intelligent adults turn to gibbering idiots when you stick a camera and microphone in their faces.

BTW, those English professors are probably the ones who would most like to flunk an athlete. A whole bunch of arts and humanities professors don’t have a freaking clue who’s buttering their bread. Hell, It’s not like most of them teach undergrads, anyway—that’s why they have TAs.

 

[SoonerP226]

Which is the definition of a professional. The idea that an athlete would play for the benefit of an education is laughable now.

And there is zero loyalty to the team. Don't like it? Hit the portal. Oregon pays more? Transfer.

I don’t disagree with most of that. There are definitely student athletes who are in it for the education, just like there always have been, but there are for sure athletes who are in it for the money or the career advancement. I’d bet that there are more who transfer for non-cash considerations (don’t get along with a coach, don’t get enough playing time, looking for a system that better fits their talents, etc), but the transfer portal took loyalty and facing the consequences of your actions out being the barn and put a built through theit brains.

How many games involved brawls this weekend?

Dunno what that has to do with amateur vs. pro. ********* are going to be ********* regardless of whether or not the players are getting paid.

 

[SoonerP226]

 

[SoonerP226]

This one is kind of meh. Matt’s version was better.

 

[Bixby Sooner53]

I haven’t looked recently, but the graduation rates among athletes has been higher than in the general student population over the last 30 years or so.

College Football Graduation Rates​

According to the NCAA’s latest Graduation Success Rate (GSR) data, Division I college football players have a graduation rate of 83% (as of 2023). This means that 83% of football players who entered college in 2015 or later have graduated within six years.

Comparison of Graduation Rates by Conference​

• Power Five Conferences:
  • SEC: 92%
  • Big Ten: 90%
  • ACC: 88%
  • Big 12: 86%
  • Pac-12: 85%
• Group of Five Conferences:
  • American Athletic Conference: 83%
  • Conference USA: 78%
  • Mid-American Conference: 77%
  • Mountain West Conference: 76%
  • Sun Belt Conference: 74%

 

[Dorkus]

So does Gundy resign or continue to hold OSU hostage?

 

[Okie4570]

So does Gundy resign or continue to hold OSU hostage?

Resigns, and becomes the OC at OU...........