The gap between Texas...and everyone else.

First of 2 worthy reads from Husker Locker.

over 2 years ago run Bevo run 8 comments 0 recs |

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I was curious about his claims of us taking partial academic qualifiers...

I always thought we never took them or at least haven’t from the 90’s to now. I always remember the jokes about Nebraska having an enormous athletes-only majors program that was basically there to make sure no athlete ever failed out. I thought getting rid of those programs was a big point that we insisted on before joining the Big 12. And since when have Iowa State or Colorado turned their heads to a recruit due to grades? Perhaps I have just been drinking the Burnt Orange Koolaid, so let me know if I am wrong.

by Rickyspub on Jun 17, 2009 11:53 AM CDT reply actions

The article is saying we made everyone stop taking partial qualifiers

Not that we took them.

by Texas Wahoo on Jun 17, 2009 12:12 PM CDT reply actions

That's how I read it too

"From the waist down, Earl Campbell has the biggest legs I have ever seen on a running back." -John Madden

by run Bevo run on Jun 17, 2009 12:36 PM CDT up reply actions

Got it...

Just shows my biased thinking…I would have thought taking partial academic qualifiers at a major university would be considered an obvious bad, especially when done primarily for the sake of raising athletic department revenue. I couldn’t imagine the author was defending the practice! To make the suggestion that doing away with partial academic qualifiers was some part of a horrible slippery slope for the rest of the Big 12 really makes the rest of the conference sound like a bunch of diploma mills rather than serious institutions of learning. I can’t think of anything more despicable than taking an illiterate high school athlete and putting him in a basketweaving major and then patting him on the head and giving him a degree in four years just to make the football program a buck.

by Rickyspub on Jun 17, 2009 12:57 PM CDT up reply actions

Now that you have corrected me on the first issue, I am now wondering how we screwed NU on the other two...

What did we demand with regards to TV contracts and facilities upgrades that hurt NU?

by Rickyspub on Jun 17, 2009 1:37 PM CDT reply actions

It may have something to do with

The Big XII starting on UT’s upswing and NU’s downswing.

"From the waist down, Earl Campbell has the biggest legs I have ever seen on a running back." -John Madden

by run Bevo run on Jun 17, 2009 3:31 PM CDT up reply actions

That is the obvious point, I just wondered if there was some real facts behind his excuses...

He seems to want to blame Texas when he should actually blame Dr. Tom for retiring in the first place! Joe Pa is still going at it with some success. Had Osborne stayed a little longer he might kept the program breathing enough to suck some of the talent out of Texas while the conference was still finding its equilibrium point. Now they are left on relatively equal footing with their North division colleagues to try and suck a little of the second tier talent away from Tech, A&M, Baylor, OSU, and TCU. They would have had a better shot if they were an exotic top program from another conference since it seems Texas blue chippers are more likely to choose USC, LSU, Ohio State, or Michigan over a Big 12 North team.

by Rickyspub on Jun 17, 2009 3:44 PM CDT up reply actions

I couldn't gather

I’m not sure if he was saying it was coincidence or the plot of the Big XII. I think OU would be more of a problem to NU than UT. What they should do is win the battles from the Purdues and Wisconsins of the world. You’re not going to convince me they couldn’t do a better job snagging the guys that end up a Michigan.

"From the waist down, Earl Campbell has the biggest legs I have ever seen on a running back." -John Madden

by run Bevo run on Jun 17, 2009 3:59 PM CDT up reply actions