Harvard of the South

[ball915]

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/...e-teams-for-academics-20130605,0,3270218.post

 

[frostycane]

Harvard of the south? not so much... But I would take Stanford East! And honestly there is nothing wrong with that...... Better than being a WVU....Or even an LSU and I dont care how much success they have had lately.

 

[bocacane]

I'm an alumni and I'd rather just have a Top 10 football team again. To **** with the Harvard of the north, south, east and west!

 

[magilacuty cane]

I'm an alumni and I'd rather just have a Top 10 football team again. To **** with the Harvard of the north, south, east and west!

 

[FullyERicht]

I'm an alumni and I'd rather just have a Top 10 football team again. To **** with the Harvard of the north, south, east and west!

Same. There already is a Harvard of the South. Its called Duke. Who wants to be a ******* nerd school when you can be the U???

 

[Phydeaux]

As a grad, it carried weight when you first get out into the workforce
Once you work 10 years and add the graduate degree - the degree means diddly.

Still proud of where they have gone, but give me a **** Championship. And F Harvard and uptight, ivory tower bleeding heart Ivy Leaguers. LOL

 

[rok]

I'm an alumni and I'd rather just have a Top 10 football team again. To **** with the Harvard of the north, south, east and west!

As a grad, it carried weight when you first get out into the workforce
Once you work 10 years and add the graduate degree - the degree means diddly.

Still proud of where they have gone, but give me a **** Championship. And F Harvard and uptight, ivory tower bleeding heart Ivy Leaguers. LOL

These two posts sum things up pretty eloquently

 

[sebastian91]

I'm an alumni and I'd rather just have a Top 10 football team again. To **** with the Harvard of the north, south, east and west!

As a grad, it carried weight when you first get out into the workforce
Once you work 10 years and add the graduate degree - the degree means diddly.

Still proud of where they have gone, but give me a **** Championship. And F Harvard and uptight, ivory tower bleeding heart Ivy Leaguers. LOL

These two posts sum things up pretty eloquently

No, they don't. I'm an alumnus, too, with two grad degrees from other schools after Miami. Sports are great, and it's awesome when the teams are successful, but they mean nothing compared to the university as an educational institution. The mission of higher learning is not to win championships to satisfy a bunch of message board nobodies.

 

[sniffin94]

I'm an alumni and I'd rather just have a Top 10 football team again. To **** with the Harvard of the north, south, east and west!

As a grad, it carried weight when you first get out into the workforce
Once you work 10 years and add the graduate degree - the degree means diddly.

Still proud of where they have gone, but give me a **** Championship. And F Harvard and uptight, ivory tower bleeding heart Ivy Leaguers. LOL

These two posts sum things up pretty eloquently

No, they don't. I'm an alumnus, too, with two grad degrees from other schools after Miami. Sports are great, and it's awesome when the teams are successful, but they mean nothing compared to the university as an educational institution. The mission of higher learning is not to win championships to satisfy a bunch of message board nobodies.

Negged

 

[TheMatador]

I'm an alumni and I'd rather just have a Top 10 football team again. To **** with the Harvard of the north, south, east and west!

Same. There already is a Harvard of the South. Its called Duke. Who wants to be a ****ing nerd school when you can be the U???

Yeah, and for years, Emory called itself the Harvard of the South, although I think that might be more appropriately be given to Duke. Harvard is top ten in most disciplines; I didn't read the article, but I fail to see how UM has reached that level, yet. UM might now be top 50, but top ten?

Sorry, guys. No. I'm not an alum.

 

[RBhurricane87]

As an alumnus, I want to see my school move up in the academic rankings.

However, football/sports is one of the biggest marketing tools a university can have.

If we start being successful in football again, we will gain more popularity among college applicants.

It's a win-win for the school.

 

[FullyERicht]

How does the increase in SAT scores from current students make your ten year old degree any more valuable?

Just bc the crop of students is more academically inclined, doesn't mean that the dumb blonde from class of 88 is now a smarter, more highly educated person.

It saddens me to see the school become something it's not and never was, and the idea that this somehow will fool employers (not that I care, I'm independently employed) is absurd.

If you didn't graduate post '05, your degree doesn't suddenly change color and your qualifications don't improve just bc some ******* nerdy ***** kid chose to take his calculator to the Gables.

 

[Consigliere]

You guys act like the options are

GREAT SCHOOL

or

GREAT FOOTBALL PROGRAM.

These are not mutually exclusive things, in fact Stanford, Notre Dame (recently) and USC all managed to have success and are GREAT SCHOOLS ACADEMICALLY.

Whether you prefer one or the other is a different story. To say your school is a top X school academically does not hurt in recruiting though.

 

[Dingaan1828]

How does the increase in SAT scores from current students make your ten year old degree any more valuable?

Just bc the crop of students is more academically inclined, doesn't mean that the dumb blonde from class of 88 is now a smarter, more highly educated person.

It saddens me to see the school become something it's not and never was, and the idea that this somehow will fool employers (not that I care, I'm independently employed) is absurd.

If you didn't graduate post '05, your degree doesn't suddenly change color and your qualifications don't improve just bc some ******* nerdy ***** kid chose to take his calculator to the Gables.

The school your degree is from can/will help you land a job. Soon enough however, employers will know if you can't tell **** from bean dip.

 

[frostycane]

You guys act like the options are

GREAT SCHOOL

or

GREAT FOOTBALL PROGRAM.

These are not mutually exclusive things, in fact Stanford, Notre Dame (recently) and USC all managed to have success and are GREAT SCHOOLS ACADEMICALLY.

Whether you prefer one or the other is a different story. To say your school is a top X school academically does not hurt in recruiting though.

This was kind of the point I was trying to make. I wanna see us at the top in the football rankings as well. Gotta be honest, it was pretty cool being relevant in hoops this past yr. However I can also be proud of the University and the people that make it up for being smart just as I can be proud of them being athletic.

 

[Consigliere]

You guys act like the options are

GREAT SCHOOL

or

GREAT FOOTBALL PROGRAM.

These are not mutually exclusive things, in fact Stanford, Notre Dame (recently) and USC all managed to have success and are GREAT SCHOOLS ACADEMICALLY.

Whether you prefer one or the other is a different story. To say your school is a top X school academically does not hurt in recruiting though.

This was kind of the point I was trying to make. I wanna see us at the top in the football rankings as well. Gotta be honest, it was pretty cool being relevant in hoops this past yr. However I can also be proud of the University and the people that make it up for being smart just as I can be proud of them being athletic.

I understand. If the options WERE mutually exclusive, I would rather have the sports but they are not and it doesn't matter. Look at WVU, they are not a top 150 institution. They have pretty poor admissions requirements and academics, does this get them wins?

I assure everyone that Bama is not a Great Program because there school is out of the top 75 academically.