BLOGTOBERFEST: THAT ENZYTE GUY IS FULL OF SHIT EDITION

I have my Yankee perspective, but am looking for the locals’ view. What is the proper order of SEC in regard to academics (generally – not a specific field and unrelated to football admissions)?

edit – SEC schools

Touche to Mgoblog about the recruiting rankings. A better determinate of the quality of kids brought in is the “Average Star Rating.” OSU and Michigan are still well-represented there.

Also, Scott Kennedy works for Scout, who is owned by Fox, so you don’t want to mess with them (Cue robot-machine first down sound effects).

“The SEC’s top teams for the past decade have been among its highly regarded academic institutions..”

My sister, the Vandy alum, begs to differ.

Yankee boy #1

Vandy

Florida,
Georgia,

Everybody else…

That’s the rough view of academic quality in the SEC..

Joining the chorus: I would’ve guessed Vandy, Georgia, and Florida among top tier academies of the SEC. As for the Big 10, it would more likely be Michigan, Northwestern, and Indiana/Wisconsin. OSU is respected… but they ain’t that respected (this coming to me from a long-time friend who happens to be a tenured professor there.) Minor point.

And am I the only one who stares in disbelief at the fitness of many people who claim to be ‘physical therapists’? I know therapy isn’t all about running marathons, but come on…

According to US News:
1. Vanderbilt
2. Florida
3. Georgia
4. Auburn, Alabama, Tennessee
Everybody else is out of the top 120.

Might want to edit that LSU comment, and apologize to Randy.

Obviously we should rank schools by the most important of all programs: Tax Law and Sports Drink Invention.

UF reigns supreme

Guys, As a graduate of UF I can tell you that our firm no longer hires UF grads because of the image of UF due directly to the football teams trouble.

UF is not longer a public ivy. Machen is to blame.

Wow, Bama fans get knocked for our fanaticism, but looks like the Hawgs got some crazies, too…..

It’s so hot! Bilk was a bad choice. (sorry)

Also…bilk = swindle. Conicidence? I think not.

Masked Avenger:

I think it’s a case of each school “specializing” in certain disciplines….Alabama, Georgia and Florida have highly regarded law schools, Auburn and LSU are known for their engineering programs.

Mississippi schools have the highly sought debutante curricula, Vandy is generally regarded as “superior” simply because it’s private (as indeed is the perception of all private schools), and nobody really knows what South Carolina, Arkansas, and Kentucky are all about.

UK and South Carolina are also in the top 120.

“the nastiest letter ever penned to a single, late-adolescent college football fan”

I guess you forgot about the letter I send you after we broke up in high school. It left sulfur marks on the mailbox.

I really wish I still had a copy; that was good stuff.

Is that guy leading the aerobics class wearing lipstick?

I thought Chris Farley was dead.

Re: #15

Mark, he kinda looks like Carney Wilson ca. 1995.

I actually just saw Marcus Thomas on campus, he was smoking up with the kids from the Lampoon.

So now the SEC is immoral and unrestrained for giving the opportunity for a free college education to too many fringe players who really probly don’t have what it takes to go to college otherwise? Irrespective of the guessing game that is recruiting rankings, two words come to mind to describe that line of thinking:
tard….ass.

Also, #12, I think Arkansas has a good philosophy dept., and South Carolina…is only an hour from Charleston…

outside of academics, i just want an oregon pride shout out with that ‘women in waders’ calendar. i actually owned that one. july was gorgeous – visible bruising and a 12-guage. that is how we do business in this state.

i bought the calander in a bait store/diner/bar after three hours of post- steelheading comprised of video poker and beer.

oregon rules. who needs this “academics” you speak of?

If you replace “Orgeron” with “Oregon”, comment #20 has a similar effect.

Oregon sounds a lot like East Tennessee, actually. Which means “totally awesome.”

Orson,

What are your recollections of this letter TCOAN mentioned? Inquiring minds want to know.

It came in a box and ticked.

oregon rules. who needs this "academics" you speak of?

1) Judging by your grammar and spelling, you’ve made your decision.

2) Why did you not tell me about this Oregon hotness sooner, you swine?

3) Now I understand the sudden enthusiasm for fishing; here I thought you were just avoiding tort law classes.

4) Does your future missus know about this?

Never fear, by-standers, unlike the Orgeron, he ain’t heavy, he’s my brother. (And before he makes the obvious reply, I’m the one with the beer gut.)

God I love this place. Not only do we get intersectional bitch fights but intrafamily ones as well.

Oklahoma cheating?

This upcoming probation brought to you by the color Crimson. And it’s not Bama!

comment #25…

i’m totally telling mom.

#28—I just told her. She said she’ll get to it when we’re done. Don’t worry, I’ll leave a five spot on the nightstand when I leave. I’m a gentleman like that.

so that was YOU crying in the background when i called! I was wondering. Just heard mutterings about something never happening before…stop laughing it’s what the good lord gave me…

always nice to make a connection.

Re #24: Oh shit! So did my Valentine. Do you think Mrs. DG is trying to tell me that I spend too much time on the intarwebs?

thistle—that was me. Good punani makes me weep. And stop calling your mom collect you cheap bastard. It nearly spoiled the moment.

Ah, yo mama jokes never get old, do they Wilmer? Good times.

Theresa Prewett, Arkansas’ answer to Phyliss from Mulva or whatever she was on that Finebaum radio show. What a nut for nutt.

RCR – i choose to accept your backhanded compliment towards my mother.

i would like to conclude that while i don’t dare doubt the moral integrity of your mother, her armpits smell so funky that when she put on some secret…it told.

Off topic, but well worth it…

It’s a known fact Gators can’t survive in cold climates:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqrkSskzQOk&eurl=

Threadjack

Michigan is Hot Hot Hot for its 2007 home opener.

http://mgoblue.com/schedule.cfm?section_id=259&top=2&level=3&season_id=1008

I am so embarrassed.

All that anger can only be brought upon them by cold weather and wooly-legged women.

I hear the libraries are heated in Columbus.

#35.
Reminded me when Saddam’s statue was brought down in Baghdad.

#6, I’d just note that Indiana is typically ranked at the bottom of the Big Ten in academics. However, I must say that having lived in Indiana for a number of years, I’ve thought of this state as being very Southern without the typical social graces. Now that IU has hired a proven cheater as their basketball coach, they’ve truly embraced their Southern essence. I expect an application for membership into the SEC in the very near future.

And as a Georgia guy, I’d agree with the rankings of
1.Vandy
2.UF (but only because they’ve got a school of engineering, otherwise I’d probably rate them equally with Georgia)
3.Georgia
4-12. Everybody else.

Except when Saddam’s statue was brought down, it was symbolic of victory.

I realize I’m playing devil’s advocate here, but I was pleasantly surprised to see so few spelling/punctuation errors in Prewett’s anti-Mustain screed. You normally don’t see that kind of attention to detail in nutso unhinged angry superfan e-mails.

It’s almost scarier when you realize she can string a few sentences together and hit spellcheck.

Minor Threadjack:
Les Miles apologizes for saying fuck. (“fucking alabama” to be specific)
I can’t help but think of Anchorman:
“Don’t you know I would never say fuck! I would never fuckin’ say that word! Fuck!”
 
I don’t know how to post links so be prepared to copy and paste.
http://media.www.lsureveille.com/media/storage/paper868/news/2007/02/16/News/Coach.Miles.i.Apologize.For.Use.Of.Profanity-2725109.shtml

Also, check out the top of his head….wierd.

Apparently it is automatically posted as a link.
(kip voice)
Yes I love Technology….

Also, everybody note the From: address on that email…
beckcampbell@cox.net…
Does this mean we all now have Mitch Mustains moms email address?

this could be the start of something great…

She’s only a physical therapist?

How much money do you have to drop to get a sideline pass for Arkansas? $500, $750, or $1000? I’m surprised they don’t have used car salesman roaming the sideline handing out keys.

masked avenger: What’s wrong with Appalachian State? Dude, they won the last 2 I-AA championships. That’s no small accomplishment, because the I-AA championship is decided by an actual playoff as opposed to some kind of arcane, obtuse magical potion involving computers and polls. I have no doubt the ASU Mountaineers could (sigh) beat Northwestern and possibly Illinois who are both on the UM schedule. Notre Dame, well…that’s something to be ashamed about. (haha! Notre Dame cheap shot, suckers)

Scott Kennedy is employed by scout.com, not rivals.

Orson, thanks for the mention but c’mon brother no link?

“masked avenger: What’s wrong with Appalachian State?”

It was a point of pride that Michigan had not stooped to this level. It will be pretty difficult to tease Domers about the Commander in Chief trophy for the foreseeable future.

This is why App State is embarassing.

http://www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com/?p=1610

I was a GSI at UMICH and between me and many fellow GSIs, I think we ended up with quite a few athletes in various classes. Believe me, the BIg Ten ain’t recruiting academic delights on the whole either, even if they are recruiting fewer of them. And yes, Big Ten athletes have just as many academic “handlers/liaisons” as any SEC athlete. Mr. Big Ten has little room to talk in my opinion, but then again I think the whole Div 1 FB student athlete is a joke regardless. There are some athletes who certainly stand on their own in a college academic setting, but way too many of them take every ounce of effort from the academic liaisons to get through. Then again, I think many of them work far harder than I ever did so i will give them respect for that.

i’m totally telling mom.

Whatever. She always liked you more anyway.

i would like to conclude that while i don’t dare doubt the moral integrity of your mother, her armpits smell so funky that when she put on some secret…it told.

RCR is still recovering from calling his momma collect and hearing in the background “Ah yarh yarh yarh yarh…. bukkake!”

Oh shit, I’ve angered the Orgeron!

My favorite part of that letter is her insistence that life would be so much harder on Mustain had he gone to play for Charlie Weis. I love the fact that our coach (alum) is the one that fans, coaches and parents threaten players with – also reminds me of an old Steve Sax quote when he played for the portly Tommy Lasorda. “When Coach got mad at you, you either had to run four laps around the stadium, or three around him.”

Weis, part robot genius, part Lou Pinella, and all Delmonico medium rare with garlic butter.

Jackwraith,

You’re close, according to USN&WR: Northwestern 14, Michigan 24. For the first time, that score works in our favor. (rimshot) But I love Michigan; after all, it was my safety school.

Wisconsin at 34, then Illinois at 41 round out the top 50.

(sidebar) I for one will miss Chief Illiniwek. God, how I hate political correctness.(/sidebar)

tOSU is 57, which is somehow fitting.

You know Theresa Pruitt is considered a hottie by big 10 standards.

The idea that SEC schools somehow care more about winning than Big 10 schools is so ludicrous that it doesn’t even deserve response.

You want us on that US News report. You NEED us on that US News report!

Atlanta domer,
I think that the reason for the comments regarding Weis is due to the fact that Mitchell strongly considered Notre Dame before Nutt hired Malzahn and also because of the rumors that when Mitchell began looking to transfer, Notre Dame was one of the names mentioned.
People don’t threaten kids with Weis, they threaten them with Shula.

PJ,

What does Northwestern have, about 8000 students? Take Michigan’s top 8000 and measure that against NU’s 8000 — see what your rankings are then.

That’s why there’s a separate scale for public and private institutions.

But hey, I love Northwestern. It provides a guaranteed win every year… even in basketball.