What I learned today were a few more important numbers...the graduation rates of the students in the games.
Wake Forest will graduate 93% of its football players - 90% of its African American football players. Compare that to a 93% overall student-athlete graduation. Nobody has smarter players than Wake Fores
Louisville will graduate 53% of it football players and 47% of its black players compared to a 68% overall graduation rate.
So, what's wrong with football players...Wake Forest not included (they are dudes)?
Nothing perhaps, as long as they can bring home umpteen million dollars.
What do you think?
You said "no one has smarter players than Wake Forest". They are surely among the smartest, but among the major conferences you can't discount Boston College, Notre Dame, Stanford, Northwestern or Duke, all of which have top graduation rates. Of all the bowl games played this year, the BC-Navy matchup pitted the two schools with the higheest graduation rates against each other.
Posted by: Bob Vanasse | January 2, 2007 9:58 PM | Permalink to Comment