Posted on 12/24/2005 5:02:51 PM PST by alydar
OF THE 28 COLLEGE FOOTBALL bowl games, only one should be played on the basis of graduation rates. That is the game between Boston College and Boise State.
They are two of only 14 teams that have overall graduation rates of 50 percent or higher, a black graduation rate of 50 percent or higher and racial graduation gaps of less than 15 percentage points.
Of the 56 bowl teams in my 10th-annual Graduation Gap Bowl, I would disqualify 37 of them for having overall graduation rates under 50 percent and/or black graduation rates under 50 percent and/or racial gaps of 15 percent or more.
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
"WACO, TEX. Duke University and Northwestern University will receive the American Football Coaches Associations 2005 Academic Achievement Award, which is presented annually by the Touchdown Club of Memphis. The schools each recorded a 100 percent graduation rate when all members of their freshman classes of 1999-2000 earned a degree."
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"Twenty-three other institutions will be recognized for graduating 70 percent or more of their football student-athletes. Four of those institutions achieved a rate of 90 percent or better: Boston College, Miami (Ohio), Notre Dame and Vanderbilt. The others receiving honorable mention are: Ball State, Colorado, Connecticut, East Carolina, Hawaii, Iowa, Kent State, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Carolina, Northern Illinois, Ohio, Penn State, SMU, Southern Mississippi, Texas Tech, Tulane, Wake Forest and Western Michigan." Source
No Pac 10 schools over 70%?...Hmmmmm.
Good job F-117A,thanks!
Notice how in the Bowl Disqualification category he starts using the words AND/OR. So the overall rate of graduation could be 85% but if the racial gap is more then 15% they're disqualified. At least that's how I read this
Touchdown
Teams with at least a 50 percent overall graduation success rate, at least a 50 percent black graduation rate, and racial gaps of less than 15 percentage points.
First Down
Teams with overall and black graduation rates of at least 50 percent, but racial gaps of 15 percentage points or more.
Bowl Disqualification
Teams with overall and/or black graduation rates under 50 percent and/or racial gaps of 15 percentage points or more:
Thanks--The uninitiated will not have an idea of what Bravo Zulu means, I certainly appreciate the comment.
Pound sand--
If that ever occurred in the history of NAPS almost 20 yeasr ago, that certainly not the case today nor has it been in the 12 years that I've been involved in the admissions process.
You are most welcome.
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And the same to you
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