Jay's idea for BCS rankings

did anyone see this yesterday?

i guess it's an interesting concept, i don't think it would ever be considered. at the very least it'd help us a bit. i wonder if this was originally a joepa idea?

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Field Goals should be set to equal GPA

Kevin Kelly approves of this.

by Aaron PSU on Dec 18, 2009 11:16 AM EST reply actions

maybe we should have a quiz bowl instead of a rose bowl

We decide when you hear the snap count...

by thedrizzle on Dec 18, 2009 11:29 AM EST up reply actions

This plan would backfire so fast

to the point where you would no longer see any football players pursuing degrees in any tough fields, and the universities with poor graduation rates would make even easier “majors” for their athletes to pursue.

Soon Georgia Tech will move their 27% graduation rate much closer to 100%, but the quality of education will likely not actually improve one bit. This would then obscure the efforts by schools that actually DO have good academic standards, as everyone will probably be close to that 100% mark.

by The JuggerNitt on Dec 18, 2009 2:46 PM EST reply actions

Sorry JayPa

I luv ya, but I agree with the Jugger…just as any other institution that needs to improve a grading system, those in charge would end up “teaching” the exam, so as to raise the grade or rate…oh, wait a minute , F$U does that all the time as in please don’t take away my 14 wins or I’ll have nothin’ to leave my grandkids…there’s an old saying, “Wish in one hand and $hit in the other”…it just won’t work…just as the “pharmacists” are way ahead of the law when making new drugs that don’t yet show up on testing standards.

by DerryPharmer on Dec 18, 2009 6:42 PM EST reply actions

No ~~child~~ college athlete left behind!

by The JuggerNitt on Dec 21, 2009 2:12 PM EST up reply actions

Commendable as it is, grad rate has no relevance to play on the field.

Integrating academics is ultimately an arbitrary item to rank. You might as well rank the football squads on how carbon neutral they are or how much community service is (voluntarily) performed. Coming from a school with such a high grad rate, it sounds like sour grapes more than anything.

I think the opposite approach is better: don’t reward teams for academic success, penalize teams for repeated academic ~~incompeTEXAS~~ incompetence by taking away scholarships. I think something is already in place, but I don’t know if it is enforced.

by Cairo on Dec 21, 2009 12:03 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

i can tell you with certainty

that hawaii would be screwed in a carbon-neutrality based system.

i like the scholarships idea. unfortunately, i think we’d have the same situation as if academics factored into BCS rankings. schools with a poor academic standing would dumb down (even more) the academic “strain” they put on their players. i mean, you could legislate all you want, but i’m sure schools will always find ways around it.

We decide when you hear the snap count...

by thedrizzle on Dec 21, 2009 12:20 PM EST up reply actions