Dr Winston O'Boogie;884757 wrote:My alumni tickets were always getting me nose bleeds for Little Sisters of the Poor (haha) and so I quit buying them. I was much more comfortable in the air conditioning Saturday. Plus when the game was over (sometime after OSU's first score), I could go find somethign else to do.

Dr Winston O'Boogie;884757 wrote:My alumni tickets were always getting me nose bleeds for Little Sisters of the Poor (haha) and so I quit buying them. I was much more comfortable in the air conditioning Saturday. Plus when the game was over (sometime after OSU's first score), I could go find somethign else to do.

Automatik;884986 wrote:Alumni tickets are a rip off. I thought most people knew this.

Dr Winston O'Boogie;885151 wrote:On top of Gee's original blunders back in August, he then proceeds to write an op-ed piece for the USA Today where he cites Ohio State football as being in first place academically among the current Top 25 football programs. I've read and seen original sources that prove that this is simply not true. Pathetic enough from anyone in a position of authority. But from an academic who knows the importance of accuracy!!! I call it misleading at best and more probably lying.

This guy is a black mark on Ohio State. I know New Albany Money Bags who owns the school insists he stays around. But Ohio State is worse for having him.

Dr Winston O'Boogie;885151 wrote:On top of Gee's original blunders back in August, he then proceeds to write an op-ed piece for the USA Today where he cites Ohio State football as being in first place academically among the current Top 25 football programs. I've read and seen original sources that prove that this is simply not true. Pathetic enough from anyone in a position of authority. But from an academic who knows the importance of accuracy!!! I call it misleading at best and more probably lying.

Dr Winston O'Boogie;885151 wrote: But Ohio State is worse for having him.

Y-Town Steelhound;885233 wrote:Any Ohio State student, (you know, the people who actually attend the university and know what the hell is going on) will tell you the complete opposite, especially compared to Holbrook.

FatHobbit;885299 wrote:Lol, they just hated her because she cracked down on the drunk fest.

Y-Town Steelhound;885321 wrote:I think it was more of her just not being a very good university president. Though I admit that categorizing a 50,000+ student campus as a bunch of rioters who do nothing but partake in "drunken orgies" (and I must say that my 4 years here at OSU, I have never partaken in nor heard of any drunken orgies....I must have missed them) probably didn't help her cause. There's a reason she's now at some joke position at USF.

enigmaax;885193 wrote:We, uh, chalking this up as a strikeout now?

Dr Winston O'Boogie;885356 wrote:Strikeout? No

http://espn.go.com/espn/page2/story/_/id/6862152/tmq-says-nfl-players-accept-rules-start-own-league

dwccrew;884735 wrote:Colorado beat Georgia last season, so how is it a fail to compare them to Georgia? Also, you are using the VT win for Boise's benefit because of VT's final season ranking, let's see where Georgia finishes at the end of the year. My guess is at least 5 losses.

LOL, I'm not even considering the win against Akron when talking about whether or not the Buckeyes would be favored at home against Boise St. This is still Ohio State we are talking about. People act as if they lost every starter off last year's team. They are a top ranked team still and predicted to finish second in their division in the Big 10. They very well could still win the Big 10. they still have one of the best defenses in the country.

When speaking of consistency in the college football world, Ohio State must be considered. I'm not saying they would win against Boise St. at home (although I would bet on them), but to say Ohio State wouldn't be favored at home against Boise St. definitely proves to me that someone doesn't understand the world of odds making. BSU was a 3.5 point favorite against ****ty old Georgia! BSU would go into Columbus, the reigning 6 time Big Ten champs and a team that won 2 consecutive BCS bowls and still have one of the best defenses and be favored? OK. Easy for you to say when the game isn't happening.

See above. We're talking Ohio State here. Wisconsin, Nebraska and Ohio State are 3 teams in the Big Ten that I'd bet almost anything on being FAVORED at home against BSU.

enigmaax;885377 wrote:"It measures only whether players stay enrolled in college and are eligible to play." Do athletes not have to "perform" academically to stay eligible? APR is a performance measurement based on academic criteria and whether it is a "rigorous" formula or not, it is widely accepted and becoming an increasingly important figure to the NCAA. Since it is the only measurement of performance that the NCAA uses to determine whether or not a school is adequately balancing academics and athletics (they don't reduce scholarships for grade point average), I'd say he quite accurately represented his school's standing.

Dr Winston O'Boogie;885882 wrote:There are various metrics to measure performance. Whether players stay enrolled in school is hardly the prime measurement of how strong the academic performance by the team is. The article I linked to also indicates that Ohio State's high ranking was in the category of "improvement", not "performance".

Look, I think Tressel did a good job with his players on the academic front. My reason for pointing this out is to provide another example of Gee being a complete liability to the school. He's created a cult of personality.

Academic Progress Rate (APR).The APR is the fulcrum upon which the entire academic-reform structure rests. Developed as a more real-time assessment of teams' academic performance than the six-year graduation-rate calculation provides, the APR awards two points each term to student-athletes who meet academic-eligibility standards and who remain with the institution. A team's APR is the total points earned by the team at a given time divided by the total points possible.