Letter to Editor by SMU Prof. J Slocum. WOW.

[Hoop Fan]

Slocum, a longtime Business school prof at SMU, took a public shot at Turner and the extension of Bennetts contract in the DMN today. He also seemed to question why SMU was so worried about grad rates when UT has the lowest in the Big 12 and no one seems to care a bit. I'm sure Slocum has tenure, and he was probably just making the grad rate point for effect, but wow.

[PonySnob]

All very valid points that he made. I would gladly give up some graduation rate to have a team that wins 9-10 games a year on a regular basis instead of one winning season in the last 15 years.

[Pony_Fan]

Slocum, a longtime Business school prof at SMU, took a public shot at Turner and the extension of Bennetts contract in the DMN today. He also seemed to question why SMU was so worried about grad rates when UT has the lowest in the Big 12 and no one seems to care a bit. I'm sure Slocum has tenure, and he was probably just making the grad rate point for effect, but wow.

Good for him!

[McClown27]

All very valid points that he made. I would gladly give up some graduation rate to have a team that wins 9-10 games a year on a regular basis instead of one winning season in the last 15 years.

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[Stallion]

No- seriously I'm not shy in expressing my own opinions.

[MrMustang1965]

Will someone please post a copy of that letter? I can't find it on the DMN web site.

[PK]

Will someone please post a copy of that letter? I can't find it on the DMN web site.

smupony94 did on the thread entitled "DMN Assessment of SMU 2001 class" on the Recruiting board.

[MrMustang1965]

Thanks, PK.

[Dutch]

the graduation rate is a rediculous point of contention. if kids want to succeed, they will. if they don't they won't. and it is possible to have longstanding success on the field and in the classroom. Nebraska does.

http://nebraska.statepaper.com/vnews/di ... a55fc57d3e

"According to federal graduation rates released by the NCAA earlier this month, Nebraska led the Big 12 Conference for the third consecutive year with a 93 percent exhausted eligibility rate."

"That means 417 of 448 scholarship student-athletes who completed their athletic eligibility at Nebraska also earned their undergraduate degree. The survey included members of incoming freshman classes from the 1989-90 through 1998-99 school years."

"Nebraska leads the nation with 226 Academic All-Americans among all sports since 1962. Notre Dame is a distant second on the list with 64 fewer Academic All-Americans than NU."

[Charleston Pony]

I guess this explains why Nebraska no longer competes for the Big XII title

[Stallion]

True-smart kids often want to play for winning programs too. SMU in the 1980s had several more academic All-Americans than we have had since the Death Penalty.

[PonySnob]

True-smart kids often want to play for winning programs too. SMU in the 1980s had several more academic All-Americans than we have had since the Death Penalty.

The fact we were handing out cash probably did not hurt!

[gostangs]

Plus doing well at Nebraska is a pretty low bar don't ya think?

[McClown27]

No- seriously I'm not shy in expressing my own opinions.

Gull darn it, I lost $50.

[GoRedGoBlue]

I guess this explains why Nebraska no longer competes for the Big XII title

Nebraska ALWAYS led the nation with Aca-All-Americans...even winning National Championships.

The problem is that cornhusking 101 isn't all that hard to get a 4.0 in.