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I don't know how we let this little gem slip by. Compares info on SAT and GPA scores apparently availiable through Freedom of Information ACT. Note private schools don't have to comply generally. The second link is a page on which you can check other teams not in Top 10 or Bottom 10. For example, the third link pulls up UT establishing them as the No. 20 ranked program(among surveyed schools) in SAT scores PROVING my long stated statement that UT does not recruit from the lowest common denominator that others do-in fact they recruit from the same academic pool roughly as SMU does now. To further prove my point UT Football players had a GPA of 3.20- which was 3rd highest the Country for surveyed schools. I guess a lot of you really don't know what your talking about with regard to Texas Football-DO YOU?

http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sport ... ab_newstab


http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sport ... abase.html


http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sport ... 8525098711

Here is a complete report on all surveyed schools


http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sport ... nform_artr

Lets hear it for my boys at A&M representin'.

You'd think if we were gonna recruit less than stellar scholars, they should at least be able to play football.

/sigh

Hey look at the Bright Side-You finally beat Texas Tech in something

we can beat tceh at things...just not football

UT is no. 20 of the surveyed schools for which data was available. Of course, there were only 53 schools in the survey. So that puts UT squarely in the middle of the pack. Of course, no private schools were included and no academies were included, either.

Wow. UT is in the top 40%. Way to go.

No one ever claimed otherwise. The point was that they don't recruit from the lowest common denominator like many schools do-and basically from the same academic pool as SMU. There are posters on this board claiming that UT recruits are a bunch of thugs and criminals and somehow inferior morally and academically than SMU recruits-you know who you are- have been pulling that out of their [deleted]. Those that have gotten in trouble AFTER signing with Texas have almost all been shown the door. They had the No. 3 ranked GPA of all surveyed schools too. SMU under Jones may recruit from a lower pool of athletes than UT now. Didn't really want to put that in your face-but its probably the truth considering the large group of SMU recruits who are borderline qualifiers

I will let you know when I start caring either way.

I personally don't care either if SMU isn't at the top of the list. I'm just calling [deleted] on some clear misinformation continually posted on this board.

Awesome.

I believe the word you were going for there is JAWSOME!

Pretty disappointing results all in all. Other than Ga. Tech*, all other schools listed have >1000 SAT for their football players. Not very robust by any standard. Now the data is a mixed bag of different reporting years so actual comparisons must include consideration of the vast data errors inherent in such a report. Still, it gives one pause as to the caliber of student that plays football compared to the rest of the student body.

*http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sports/stories/2008/12/28/academic_charts.html?cxntlid=inform_artr

Thats the Stallion we all know and love, you have your

tongue down UTs shorts and [deleted] all over S.M.U

at the same time.

Why did he fail to mention UT's stellar graduation rates? Maybe their recruits get someone else to take their SAT's?

they lead the Big 12 in Progress Toward Degree and essentially are equal to SMU. Their graduation rates suck because most of their players at least have a shot at the NFL. I'd trade their "problem" in a second