SMU Offers JUCO QB

[Mike Damone]

Stallion, not being a smartass, but does this signal a move in the right direction? A direction you said SMU wouldn't allow?

[Mike Damone]

Also, Rivals has Falke listed as a 3-star recruit with offers from Tulsa, Baylor, East Tenn. St. and East Carolina. All schools we should be able to at least compete with.

[Stallion]

I really don't know-I don't claim to be on the inside like some. SMU is very vague on its admission standards for that reason. I've heard pretty reliable sources tell me that yes indeed tweaking has been done, very recently, to those standards. But Falke and King appear to be the types who were full-qualifiers out of high school and ended up at JC because of transfers and or other reasons. That's a pretty small slice of the JUCO pie though. Either way it's a positive if the coachibg staff evaluates these kids to be more helpful than the availiable HS recruit would be.

<small>[ 10-28-2003, 08:01 AM: Message edited by: Stallion ]</small>

[Higher Authority]

Hey Stallion, without divulging your sources, of course, or any information that you were told in confidence, can you give us a hint as to what KIND of tweaking has been done?

[Stallion]

ask around a little this weekend and you'll hear the rumors. I don't know the details any more than I know the details of the elusive Category C of our admission standards. That's why I call it the Silent Commitment because they tweak changes but retain the written standards for plausible deniability. Then administration lackey's can come on here and say see what an even playing field we have here and there really not much evidence to dispute them with. But it has to do with curriculm.

<small>[ 10-28-2003, 11:38 AM: Message edited by: Stallion ]</small>

[Pony Fan]

Stallion, you are absolutely correct about the curriculum. We can get kids in but don't have anywhere for the "special admits" to go once they get in.

[GoRedGoBlue]

NO doubt, which is why a school with higher academic requirements is at a disadvantage as to JUCO transfers, because it is up to the SCHOOL to determine the transferable hours, not the NCAA (which hurts SMU/RICE but not UT/aTm).

[Hoop Fan]

I was told several months ago by a good source that "SMU is moving toward reestablishing a Department of Education since there is such a drastic need for teachers".

[Dooby]

Originally posted by Hoop Fan:
I was told several months ago by a good source that "SMU is moving toward reestablishing a Department of Education since there is such a drastic need for teachers".

From what I understand, wouldn't that basically eliminate all of the JuCo barriers? Then more hours that JuCo athletes are likely to take will be transferrable and they'd be NCAA eligible.