What a winning sports programs do for applications

by **smu diamond m** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 12:34 pm

couch 'em wrote:Texas A & M University 18%

This surprised me... I figured those those nutjobs would be auto-depositing 10% of their salary

by **couch 'em** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 1:09 pm

smu diamond m wrote:
couch 'em wrote:Texas A & M University 18%

This surprised me... I figured those those nutjobs would be auto-depositing 10% of their salary

I don't think you can auto-deposit part of a welfare check in that manner.

by **FWMustangGirl** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 1:27 pm

SMU Football Blog wrote:I'll do you one better. Similar studies have been done on donations by alumni that show the same results.

One of the things that is keeping SMU where it is in the rankings is the alarming low percentage of alumni that donate to SMU. While the alumni that donate do so in large amounts, the number that do is low.

The US News and World Report's formula for college rankings include the percentage of alumni that donate as a criteria.

If we win, we will have more alumni donate and that improve our US News rankings.

Maybe I missed it, but what is SMU's percentage?

by **NavyCrimson** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 1:34 pm

I hear it's less than 20%. Don't know if that's true, though.

by **SMU Football Blog** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 2:00 pm

NavyCrimson wrote:I hear it's less than 20%. Don't know if that's true, though.

14%, to be precise.

by **couch 'em** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 2:04 pm

Less than the Aggies? They drink the blood of their dead!

by **FWMustangGirl** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 2:06 pm

SMU Football Blog wrote:
NavyCrimson wrote:I hear it's less than 20%. Don't know if that's true, though.

14%, to be precise.

Ouch.

by **NavyCrimson** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 2:12 pm

I guess I'm rather proud then that I give to both Cox & the Mustang Club annually.

But I did give my LAST donation to Eng last year when I heard about their discriminatory practices of recruiting.

by **gostangs** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 10:43 pm

Why would you give to England anyway? And who do they discriminate against - the Irish?

by **MustangLaxer** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 11:02 pm

orguy wrote:I hope I've posted this interesting article in the correct place.

Good off season discussion.

http://sports.yahoo.com/top/news;_ylt=A ... &type=lgns

Winning football program is undoubtedly good for SMU's academic standing. Something Pig PYE and his cronies never understood as apps continued to precipitously decline in the late 80's/early 90's.

Another name for this is the Flutie Effect (Name based on Boston College's rise in applicants after the famous hail mary pass that essentially won flutie the heisman), which is a very popular topic in the field of sportometrics.

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