Tony Basilio/Academic At-Risk Kids

[orangeluvr]

A) The term you are looking for is not "aphrodite."

B) There is no credible evidence that Jamie Lee Curtis was born as anything other than a normal baby girl. Cindy Brady isn't dead either.

The term is hermaphrodite. :thumbsup:

 

[orangeluvr]

You can find most of them in Gainsville....

:lolabove: :lol: lol: :thumbsup: :yes: :rock:

 

[Roustabout]

We may have our own Griner next year. Careful what we ask for.

Who. Mercedes? Ive heard her talk and there is no question. Get over it. Griner is manish.

 

[jp1]

There isn't one. This is just one of the excuses that the Dooley staff perpetuated to make up for shortcomings on the field.

There are definitely issues with academics, particularly with the elimination several years ago of a couple of athlete-friendly majors, while other schools still have them But the admissions deal is a near-total fabrication. In the last 10 years, only 4 athletes that qualified under NCAA rules were denied admission, and just 2 of those were football players.

You are exactly right. We had many players that majored in urban studies back in the day. Today not one. Admission standards have definitely changes for "normal" students but its about the same for the football players.

Like you said its not about getting in its about staying in.

 

[volboy81]

I don't know how people actually listen to his program for info...he ran an entire segment on whether Griner was a man or a woman and if they should gender test her.

I agree. I stopped listening to him. Couldn't take his nonsense anymore! He's a blowhard Yankee!

 

[soda23]

Basilio isn't blowing smoke, "the likes of Shawn Ellis, Raynoch Thompson, Travis Henry and many others wouldn't have gotten in to UT back in the day under the current restrictions. That's a fact." and I agree. I was able to get in to UT but my kids who have much much better GPA's and SAT scores than I did can't even get close to geting accepted. We are going to have a generation Alumni's kids who will be in ETSU, MTSU or UTC. Cheek and Martin has gotta go..

and if you think our football players are subject to the same entrance restictions of the general public (like your kids0 then you are just wrong , by a long shot

 

[jp1]

and if you think our football players are subject to the same entrance restictions of the general public (like your kids0 then you are just wrong , by a long shot

At least we have a few that understands this. I cannot name a single player that wasn't allowed entrance to UT that was admitted to another SEC school.

 

[Crazy Ivan]

where's the list of kids that can't get into tennessee, but can get in everywhere else.

We have it but we're not showing it to you.

 

[FLVOL_79]

All football players at academically at risk...

 

[FLVOL_79]

Basilio isn't blowing smoke, "the likes of Shawn Ellis, Raynoch Thompson, Travis Henry and many others wouldn't have gotten in to UT back in the day under the current restrictions. That's a fact." and I agree. I was able to get in to UT but my kids who have much much better GPA's and SAT scores than I did can't even get close to geting accepted. We are going to have a generation Alumni's kids who will be in ETSU, MTSU or UTC. Cheek and Martin has gotta go..

When I went to UT in the 90's you just have to have like a 2.0 gpa in high school and at least a 17 on your ACT..they changed those rules?

 

[BandVOL]

OR IIn Georgia
I live in the Atlanta area and in the AJC they talk about kids that won't change their status of recruitment to Georgia because of "academic issues"

Go to Georgia where you can be a bulldog on the field and in the head

You can find most of them in Gainsville....

 

[VolStudent247]

When I went to UT in the 90's you just have to have like a 2.0 gpa in high school and at least a 17 on your ACT..they changed those rules?

Yeah, big time.

From knoxnews about the 2012 freshman class:

This year's class has an average ACT score of 27 and a grade-point average of 3.89, slightly higher than last year's incoming class. Just under half of this year's freshmen class graduated high school with a 4.0.

 

[DjCrenshaw]

and they should test her

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It?

 

[Big_Orange_Fan]

I'm going to spend some time researching this ... So far this is where I believe it started after the 98' NC

Linda Bensel-Meyers

ESPN.com: NCAA - Tennessee: Turning cartwheels on a cliff's edge

Document


"As director of composition at Tennessee, Ms. Bensel-Meyers oversees a writing center that serves athletes and nonathletes alike. In 1995, she began studying the transcripts of athletes enrolled in introductory English, suspecting that they had received illegitimate help on papers submitted for the class.

Nine of the transcripts she released were for athletes who were enrolled in 1995. Last fail, she expanded her research to include all 22 of the starters on the football team."

"Male student-athletes at the University of Tennessee have the highest graduation rate of any subgroup," including female athletes and students of both genders, Mr. Tegano said at the time. "So, apparently, we are accomplishing our goal, which is basically to graduate our student-athletes."