UT announces 2012-13 APR rates

[Freak]

It can't be stressed enough how great of a job Butch Jones did in rescuing Tennessee's APR. When Butch arrived on campus, I'm not sure there were many people who believed it was possible for the Vols to avoid APR penalties. It was a gargantuan task that Jones and staff managed to pull off. Bravo, coach.

Additionally, the Tennessee football team increased its single-year APR score to 962 in 2012-13, the highest APR mark in the history of the program and a significant improvement from the 909 posted in 2011-12. This allowed the multi-year APR for football to rise from a 924 to a 932, allowing the program to avoid penalties for failing to meet the minimum multi-year APR standard of 930.

Tennessee announces 2012-13 APR rates - FreakNotes

 

[Chilmonty]

All the Dumbas.....er....."academically challenged student athletes" bolted when CBJ got here!! :rock:



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[vtvol98]

Summa Cum Butch!

 

[utvolpj]

we saw that there are some serious penalties for even missing the mark by .09% (loss of practice days, postseason bans) and the team and staff should be commended.

 

[cbbowlingmd]

Butch gon' Butch.

 

[VolinMichigan]

Good job CBJ

 

[Special Ed]

Two points above the minimum of 930.
That's almost too close for comfort.

 

[Volbackhomefromtx]

No doubt, CBJ and Staff are champs when it comes to academic progress. That has been proven. When shopping for a new football coach, we should remember some of the negatives that were being said about UT attracting a "high profile coach" despite our state-of-the-art facilities, storied tradition, and fanatic fan base. Along with money being siphoned off by the university and program having huge fiscal problems was the issue of the APR which was judged by some to be the most condemning. And all Butch did was come up with a perfect 1.000 for the first semester and he keeps pounding that Rock. While nothing but contending for the conference championship every year and winning a national championship every (insert your preferred period here) (yes, I know every year) will satisfy VolNation, we should really congratulate CBJ's/Staff leadership and the athletes themselves for overcoming a monumental hurdle.

 

[clarksV0L]

Big time win for Butch. Other coaches can definitely cross that off their lists of negative recruiting topics now

 

[KBVol]

Team APR...yet another part of the program that Dooley failed miserably at. Great to see CBJ do such a nice job cleaning up that mess in such a short time

 

[JamesBenUT]

Two points above the minimum of 930.
That's almost too close for comfort.

The scary/disappointing part is that was the highest APR in the program's history

 

[JamesBenUT]

Edit. I misread the stat.

 

[clarksV0L]

The scary/disappointing part is that was the highest APR in the program's history

That number was an average we had to meet, I believe. The record setting apr was actually 962. Very solid.

 

[volfanCLT]

Very impressive. Well done CBJ and staff

 

[CountVolcula]

 

[VolunteerHillbilly]

Just win baby.

 

[Coug]

Wasn't this already news a while ago?

 

[clarksV0L]

Wasn't this already news a while ago?

lol I was just thinking this but decided to just go with it since it was positive news. maybe the spring semester numbers being released made things official

 

[Aesius]

Just win baby.

Brick by brick, baby.

 

[VolunteerHillbilly]

Brick by brick, baby.

Hope in one hand and poop in the other then let me know which one filled up first.

 

[KnoxRealtorVOL]

All the Dumbas.....er....."academically challenged student athletes" bolted when CBJ got here!! :rock:

Or got drafted by the Vikings

 

[OrangeDew]

Or got drafted by the Vikings

Who was drafted by the Vikings?

 

[clarksV0L]

Who was drafted by the Vikings?

Some guy named cordarrelle peterson I think

 

[OrangeDew]

Some guy named cordarrelle peterson I think

Thanks, I thought the 962 was for this semester. Patterson was long gone by then.

 

[ntxVOL]

This is great news! Our team should be focusing on excellence in every thing they do and I think it speaks well for CBJ's approach to getting things back on the right track.

As a side note, Oklahoma State has been penalized for not meeting the APR requirements and are losing one practice per week during the fall season.

Oklahoma State Cowboys to lose practice days after APR falls below minimum standard - ESPN