Football APR reaches all-time high
We need good news concerning the football program, well here's some:
The NCAA released its full annual multi-year APR report Wednesday, and Michigan football's new rolling four-year average score after the 2012-13 calendar sat at 975 -- the highest its ever been.
http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/index.ssf/2014/05/michigan_footballs_academic_pr_1.html#incart_river
Here's to hoping the stabilization leads to results on the field starting this year!
but less attrition and some stability will hopefully start paying off
All it basically does is take your 85 scholarship players and award them one point for staying in school and another point for being academically eligible, so 170 possible points. You then take the accumulated points over the maximum and multiply the resulting percentage by 1000 for APR.
An average of 975 would be about an average of 166 points (rough mental math), so almost everyone stayed and/or is eligible in such a scenario. Not bad at all really.
thanks.
Its amazing how much better these numbers get when you don't have 75% of your recruiting classes leave school or transfer.
Okie State falls to a level where they'll be limited to their practice time this season. Link: http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/10931365/oklahoma-state-cowboys-lose-practice-days-apr-falls-minimum-standard
"This is terrible news: it means we don't have enough guys who are talented enough to bolt for the NFL before graduating. Doom."
I know you were just goofin', but because many will wonder (from the NCAA):
Actually, that's interesting info to know, thanks.
I guess the question then becomes, "OK, Mr. NCAA, what constitutes 'good academic standing?' Is that an NCAA metric that applies to all schools uniformly in the same way, or is it up to the schools to determine just what 'good academic standing' is?"
Regardless, this is excellent news for the program. You can't build if you're hemorrhaging players every year beyond graduation losses.
I m redy four the nba or nfl what is the foldp.
it would be but instead of hemorrhaging players, this coaching staff is hemorrhaging the ability to develop our players
My guess is that "good academic standing" is defined somewhere in the NCAA handbook. But, that's being logical and we're talking about the NCAA, so I could certainly be wrong.
Godamn it Hoke!
Hoke finally has something to hang his hat on, other than winning the Sugar Bowl by forcing Borges to run Rich Rod's offense, with Rich Rod's players and a competent defensive scheme.
And it was more than just a competent defensive scheme. The statistical improvement in the defense was extraordinary.
I was there. I know it was dreadful.
I was thinking more about the offense that we put up against Nebraska and Ohio State the two games before. That was when Hoke's teams at Michigan peaked. Any other suggestion is ridiculous.
So do we put up a sign about our APR being higher than Ohio State?
APR is a worthless statistic.
Say that to Ok St. fans.
Oklahoma has a football grad rate of 48%. When programs like that start losing shit then I will rejoice.
Wasn't OSU just bragging about their APR being so much higher than ours last year?
That sure lasted long.
Also, I believe the APR figures are actually one-year delayed in that these current figures cover the 2012-2013 year and not the 2013-2014. So, when OSU put that out, we were even deeper in the mess of RR attrition. Expect our number to be even higher next year.
Now that that the NFL has relaxed its policy, it's "ok" that the APR has reached an all time high...boo ya!!
We're smart, not like they say....
Awesome news!