Texas with some...interesting bragging
Saw this and don’t really know how to process this, tbh. Would be curious how this stacks up against major programs but it strikes me as something that is not worthy of a branded graphic as a point of pride.
https://mobile.twitter.com/texasfootball/status/1135183324505415680?s=21
February 6th, 2021 at 1:29 PM ^
You find this on reddit in response to the Penn State tweet?
February 6th, 2021 at 1:30 PM ^
This is two years old and was mocked ad nauseum at the time.
February 6th, 2021 at 1:32 PM ^
This is actually pretty old but I think a lot people said a 2.89 is a B- so it’s not horrible but probably not something to brag about. If we’re talking about horrible graphics did anyone see Penn States super bowl graphic yesterday.
February 6th, 2021 at 1:41 PM ^
Yes, that was a real "60% of the time it works every time" kind of tweet.
February 6th, 2021 at 1:34 PM ^
That tweet is from 2009 bro
February 6th, 2021 at 1:40 PM ^
They ain’t come here to play school.
February 6th, 2021 at 1:45 PM ^
That is an old tweet that was brought back up after Penn State's recent "read the fine print" Super Bowl tweet that other teams have been mimicking and mocking.
February 6th, 2021 at 1:46 PM ^
Here is the Penn State tweet:
https://twitter.com/PennStateFball/status/1357518557601361920?s=20
and I liked the Ole Miss troll response:
https://twitter.com/OleMissFB/status/1357741634515922945?s=20
and sorry don’t know how to embed
February 6th, 2021 at 2:51 PM ^
You also saw our response, right?
https://ftw.usatoday.com/2021/02/super-bowl-michigan-penn-state-tweet-troll
February 6th, 2021 at 3:17 PM ^
That is great, I’d missed ours
February 6th, 2021 at 6:21 PM ^
UMBC has the best one.
February 6th, 2021 at 9:48 PM ^
Reminds me of my daughter's respected hippie college out east. They are undefeated in football since 1970, and she has the t-shirt to prove it.
February 6th, 2021 at 1:50 PM ^
Hey man, 2.89 is like a B-, cut them some slack, amirite!
February 6th, 2021 at 1:59 PM ^
2.89 and probably a General Studies degree like Michigan gives 99% of their football players
February 6th, 2021 at 3:15 PM ^
I don't know why people here of all places think General Studies is some joke. I knew a few people who majored in it. It's in LS&A and you still have to meet the normal requirements. The athletes who major in it were able to get admitted to LS&A. That's not all of them.
The reason you see a lot of athletes majoring in it is because BGS allows you more freedom to set your schedule, which is an issue when you have 20 hours of practice every week, plus games/travel. Most of them are still basically majoring in one subject but without BGS, they wouldn't be able to graduate on time.
February 6th, 2021 at 9:46 PM ^
I think most people see LS&A as the easier college (excluding medicine) so general studies just adds to that.
February 6th, 2021 at 4:05 PM ^
Yeah, this is a tired take. I did a BGS and graduated in '86. I had to do 60 credits of 300-level and above classes (plus all of the other LSA requirements), which is non-trivial. I checked this and it is still the case. In most departments, you can't take 300+ level classes without some prerequisites, so you have to focus on a few things or you spend a lot of time taking lower level classes which don't count toward the degree. I did mostly computer science and english classes, but there were some other things mixed in. Honestly, I spent a fair amount of time scouring the catalogs for "easy" classes and found a few, but there weren't many.
It was not the easy way out, it was the most efficient way for me to graduate after changing majors a couple of times. I got an education that has served me well for many years.
It's funny, because I sent a very similar message to Josh Levin who had been making snide comments about Michigan BGS degrees on Hang Up and Listen for years. He hasn't said anything since then, I think I may have convinced him to stop.
February 6th, 2021 at 1:58 PM ^
Texas is huge brand name and this is their way of selling that name. Contrary to the arrogance of a small portion of the Michigan fanbase, there are other schools who are good too academically. I’ll put my alma mater UNC Chapel Hill with UM any day of the week
February 6th, 2021 at 2:22 PM ^
Yeah, that’s the great thing about being a student athlete at UNC, if you don’t make the pros, you always have a great education to fall back on.
February 6th, 2021 at 10:25 PM ^
Twenty years ago it was probably close. Many UNC CH grads I know feel like the state has very deliberately cut back support in the last couple of decades. And this is per Morehead Scholar types ... their best and brightest.
February 6th, 2021 at 1:59 PM ^
If you scroll down there is an interesting tweet about PSU '22 commit TE Holden Staes who just reopened his recruiting yesterday.
247 composite #204 and #6 TE.
Maybe Jay can have a look to pair with Marlin Klein who is also from GA.
February 6th, 2021 at 2:10 PM ^
Michigan’s No. 1 tight end target right now is Georgia TE Oscar Delp but if he commits elsewhere I expect Michigan to get involved with Staes
February 6th, 2021 at 2:22 PM ^
A guy with last name Staes has got to be at the top of MSU's board.
February 6th, 2021 at 2:04 PM ^
When I was in school my roommate had a class with a popular basketball player. Back then, final exam papers were just left outside the teachers office for students to pick up. My friend accidentally took both his and the players (their names were next to each other). We read the players piece which earned him a B+. I’ll just say it was not a B+ paper, and that’s being generous. Moral of the story is don’t assume our shit smells like roses.
February 6th, 2021 at 2:19 PM ^
when i was in school our tests didn't have names on them, only student numbers.
that said, i did 'help' some of my teammates with tests in some of our classes by writing very large and taking my time. i would be in the center of a few of them. i even sat for a couple of tests when i didn't have the class (econ and stats) just so i could be, you know, helpful.
February 6th, 2021 at 3:27 PM ^
"Write"?
Did you attend UM before the typewriter was invented?
February 6th, 2021 at 4:08 PM ^
Blue book and handwritten tests.
rode my pet dinosaur to school....
February 7th, 2021 at 7:15 AM ^
When I went to school (not Michigan) they posted our grades with our student number, which happened to be our full social security number!
February 6th, 2021 at 3:02 PM ^
Interesting twitter reply (did not validate if this was true):
"If Larry Fitzgerald, Darrelle Revis, Lesean McCoy, and Aaron Donald all get into the hall of fame, Pitt will have the most hall of famers of any school"
February 6th, 2021 at 3:08 PM ^
To be fair it's still better than my high school GPA and the only athletics I participated in was on my Playstation
February 6th, 2021 at 3:18 PM ^
A team GPA of 2.89 is good considering 1) how much time they have to devote to practice, and 2) UT is no joke academically.
But of course, much of the general public won't understand the first two points, so the tweet is lost on them.
February 6th, 2021 at 5:12 PM ^
among the other issues with this post, just post the picture next time. it's not that difficult.
February 6th, 2021 at 6:19 PM ^
I find it incredibly challenging to meet the academic demands of a University and play top level football. It seems a bit ridiculous the demands we have on these players.
And then we have fans who mock players for their academics AND performance on the field. Incredible self entitled piece of shit douche bag mold infested fans.