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Grades and football

  • uh-oh biggrin just thought it was interesting during the dead period!

    Study ties Oregon Ducks' successes to students slacking - ESPN

    On campus, a successful football team is a cause for celebration.

    espn.go.com
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    idmm80

  • I guess we shouldn't be allowed to have fun. This report is kind of dumb...

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  • DERP COLLEGE IS SO HAERD

    MoneyBeGreen

  • WHAT?!? College kids drink alcohol?

    I forgot that the American education is so sacred.

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  • MoneyBeGreen said...

    DERP COLLEGE IS SO HAERD

    I'm glade I weent to collage.

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  • They don't mention the boost in local economy, someone has to buy all that beer!

    USC is like a german car, every piece that breaks is of the highest quality.

    AvroDuck

  • So should tuition go down because the success of the football program is bringing in so much money? Just curious.

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  • Bowerz101 said...

    So should tuition go down because the success of the football program is bringing in so much money? Just curious.

    2.94? Go Ducks...we're shooting for a 2.50!

    hungryduck

  • Report = too much time on the professors hands...needs something else to do

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  • So then Oregon State must have stellar grades right? I have a 3.45 at Oregon and im a hardcore Ducks fan checking this site about every 5 minutes. It's hard to believe that this correlation can even be attempted by some journalists.

    Adam O

  • "Academically, a school might be better off with a crummy season on the field that makes students want to head to the library to forget."

    In my experience, this is not at all how students try to "forget" losses.

    Ultimately, the biggest reason that this study will never be utilized by any high ranking official at a respectable university with a good athletic program is that football has a net positive result on the university. As far as the university goes, football and other sports teams are often its biggest form of advertising, and are a free advertisement (well, free in a way anyway). This study fails to mention the fact that thanks to the recent success of the football team, the University of Oregon has been able to bring in larger amounts of students, higher quality students, and significantly more students that are accepted end up enrolling. After the success in recent years, this year's freshman class has the highest GPA's, SAT scores, and highest diversity of any incoming class EVER at the University of Oregon.

    I'm not saying that the football program, and other sports, have no negative effects on the university. The important thing, to me, however is that they have a net positive effect and make any campus and city they're in a better place if they are successful.

    Also, this is mostly off topic, but that Ben Eckstein guy that they interviewed for the article is an opinion that I could really care less about. I know him in person and I really don't care for him too much. His campaigning tactics, the fact that he attempted to take the EMU vote away from students, and just his personality in general are all things that just rub me the wrong way. Last I heard there are efforts being made to impeach him as ASUO president, similar to what happened at OSU.

    This post was edited by Max Williams on 12/20/2011 at 6:29 PM

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  • The whole State has been slacking for three years. This explains Oregon's economic malaise. It also explains why the deep South is poorer ... SEC dominance ... And why New England is relaatively prosperous. A fine stimulus package would be the execution of promising QB's.

    johnch

  • I didn't even read the article but I did notice that there was an article about the football athlete/students and every single one of them passed their classes this fall and are eligible for the Rose Bowl.

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    LetMeSeeYourO

  • David Paulson apologized on Twitter for causing students to get bad grades. Hilarious.

    MoneyBeGreen

  • hungryduck said...

    2.94? Go Ducks...we're shooting for a 2.50!

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    Let me get this straight: the average gpa is 2.94...or about a C, or about average. Go figure.

    And one more thing. They are comparing grades to say 2006 when Oregon had a worse record in football. Who's to say that a winning football team hasn't attracted a high quality student over the past year who has raised the bar for some of the older students, lowering the overall average? Or that UO hasn't made made a concerted effort to lower grade inflation since then? Or who knows what else? Correlation does not equal causation, my friends.

    This post was edited by MedDuck on 12/21/2011 at 8:44 PM

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  • MedDuck said...

    Let me get this straight: the average gpa is 2.94...or about a C, or about average. Go figure.

    And one more thing. They are comparing grades to say 2006 when Oregon had a worse record in football. Who's to say that a winning football team hasn't attracted a high quality student over the past year who has raised the bar for some of the older students, lowering the overall average? Or that UO hasn't made made a concerted effort to lower grade inflation since then? Or who knows what else? Correlation does not equal causation, my friends.

    2.94 is about a B average
    B is 3.0 and B- is 2.7

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  • Max Williams said...

    2.94 is about a B average B is 3.0 and B- is 2.7

    Duh...I knew that. Too tired last night to realize, I guess. headslap Thanks

    Still, given that, how can anyone complain about a B average?

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