News Article: Second Annual Academic Bowl Championship Series Rankings

[BleedCrimson&White]

Academic Bowl Championship Series Rankings

Bama #15 Great Job Guys!!!!

 

[rolltidescott]

#2 in the SEC, at that. Not too bad...

 

[Tidewater]

#2 in the SEC, at that. Not too bad...

Ole Miss is #1 in the SEC?
Good for them.

 

[Tidewater]

"The real tragedy for this team [Texas] is that only 40 percent of its players, and only 27 percent of its black players, will graduate. Texas' football players put the University on the national stage. And what do they get in return? Besides the precious few that will make it to the NFL, most will leave school without a degree and with few career prospects."

I dare say that all the football players, even the non-NFL ones, have been given more than an even chance to earn their degrees. Some fail to take advantage of that opportunity. But then again, they are the ones to suffer for that failure.

So where's the problem?

 

[Bamaro]

I'm not sure that 15 out of 25 is anything to write home about.

 

[RedStar]

Academic Bowl Championship Series Rankings

Bama #15 Great Job Guys!!!!

I don't think it's saying we're #15 in the country, it's saying out of the top 25 teams in the final BCS ranking, we're #15, which would put us in the lower half, not all that great.

 

[#1sabanite]

i will say that number will change, the more the players buy in to what Saban is teaching them
i know he sidelined a few for not going to class, you can bet that the numbers graduating will go up over the next few years
but some you just cant help, they are only in it to try and make it to get an nfl contract and that's it

 

[PalmBayBama]

I don't think it's saying we're #15 in the country, it's saying out of the top 25 teams in the final BCS ranking, we're #15, which would put us in the lower half, not all that great.

I agree. In fact, the article says:

Meanwhile, this year's top football contenders -- Florida, Oklahoma, Texas, and Alabama -- wouldn't even come close to competing.

#2 in the SEC, at that. Not too bad...

That's #2 out of the 4 SEC teams in the BCS top 25. I'm pretty sure that Vanderbilt would beat us if they were on the list.

 

[BleedCrimson&White]

#15 is better than #25....you got to look at the glass half-full