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Side topic* USC QUARTERBACK MAKES DEGREE-LESS STETSON BENNETT LOOK SILLY BY GRADUATING WITH HONORS IN 2.5 YEARS

Miss the old days, when college athletes were also students. Yes, I agree some weren't that good students, but they were still students. What college athletes are supposed to be.

Now days, college sports, especially those in D-1, are farm systems for the NFL and NBA.
 
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IrishHerb said:
Miss the old days, when college athletes were also students. Yes, I agree some weren't that good students, but they were still students. What college athletes are supposed to be.

Now days, college sports, especially those in D-1, are farm systems for the NFL and NBA.
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WTF are you talking about? CFB players were never serious students - at any time in the history of the sport.

I know you guys are some of the most vapid, trite, dead-inside humans beings possibly imaginable, but Jesus Christ, man.... you can do better than that. Also, CFB players have been on the three-year graduation track for a while now, so this guy graduating in two and a half years is not some unheard-of herculean achievement. In fact it's pretty common these days.

You know the world must be headed for some pretty hard times when the usual cranky complaining is this zombie-like, this, shall we say, cadaverous.....

It's ominous....
 
Ya know...

You sure love to type up a 17 page word salad explaining the nothingness of being when a simple 4 word sentence would suffice....

#1 It wasn't the graduation in short fashion but rather a high profile QB at a high profile school putting a huge emphasis on his studies...

#2 the comparison to the UGA QB attending school closer to a decade than 2.5 years like the USC kid....

....and still no diploma for the UF
 
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How do you go to college for 6 years and not come away with a degree? Even if you don’t care or really try one would think you could accidentally luck into getting a degree. My God is he a dumbass?
 
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WTF are you talking about? CFB players were never serious students - at any time in the history of the sport
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You can’t be serious? You don’t think football players back in 50’s 60’s 70’s didn’t take academic seriously? What about the German kid who just left ND to start medical school in his home country? Don’t make blanket statements like this when you have to know it’s not true.
 
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Like I say, it's ominous. We got so much terrifying shit coming down the pike for human society and America especially, and that includes the sport of football.... that these utterly vapid gripes and grouching really does inspire a feeling of foreboding.

It is honestly a bit unsettling....
 
His mother is a milf smoke show with degrees from Yale and Stanford and was Phi Beta Kappa.
 
IrishHerb said:
Miss the old days, when college athletes were also students. Yes, I agree some weren't that good students, but they were still students. What college athletes are supposed to be.

Now days, college sports, especially those in D-1, are farm systems for the NFL and NBA.
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Sad but true !
 
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savvyandsassier said:
WTF are you talking about? CFB players were never serious students - at any time in the history of the sport.

I know you guys are some of the most vapid, trite, dead-inside humans beings possibly imaginable, but Jesus Christ, man.... you can do better than that. Also, CFB players have been on the three-year graduation track for a while now, so this guy graduating in two and a half years is not some unheard-of herculean achievement. In fact it's pretty common these days.

You know the world must be headed for some pretty hard times when the usual cranky complaining is this zombie-like, this, shall we say, cadaverous.....

It's ominous....
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You are dead wrong !

At Notre Dame the CFB players that I knew were serious students, starting with a captain who was an Engineering major and a good number who became successful businessmen, doctors and lawyers. Many were in the same classes with me.

Why do you pretend to be knowledgeable about Notre Dame ?

Especially when you never experienced Notre Dame !
 
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savvyandsassier said:
WTF are you talking about? CFB players were never serious students - at any time in the history of the sport.

I know you guys are some of the most vapid, trite, dead-inside humans beings possibly imaginable, but Jesus Christ, man.... you can do better than that. Also, CFB players have been on the three-year graduation track for a while now, so this guy graduating in two and a half years is not some unheard-of herculean achievement. In fact it's pretty common these days.

You know the world must be headed for some pretty hard times when the usual cranky complaining is this zombie-like, this, shall we say, cadaverous.....

It's ominous....
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Does anyone have Advil?
 
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savvyandsassier said:
Like I say, it's ominous. We got so much terrifying shit coming down the pike for human society and America especially, and that includes the sport of football.... that these utterly vapid gripes and grouching really does inspire a feeling of foreboding.

It is honestly a bit unsettling....
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You are the biggest snow flake in this forum. Now go crawl back into your safe space.
 
Patrirish said:
You are dead wrong !

At Notre Dame the CFB players that I knew were serious students, starting with a captain who was an Engineering major and a good number who became successful businessmen, doctors and lawyers. Many were in the same classes with me.

Why do you pretend to be knowledgeable about Notre Dame ?

Especially when you never experienced Notre Dame
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Agreed. I recall reading that on one of Dan Devine's ND teams 7 of the 22 starters (from offense & defense) became doctors after their days at ND. I believe one of those players was TE Ken MacAfee ... he played for a few years in the NFL then left for med school.
 
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I agree kids should go to class & matriculate like their peers. Stetson Bennett is gonna have a good life & financially could end up doing better than kids with college degrees.
 
HarlemIrish said:
I agree kids should go to class & matriculate like their peers. Stetson Bennett is gonna have a good life & financially could end up doing better than kids with college degrees.
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Perhaps. Depending on what he wants to do after the NFL.

A friend of mine's son was a decent basketball player in college, didn't get his degree, and didn't pan out in the NBA ... wanted to go into coaching ... no one in high school or college would hire him because he didn't have a degree.

I know Bennett's case is different, but still ... w/o that degree I'm not sure what he'll be able to get into if his NFL career doesn't pan out.
 
IrishHerb said:
Perhaps. Depending on what he wants to do after the NFL.

A friend of mine's son was a decent basketball player in college, didn't get his degree, and didn't pan out in the NBA ... wanted to go into coaching ... no one in high school or college would hire him because he didn't have a degree.

I know Bennett's case is different, but still ... w/o that degree I'm not sure what he'll be able to get into if his NFL career doesn't pan out.
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He can easily go back to school and get his degree if it is that important
 
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