Recruiting Updates

[Juan]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Hook'em Coach Strong! Halftime here at The Drum... <a href="https://twitter.com/TexasMBB">@TexasMBB</a> 38-23 over Kansas. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23texasfight&src=hash">#texasfight</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BeatKU&src=hash">#BeatKU</a> <a href="http://t.co/uZgTeu4LoH">pic.twitter.com/uZgTeu4LoH</a></p>— Hook 'Em (@HookEm) <a href="

https://twitter.com/HookEm/statuses/429737440408924162">February 1, 2014</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[Juan]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>John Bonney was at Texas today. <a href="http://t.co/X6TJmXYmqW">http://t.co/X6TJmXYmqW</a></p>— EricInsideTexas (@EricNahlin) <a href="

https://twitter.com/EricNahlin/statuses/429783053590736896">February 2, 2014</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[Juan]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Sione and Maea Teuhema currently visiting LSU. Hearing they love the academics there. Still committed to Texas for now.</p>— Max Olson (@max_olson) <a href="

https://twitter.com/max_olson/statuses/429799505836658688">February 2, 2014</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[tshirtfan12]

LSU academics? Losing Tristan would be devastating

 

[Juan]

LSU academics? Losing Tristan would be devastating

Maybe its the extensive online catalog?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>.<a href="https://twitter.com/kevin">@Kevin</a> Sumlin I set up a myspace page like you said and still no new commits</p>— Charlie F'n Strong (@ChuckFnStrong) <a href="

https://twitter.com/ChuckFnStrong/statuses/429807978955689984">February 2, 2014</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[HornNdriftwood]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Sione and Maea Teuhema currently visiting LSU. Hearing they love the academics there. Still committed to Texas for now.</p>— Max Olson (@max_olson) <a onclick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Outgoing', 'twitter.com', '/max_olson/statuses/429799505836658688']);" href="
https://twitter.com/max_olson/statuses/429799505836658688

Tygahzzz haz akademicks???

 

[Agmaniacmike]

I got a good chuckle out of F@#K orange slices

 

[86MEHorn]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Sione and Maea Teuhema currently visiting LSU. Hearing they love the academics there. Still committed to Texas for now.</p>— Max Olson (@max_olson) <a onclick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Outgoing', 'twitter.com', '/max_olson/statuses/429799505836658688']);" href="
https://twitter.com/max_olson/statuses/429799505836658688

This week in sports we learned that LSU and Arkansas have impressive academics.

 

[reneg_2]

this week in sports we learned that lsu and arkansas have impressive academics.

hilarious!!!!

 

[tshirtfan12]

hilarious!!!!

Well I guess better than UTSA or Texas State

 

[Agmaniacmike]

Academics as a factor for athletes usually isn't about how prestigious the school is from that standpoint. Texas Tech used to sell academics based on a high graduation rate for athletes. However, LSU has lost so many underclassmen to the draft recently that I don't see that pitch being true for them. Also, athletes love being told that there is a strong support system to help them with school (i.e. tutors, relationships of AD to their perspective colleges' admin and professors, etc.).

 

[Juan]

Academics as a factor for athletes......

Some schools even let their student athletes take their classes "online" so that they do not have to set foot on campus other than for activities directly related to their sport.

Can you believe that nonsense?

 

[Juan]

This is supposed to be the list of recruits in Austin this weekend --

Jerrod Heard, D'onta Foreman, Armanti Foreman, Roderick Bernard, Lorenzo Joe, Jake McMillon, Cameron Hampton and John Bonney.

Arrion Springs is rumored to be there as well and this has not been contradicted yet.

 

[java]

To date I have not said a word about online classes, but since I have had experience with 2 myself, post-grad, I can verify that the learning experience is very unsatisfactory. It does not compare to a classroom setting, and that assumes that the student is actually the one doing the work. All of the mainstays of education are thrown out, and it is simply a means to an end - credit.

I see it as an isolating, insulating tool that only serves a purpose for distance learning, or for a post-grad 'filler'. It should not take the place of the classroom experience for student athletes who are on scholarship.

Isn't this part of our illustrious governor's plan to dumb down and cheap down our educational system?

 

[Topstarr]

ONLINE CLASSES.......some in SEC says if you play football you do not have to take any classes. Just saying!!!!

 

[Agmaniacmike]

It is legal and not morally wrong folks. You can continue to harp on this, but it is a lot more common than you think. In fact, I was informed by a Longhorn buddy of mine that talks to Duke Thomas and Marcus Johnson and he said they only had one class on campus during the fall. Also, your boy Strong sure didn't have any problems with Bridgewater doing it this last fall, nor did Clemson with Tajh Boyd. I don't have any qualms about doing it and ya'll shouldn't either. I loaded up on online classes one semester when I was in college so that I could work a more open schedule and save money on gas (drove 30 miles to class).

 

[Juan]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Huge news for <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23PonyUp&src=hash">#PonyUp</a> fans. RB/FB Daniel Gresham (<a href="https://twitter.com/DanielGresham33">@DanielGresham33</a&gt has committed to <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23SMU&src=hash">#SMU</a>. He's the program's 1st 4-star pledge since 2012.</p>— Damon Sayles (@DamonSayles) <a href="

https://twitter.com/DamonSayles/statuses/430041806168797184">February 2, 2014</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[Juan]

It is ...... not morally wrong folks. .

One thing I have learned about aggies over the years is that their idea about what is moral depends wholly upon whether they are the perpetrator of the conduct in question or whether they sitting in judgment of the actions of a non-aggy. I call it "situational ethics."

In this case, to extend the debate to its logical extreme -- the question is whether it would be "moral" for an aggy football player to receive a full scholarship to attend A&M if he took all his classes online and otherwise were to never step foot on campus except to play football.

As you have shown, aggies would say yes. (And even YES! if he were a starter).

My guess is that most of the rest of the country would disagree.

And my further guess is that the aggy group moral would change if all the facts were the same except that the player were at Arkansas or UH.

 

[J.B. TexasEx]

It is legal and not morally wrong folks. You can continue to harp on this, but it is a lot more common than you think. In fact, I was informed by a Longhorn buddy of mine that talks to Duke Thomas and Marcus Johnson and he said they only had one class on campus during the fall. Also, your boy Strong sure didn't have any problems with Bridgewater doing it this last fall, nor did Clemson with Tajh Boyd. I don't have any qualms about doing it and ya'll shouldn't either. I loaded up on online classes one semester when I was in college so that I could work a more open schedule and save money on gas (drove 30 miles to class).

I honestly don't know how to think or feel about the online classes. I guess it depends on how the online class is facilitated. Is it on live 'webcam' or some other technology? We didn't have this luxury when I graduated from UT back in the dark ages.

For me, it defeats the purpose of being a college student. You miss out on the dialogue and interaction with teachers, GA's, classmates, etc. You're definitely not taking advantage of the whole experience.

 

[Agmaniacmike]

Would it be moral for a student to do the same? As long as it fits the necessary requirements for graduation then yes, it is moral. These are taken on a semester-by-semester basis from my understanding and is most often used when the student-athlete has multiple choices for which courses to take. Hint: G-stud and other weak majors tend to have more options for what to take and allow much more flexibility within their programs. Please go tell other students, not just student-athletes that they are immoral for taking more efficient, legal options for their schooling. Is one immoral for less challenging classes with easier professors? Where are you willing to draw the line between moral/immoral?