Is this guy stupid or what?

mckerney · 08-01-2003, 12:35 AM

Top Miami recruit changes mind, enrolls at Rutgers

But doesn't Rutgers suck? Sure, they have lower academic standards than Miami, but still, Rutgers!?!?!

Eaglesfan27 · 08-01-2003, 12:39 AM

The main reason he did this would appear to be for location. Rutgers is close to his home. Perhaps, since he couldn't get into his top "prestige" choice school he changed his priority to location

mckerney · 08-01-2003, 12:43 AM

I just read the whole article and saw his SAT score, and isn't 800 the lowest you can get? So you essentially don't even have to try to qualify to play NCAA football?

Eaglesfan27 · 08-01-2003, 12:51 AM

400 is the lowest you can get (you get that for putting your name on the test) or at least it used to be that way 13 years ago when I took the SAT's.

mckerney · 08-01-2003, 12:53 AM

I thought 400 was the lowest you could get on each of the two sections

Eaglesfan27 · 08-01-2003, 12:54 AM

No, it was 200-800 scale on each section when I took it and I think it is the same scale (although the test has changed a lot in 10-15 years as far as content from what I've heard.)

Eaglesfan27 · 08-01-2003, 12:56 AM

Dola

Back in Highschool I helped my girlfriend study a lot to make sure she reached 850 so she could go play basketball for UCONN. It took a lot of work and she definitely only got 400 total for her name

Kam · 08-01-2003, 07:13 AM

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Back in Highschool I helped my girlfriend study a lot to make sure she reached 850 so she could go play basketball for UCONN. It took a lot of work and she definitely only got 400 total for her name

So are you saying it was her personality that attracted you to her?

TredWel · 08-01-2003, 08:29 AM

400 is the absolute low. Even if you get all of the questions wrong, they round you back up to 400.

Want proof? Here ya go.

tucker342 · 08-01-2003, 12:46 PM

hahahaha that's great

Eaglesfan27 · 08-01-2003, 12:48 PM

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Originally posted by Kam
So are you saying it was her personality that attracted you to her?

No, actually she was the hottest woman I've ever dated in my life. She was model quality gorgeous. Hope my wife doesn't see this thread

Samdari · 08-01-2003, 01:25 PM

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Originally posted by Eaglesfan27
No, actually she was the hottest woman I've ever dated in my life. She was model quality gorgeous. Hope my wife doesn't see this thread

Did she ever play for UConn??

Name?? (and you knew this was coming, right?) Pictures?

WSUCougar · 08-01-2003, 01:50 PM

So in rough TCY terms this guy was a Dist*/(Pres) recruit with an "Excellent" attitude and a 800 SAT score?

digamma · 08-01-2003, 01:58 PM

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Originally posted by Eaglesfan27
Dola

Back in Highschool I helped my girlfriend study a lot to make sure she reached 850 so she could go play basketball for UCONN. It took a lot of work and she definitely only got 400 total for her name

Yeah, a guy on my wrestling team in high was being recruited by some big time colleges and was struggling to qualify. He got his scores back and I asked him what he got. He said 640. I made the mistake of asking him which section.

Leonidas · 08-01-2003, 03:23 PM

He had an 800, but wouldn't take the test again to get 820 to go to arguably the top program in the country. Hmmm.

Anyone know who was the last lineman from Rutgers to be a starter of note in the pros? How many Hurricane linemen went in the first round last year?

stkelly52 · 08-01-2003, 03:35 PM

It could be that he worked his butt off to get an 800 and he may not have thouht that he could do as well again.

tucker342 · 08-01-2003, 04:19 PM

I thought that Rutgers was a much better school than Miami.... if so then you would think that they would have tougher academic standards....

tucker342 · 08-01-2003, 04:19 PM

dola-

I wonder how much Rutgers paid him

Eaglesfan27 · 08-01-2003, 08:11 PM

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Originally posted by Samdari
Did she ever play for UConn??

Name?? (and you knew this was coming, right?) Pictures?

She played as a backup for one season and then was so upset by certain attitudes of Geno that she transferred to Georgia Tech. We broke up her Freshman year as being over 3000 miles away (I had gone to USC) was too stressful for any relationship, or at least ours at the age of 18

. Her name is Shea Matlock (or was until she got married [I've heard she got married but we've been out of touch for a LONG time], but that was her name back then) As for pictures, well we haven't dated for 10 years and surprisingly (or perhaps not so surprisingly

) after I got engaged (and then married) I didn't keep pictures of old girlfriends around anymore.

Eaglesfan27 · 08-01-2003, 08:11 PM

Dola, coming out of H.S. she was very highly recruited and set the women's HS scoring record for her career (which I've heard has since been broken.)

GrantDawg · 08-01-2003, 08:30 PM

This be her? Cute.

edit: Picture link didn't work.

Eaglesfan27 · 08-01-2003, 08:35 PM

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Originally posted by GrantDawg
This be her? Cute.

Well for some reason, all I see is a box with a red X

However, I became curious as I reminsced tonight and I did a google search on her name and came up with a few references from the Georgia Tech team. One reference had her picture and career highlights and information (I never knew she only started her first season at Georgia Tech and then played sparingly in future seasons.)
However, if that is the same picture you found, I truly don't think the picture comes close to doing her justice

Edited to reply to above edit: I just used your link, and yep that is her. That is the page I found too with the picture I was talking about. I think she was much prettier then that picture portrays and she had a great figure too.

Leonidas · 08-01-2003, 08:53 PM

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Originally posted by tucker342
I thought that Rutgers was a much better school than Miami.... if so then you would think that they would have tougher academic standards....

Actually, for most of us mere mortals, Miami is a surprisingly tough school. I think the average SAT for incoming freshmen is around 1200. I don't know about Rutgers so I won't comment, but I once looked into Miami and know for the non-athlete type it's actually considered a pretty good private school. Their marine biology is one of the best.

tucker342 · 08-02-2003, 03:49 PM

really? I always thought that Miami wasn't a very good school... guess I was wrong

k0ruptr · 08-02-2003, 04:55 PM

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Originally posted by Eaglesfan27
Dola

Back in Highschool I helped my girlfriend study a lot to make sure she reached 850 so she could go play basketball for UCONN. It took a lot of work and she definitely only got 400 total for her name

lol ok, this was taken from the geocities site:

"named to the 1997-98 Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Honor Roll."

guess those sat scores dont mean much once u get to college.

ISiddiqui · 08-02-2003, 06:01 PM

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Sure, they have lower academic standards than Miami, but still, Rutgers

Say what? Rutgers actually has pretty high academic standards. The alumni keeps trying to push the school to lower some standards for athletes so we can get the better ones. Perhaps this is the beginning of that (unfortunetly).

Eaglesfan27 · 08-02-2003, 07:36 PM

Shea was actually a very hard worker and it doesn't surprise me that she did well with some carefully picked classes in College. She also wasn't stupid, but did have serious problems with the SAT's for some reason.

tucker342 · 08-03-2003, 12:28 AM

The SAT's are pointless, it doesn't prove your knowledge, it proves how well you can sit on your ass for 3.5 hours and take a test...

Buccaneer · 08-03-2003, 09:38 AM

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Originally posted by tucker342
The SAT's are pointless, it doesn't prove your knowledge, it proves how well you can sit on your ass for 3.5 hours and take a test...

As oppose to what other semi-objective methods to evaluate thousands of applicants?

Super Ugly · 08-03-2003, 11:22 AM

If I'm correct then one of the colleges at Rutgers has very high standards. There's a few others that are relatively easy to get into, and I guess that they make up the bulk of the student population. When I was there a couple of years ago it didn't seem like the last bastion of intellectual achievement, that's for sure.
Like ISiddiqui says, there is a group of academics at the university who are always trying to get Rutgers to pull out of the Big East and raise the entry requirements for athletes, saying that dumb jocks are giving the school a bad name. Doesn't seem like this guy from Florida is going to help any.

08-01-2003, 12:39 AM	#2
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	The main reason he did this would appear to be for location. Rutgers is close to his home. Perhaps, since he couldn't get into his top "prestige" choice school he changed his priority to location __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

08-01-2003, 12:43 AM	#3
mckerney Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	I just read the whole article and saw his SAT score, and isn't 800 the lowest you can get? So you essentially don't even have to try to qualify to play NCAA football? Last edited by mckerney : 08-01-2003 at 12:46 AM.

08-01-2003, 12:51 AM	#4
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	400 is the lowest you can get (you get that for putting your name on the test) or at least it used to be that way 13 years ago when I took the SAT's. __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

08-01-2003, 12:54 AM	#6
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	No, it was 200-800 scale on each section when I took it and I think it is the same scale (although the test has changed a lot in 10-15 years as far as content from what I've heard.) __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

08-01-2003, 12:56 AM	#7
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	Dola Back in Highschool I helped my girlfriend study a lot to make sure she reached 850 so she could go play basketball for UCONN. It took a lot of work and she definitely only got 400 total for her name __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

08-01-2003, 12:53 AM	#5
mckerney Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	I thought 400 was the lowest you could get on each of the two sections

08-01-2003, 08:29 AM	#9
TredWel High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Old Forge, PA	400 is the absolute low. Even if you get all of the questions wrong, they round you back up to 400. Want proof? Here ya go. __________________ There are three things I have learned never to discuss with people...religion, politics, and the Great Pumpkin. - Linus Van Pelt

08-01-2003, 12:46 PM	#10
tucker342 Pro Starter Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Iowa City, IA	hahahaha that's great

08-01-2003, 01:50 PM	#13
WSUCougar Rider Of Rohan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Port Angeles, WA or Helm's Deep	So in rough TCY terms this guy was a *Dist/(Pres)** recruit with an "Excellent" attitude and a 800 SAT score? __________________ It's not the years...it's the mileage.

08-01-2003, 03:23 PM	#15
Leonidas College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: East Anglia	He had an 800, but wouldn't take the test again to get 820 to go to arguably the top program in the country. Hmmm. Anyone know who was the last lineman from Rutgers to be a starter of note in the pros? How many Hurricane linemen went in the first round last year? __________________ Molon labe

08-01-2003, 03:35 PM	#16
stkelly52 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Seattle WA	It could be that he worked his butt off to get an 800 and he may not have thouht that he could do as well again. __________________ Check out an undrafted free agent's attempt to make the Hall of Fame: Running to the Hall Now nominated for a Golden Scribe!

08-01-2003, 04:19 PM	#17
tucker342 Pro Starter Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Iowa City, IA	I thought that Rutgers was a much better school than Miami.... if so then you would think that they would have tougher academic standards....

08-01-2003, 08:11 PM	#20
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	Dola, coming out of H.S. she was very highly recruited and set the women's HS scoring record for her career (which I've heard has since been broken.) __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

08-01-2003, 08:30 PM	#21
GrantDawg World Champion Mis-speller Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Covington, Ga.	This be her? Cute. edit: Picture link didn't work. Last edited by GrantDawg : 08-01-2003 at 08:34 PM.

08-02-2003, 03:49 PM	#24
tucker342 Pro Starter Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Iowa City, IA	really? I always thought that Miami wasn't a very good school... guess I was wrong

08-02-2003, 07:36 PM	#27
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	Shea was actually a very hard worker and it doesn't surprise me that she did well with some carefully picked classes in College. She also wasn't stupid, but did have serious problems with the SAT's for some reason. __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

08-03-2003, 12:28 AM	#28
tucker342 Pro Starter Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Iowa City, IA	The SAT's are pointless, it doesn't prove your knowledge, it proves how well you can sit on your ass for 3.5 hours and take a test...

08-03-2003, 11:22 AM	#30
Super Ugly High School JV Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Look behind you	If I'm correct then one of the colleges at Rutgers has very high standards. There's a few others that are relatively easy to get into, and I guess that they make up the bulk of the student population. When I was there a couple of years ago it didn't seem like the last bastion of intellectual achievement, that's for sure. Like ISiddiqui says, there is a group of academics at the university who are always trying to get Rutgers to pull out of the Big East and raise the entry requirements for athletes, saying that dumb jocks are giving the school a bad name. Doesn't seem like this guy from Florida is going to help any.

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