tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post115286531888483443..comments2023-10-31T08:24:26.150-07:00Comments on The Wizard of Odds: At Auburn, They Have No ClassUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-1153263124640450862006-07-18T15:52:00.000-07:002006-07-18T15:52:00.000-07:00As a regular critic of the academic compromises th...As a regular critic of the academic compromises that come with big-time sports programs, I was fully prepared to believe the worst. But after reading the NYT story and various follow-up articles, it is clear that this story is crap. <BR/><BR/>A single professor was evidently being a bit too accommodating to any student that hit his door, including football players. As unforgivable as it is, almost every college has something similar (at UC-Berkeley, you can get college credit for going to class and watching porn films -- no, really).<BR/><BR/>NYT reporter Pete Thamel was tipped off about a "big athletic scandal," and went down to Auburn champing at the bit to write the story. After he found out there was just no there there, he went ahead and shoehorned a boring story of academic infighting into his preconceived narrative, anyway. That, my friends, is unprofessional crap reporting -- exactly what we have come to expect from the Times in recent years.<BR/><BR/>Maybe for his next "big scoop," Thamel should do an expose on Matt Leinert's ballroom dancing class, or on Alabama's J.B. Closner and Brodie Croyle about the "directed reading" class each took to stay bowl-eligible and then laughed about to the Dallas Morning News.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13126331284147207331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-1153009296142809072006-07-15T17:21:00.000-07:002006-07-15T17:21:00.000-07:00Cool hand mike is a card carrying clown who prefer...Cool hand mike is a card carrying clown who prefers that college players be bought (see Albert Means). Here's hoping Mike Shula stays put in his present job!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-1152921369466662932006-07-14T16:56:00.000-07:002006-07-14T16:56:00.000-07:00What is with the picture for the story??? Geez.What is with the picture for the story??? Geez.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-1152888244162828512006-07-14T07:44:00.000-07:002006-07-14T07:44:00.000-07:00The real red flag is that, even after the complain...The real red flag is that, even after the complaints were brought against him by the faculty, the university put this professor in charge of the department. That certainly indicates a certain indifference by the administration on how students get their credit hours.<BR/><BR/>Also, the story about the football player that wanted to major in nursing, but was talked into sociology because it would be less work, is a little disturbing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-1152879887137743682006-07-14T05:24:00.000-07:002006-07-14T05:24:00.000-07:00Cow College got popped again...hahaha. War Chicken...Cow College got popped again...hahaha. War Chicken and MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!Michael Pigotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00690999845985165986noreply@blogger.com