Big 10 expansion talk heating up

[myboynoah]

Didn't the Florida State football team just churn out a Rhodes Scholar? Congrats on being grouped with such a fine academic enterprise.

That's really weak.

[myboynoah]

Yes, you are correct.

Damn!

[byu71]

Wait, so the school you attended and your former religion are fair game, but your job is off-limits?

Whatever you do for a living, it keeps you wound pretty tightly. You seem to live a humorless existence.

I am familiar with what Viking does for a living and those guys are wound tight. Pretty darn stressful jobs. Especially when they are short the market and it goes up 150.

[YOhio]

Wait, so the school you attended and your former religion are fair game, but your job is off-limits?

Whatever you do for a living, it keeps you wound pretty tightly. You seem to live a humorless existence.

I agree with Viking. You have said some very hurtful things about lawyers and I wish you'd stop.

[byu71]

Yes, you are correct.



I see what you're saying, but the classification of universities is much more complex than that. Google "Carnegie classification" and you'll see that there is a complicated system that does its best to compare universities based on student population, research activities, programs offered, institutional goals, etc. Search for BYU and see what schools are deemed similar to BYU. I think you'll be surprised/disappointed at the results.

I looked and found PAC10 schools Oregon St., AU, Arizona St. and UCLA.

I also found Ohio St., Depaul, SMU, Texas A&M, Colorado. Syracuse, Indiana and Michigan St.

If you want dissapointment, look up Washington St

I looked up USC and BYU was on the list of comparable schools.


I was expecting to find Bob Jones, but didn't.

[DU Ute]

That's really weak.

Come on! Someone had to enjoy that!


...anyone?

[LA Ute]

I agree with Viking. You have said some very hurtful things about lawyers and I wish you'd stop.

I agree with YOhio. Much as it pains me to do that.

[il Padrino Ute]

You still haven't figured out what bigotry means.

This is late, but still worth it for me to respond:

Yes, I do. You just don't like that I'm a former dumb jock who sees right through your bullshit. It dampens your superiority complex because an idiot ball player who went to Marist isn't fooled by a bigot who went to law school at Georgetown.

Would you like me to provide yet another link to the definition of bigotry so you can read it for yourself?

[YOhio]

This is late, but still worth it for me to respond:

Yes, I do. You just don't like that I'm a former dumb jock who sees right through your bullshit. It dampens your superiority complex because an idiot ball player who went to Marist isn't fooled by a bigot who went to law school at Georgetown.

Would you like me to provide yet another link to the definition of bigotry so you can read it for yourself?

[UtahDan]

USA Today has now picked this up:

http://content.usatoday.com/communit...o-12-schools/1

[myboynoah]

USA Today has now picked this up:

http://content.usatoday.com/communit...o-12-schools/1

Sourcing back to SLC local reporting. I believe we've covered this ground before.

[Jeff Lebowski]

I agree with YOhio. Much as it pains me to do that.

Hmmm.... Is this what you ambulance chasers call "professional courtesy"?

[SCcoug]

While we're on the topic of academic research in the football forum, I'd like to point out that while BYU may not do as much research as other schools it does do it. From my own department no less!

http://www.physorg.com/news184876976.html

[myboynoah]

USA Today has now picked this up:

http://content.usatoday.com/communit...o-12-schools/1

Much more credible speculation:

Pac-10 considers becoming Pac-12

[UtahDan]

Sourcing back to SLC local reporting. I believe we've covered this ground before.

That is what "picked up" means.