Destroyer_of_Worlds:
Agree with Naren. When you hear southerners talk about their universities they are almost always talking about sports, and almost never their academics; in non-southern schools at least even sports fanatics will try to rep how great their schools are with some mix of the academic rankings and the team rankings.
How ridiculous. The South has a rich history of academics. 100% of the USNews 19th-ranked colleges in America are located in the South.
Ha ha ha…right – I guess there is a superlative for every subgroup. Everyone gets a trophy!
Destroyer_of_Worlds:
Agree with Naren. When you hear southerners talk about their universities they are almost always talking about sports, and almost never their academics; in non-southern schools at least even sports fanatics will try to rep how great their schools are with some mix of the academic rankings and the team rankings.
Being a person that does not give a s#!t about university sports, I always hated vapid conversation with someone who begins talking about college teams and all of those dynamics of brackets and conferences and blah blah blah. What about the school’s, you know, ability to teach students? I get that the economics of the sports thing helps the schools stay viable, and clearly, I want my alma mater to succeed financially, but all I’m saying is that I wish that the mechanics of the whole thing were different such that college sports wasn’t so much of a driver.
Word.
However, I think it’s also important to note that the Northeast is simply more “academic” than the south. I don’t know why, but almost all of the “good” schools are located in the northeast, Chicago area, or the west coast. The only good southern schools are Rice, Duke, Vanderbilt, and a few flagship state schools.
And just to add to this…I had the option last weekend of watching college football or the English Primier League. I chose the Premier League.
^ You are not a true American. Your citizenship should be revoked.
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October 28, 2014, 9:03am
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Excellent choice. Unfortunately this weekends round of fixtures left a lot to be desired barring the late drama in the United-Chelsea game.