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Willcampbell

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Based on a brief discussion w/ Gastineau about Duke's all-around athletic prowess, got me thinking: which five colleges combine the best of both? I'm looking for top five, and I'll give you three: Duke, Stanford, Notre Dame.
Any objections to those, and who would be the other two?
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Mark Gastineau

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Willcampbell said:
Based on a brief discussion w/ Gastineau about Duke's all-around athletic prowess, got me thinking: which five colleges combine the best of both? I'm looking for top five, and I'll give you three: Duke, Stanford, Notre Dame.
Any objections to those, and who would be the other two?
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Could make a case for UCLA and Michigan.
 
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nets on nets on nets

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Willcampbell said:
Based on a brief discussion w/ Gastineau about Duke's all-around athletic prowess, got me thinking: which five colleges combine the best of both? I'm looking for top five, and I'll give you three: Duke, Stanford, Notre Dame.
Any objections to those, and who would be the other two?
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Way to pick the 3 easy ones haha.
UVA, Michigan, Syracuse, BYU??????
 
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youngman42

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Def. agree on Duke, ND, Stanford ... UCLA, Michigan, and UVA are all in consideration for the top 5 as well, imo. All very fine in academics and sports. Can't go wrong there.
 
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Willcampbell

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youngman42 said:
Def. agree on Duke, ND, Stanford ... UCLA, Michigan, and UVA are all in consideration for the top 5 as well, imo. All very fine in academics and sports. Can't go wrong there.
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Great reply. Hadn't thought of UVA, which is major omission on my part. Wisky anyone?
 
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dukedevilz

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1. UNC-Cheat (unamious choice among experts)
2. Stanford
3. UCLA
4. Notre Dame
5. Duke
6. USC
7. Virginia
8. Georgetown
9. Michigan
10. California
 
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HeLooks2MuchLikeDave

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dukedevilz said:
1. UNC-Cheat (unamious choice among experts)
2. Stanford
3. UCLA
4. Notre Dame
5. Duke
6. USC
7. Virginia
8. Georgetown
9. Michigan
10. California
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I didn't realize Georgetown had a football program. Do they have good sports programs? I am not aware of any outside of basketball...which is so so
 
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HeLooks2MuchLikeDave

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Unfortunately you have to include Florida. Top 50 academic program but highly successful sports programs makes up for not being top tier academically
 
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HeLooks2MuchLikeDave

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Not Top 5, no
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Include them where? Top 10? Definitely not top 5.
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I'd put them ahead of Georgetown certainly. And USC and UVA and maybe Michigan and UCLA. It's hard to argue with 4 national championships in 10-11 years in just men's football and basketball
 
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dukedevilz

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Guess I didn't do adequate research on Georgetown. I ran XC/Track in college, and I always remembered them having one of the better running programs in the country. For some reason I thought they were highly competitive in a lot of the non-competitive sports like golf, tennis, cross country, and soccer. They finished 59th in last year's Sears Cup, which is okay, but certainly not worthy of top 10 for academics/sports. I guess I'll put Florida in place of Georgetown for my revised rankings.
 
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dbav

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I'll throw in an ivy. How about Cornell. Respectable in basketball and football. Have had very good lacrosse and hockey programs.

Same could be said for Yale.

I also think Hopkins is worth mentioning. They only have one varsity sport and they do it very well.
 
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dukedevilz

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But yes, Georgetown is still very competitive in cross country and soccer for both men and women. I thought they were a well-rounded program that dominated most sports outside of football and baseball.
 
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LongTimeDukeFan

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I think "public Ivies" have the competitive advantage:

UNC
UVA
U Cal Berkley
Michigan
University of Texas

Here is the question #Willcampbell -- do you want the best academics / athletics combo on a school-wide level or where athletes perform the best academically?

University of Texas and Texas A&M have more money than just about anyone. If there is an academic program they want, they just buy it.

If I were looking for the smartest athletes then I would have to go with the Ivys. If I had to go with the smartest players that enjoyed athletic success I would have to go with Duke and Stanford. I've known some Notre Dame football players in my time -- not the brightest crayons in the box.
 
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Willcampbell

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LTDukeFan said:
I think "public Ivies" have the competitive advantage:

UNC
UVA
U Cal Berkley
Michigan
University of Texas

Here is the question #Willcampbell -- do you want the best academics / athletics combo on a school-wide level or where athletes perform the best academically?

University of Texas and Texas A&M have more money than just about anyone. If there is an academic program they want, they just buy it.

If I were looking for the smartest athletes then I would have to go with the Ivys. If I had to go with the smartest players that enjoyed athletic success I would have to go with Duke and Stanford. I've known some Notre Dame football players in my time -- not the brightest crayons in the box.
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You are making it more complicated than I intended. Make of it what you wish...it's run its course anyway.
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