Diego Pavia is a program changer for Vandy

[thedoubledeuce]

Who would MSU's be?

 

[HailStout]

Who would MSU's be?

It was Dak, but we squandered the momentum after he left

 

[GloryDawg]

They still have the academic side to worry with. That will always be an issue with them. One they have to find the talent and that talent has to have the same academics as the regular students.

 

[The Peeper]

Joe Moorhead for sure changed it, but not as much as Arnett did**

 

[Shmuley]

Who would MSU's be?

John Cohen

 

[Drebin]

John Cohen

 

[patdog]

They still have the academic side to worry with. That will always be an issue with them. One they have to find the talent and that talent has to have the same academics as the regular students.

Ha. Ha. They can get around that. Standards change if you can play football. Or basketball. Or baseball.

 

[615dawg]

Ha. Ha. They can get around that. Standards change if you can play football. Or basketball. Or baseball.

Yep. Their admission standards are basically

1. Be a perfect student with a 34+ ACT
2. Be a student from a ultra-wealthy family
3. Be an athlete and meet minimum NCAA standards

That was the whole "Aunt Becky" scandal. People were paying $50k to this guy that would slip the rowing coach or another minor sport coach $10k to put a student on their recruiting list so they could be admitted to the school with substandard academics. $50k was cheaper than $5 million+ it would take to be in Classification #2, which happens all the time.

 

[GloryDawg]

Ha. Ha. They can get around that. Standards change if you can play football. Or basketball. Or baseball.

I agree but there is a reason why they have been bad for so long.

 

[patdog]

but if they change standards for football players, they have to do it for everyone.

No they don’t.

 

[Passivetrader]

What has really caused Vandy to be able to compete in the portal is that they changed their admission policy for graduate school. Up until a couple of years ago, they would not let athletes attend grad school and be on athletic scholarships. The change in the admission policy allows them to recruit older players and pay for graduate school and they can extend their eligibility.

 

[Darryl Steight]

I think it was probably Dak at this point.

It SHOULD have been Cam Newton.

 

[anon1787432961]

Look at the programs after the QB left: Johnny Football, Dak, Burrow....

The only difference for QB's is Bama, they handcuff their QBs and baby their QBs so much that when they get to the NFL they are all overwhelmed and have their egos crushed at being less than average

Hurts is the only real QB but he benefited greatly for spending a year at Oklahoma with Lincoln Riley, went from a decent college QB to a great NFL prospect in 1 year