what about this Moses Bryant kid
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Good question. He's put on quite a show. What a refreshing game after last nights class A game. These guys were intense but still showing sportsmanship, helping each other up, shaking hands ect...
Some have mentioned the Huskers might be interested in him as a DB. Sounds like he needs to make sure his grades are in order also.
I don't have any "ins" at BW anymore, but the HC stated there is a path for Bradley to get to Lincoln the other night, if he's willing to take it. I assume he has a pretty serious academic hill to climb.
No one has dared mention probabilities of it happening, but I hope its at least a decent shot of him being on campus.
I know easy to say from the couch, but Moses should have taken a knee at about the one yard line, and the game would have been all but over right there. Would have been about 1:40 to go before they snap the ball on first down, average of 30 to 35 seconds off the game clock each snap. Maybe Skutt gets it back on their own 5 with 5 or 10 seconds to go. Throw the ball as high and as far out of bounds as you can without hitting anything on fourth, and the clock probably runs out. I am guessing Skutt coach told his players on the third down play that if they pick, up the first, let 'em go so we can get the ball back. Moses was the fastest kid on the field as a ninth grader. IMO, he would be a great cover corner.
If it is a serious academic hill, I have difficulty understanding it. Unless someone has a disability, or is in a really tough situation in their home / neighborhood, getting C's should be relatively easy. I don't know anything about his situation, and I'm not suggesting there are any issues, just a thought (albeit a very simplified one) I've always had about guys who can't make grades in high school.
They were talking about him on 1620 I think Monday morning. NU is looking at him at corner, I think primarily. Lot of discussion about his size, and not necessarily fitting Stewarts preferred size, but having the athleticism to make up for it.
Well I graduated from Omaha North in 2000, so more of a modern day "kid" but not quite as modern as these younger folks.
We started with a class of 760 some kids and graduated somewhere around 450.
Whatever I might have thought about falling out of bed and still ending up with a diploma, apparently many of my peers didn't have the same view of the situation. Wilson Thomas was a little older than I was and the "athlete of the moment" in the Metro, and I know they were all over him to get his butt to class and stop hanging out in the hallways with his boys.
Good Lord, a 59% graduation? For the kids who hang out in the halls and don't go to class, it seems apparent that is a combination of home / hood issues.
I am living proof that anyone can graduate high school with a C average.
You all need to get on the NCAA eligibility website and take a look at what it takes to get cleared to play now days.
2.3 GPA and a 75 ACT which is the equivalent of 22-24 ACT score when I took it. That is just to be eligible at the D1 level. If your GPA is higher you can get a lower ACT score. But even if you have a 3.0 GPA you would need the equivalent of a 20-21 ACT score.
It simply isn't about getting Cs and moving on anymore.
2.3 GPA and a 75 ACT which is the equivalent of 22-24 ACT score when I took it. That is just to be eligible at the D1 level. If your GPA is higher you can get a lower ACT score. But even if you have a 3.0 GPA you would need the equivalent of a 20-21 ACT score.
It simply isn't about getting Cs and moving on anymore.
I think the 75 score refers to the sum of the 4 subscores (Math, English, Reading, Science). In which case a 75 would be roughly equivalent to a 19. In addition, I think the NCAA allows superscoring, meaning that if the test was taken multiple times, the highest subscore may be used for each section.
Either way, it isn't just a matter of getting Cs and moving on. Considering you have to have a 2.3 in your core classes regardless of ACT score. So that psychology A doesn't help offset the science D.
I guess it depends on if the psych class is considered a core class. I some schools an AP psychology class might be considered a core class in the science department. But that is beside the point, I think your point is that it is more difficult for student /athletes to gain NCAA eligibility than it has been in the past, and that is probably true, as it should be.
I don't believe the kids taking AP classes are usually in jeopardy of meeting the minimum requirements for eligibility. But yes, the point is you can't just be able to fog a mirror and sit through the ACT anymore.
Agreed. The reason I brought up AP is because many schools grade these courses on a different scale and students can use this to their advantage to inflate their overall GPA.