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Academic All BIG 10: Great Job Buckeyes!!

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101stAABuckeye said:
I can't wait to hear scUM fans explanations as to why OSU had 22 compared to the 17 total for scUM and NW (those academic elite institutions that they are)
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I would imagine that their argument will be that it is harder to maintain a 3.0 gpa at those schools. I'm not saying that it is true, but that will be their argument.
 
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Does anyone know where I could find a master list of Big10 academic winners for all teams?
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link to big ten site

Football
Name, School Year Major Hometown
Jon Beutjer, ILL GR Educational Policy Studies Wheaton, Ill.
Arthur Boyd, ILL SO Biological Sciences Shaker Heights, Ohio
Mark Kornfeld, ILL GR Speech Communication St. Louis, Mo.
Jordan Kruger, ILL JR Molecular & Cell Biology Lombard, Ill.
Scott Moss, ILL JR Finance Minooka, Ill.
Josh Norris, ILL JR Chemistry Springfield, Ill.
J.J. Simmons, ILL JR Speech Communication Mishawaka, Ind.
Tyler Altman, IND SO Sport Marketing & Management Latrobe, Pa.
Lance Bennett, IND SO Marketing Brooklyn, N.Y.
Adam Braucher, IND GR Applied Sport Science Punta Gorda, Fla.
Mike Doyle, IND JR Finance Indianapolis, Ind.
Paul Haan, IND SO Business Lafayette, Ind.
Aaron Halterman, IND SR Psychology Greenwood, Ind.
Ty Henderson, IND SR Sport Marketing & Management Sweester, Ind.
Adam Hines, IND JR Management Vandalia, Ohio
Herana-Daze Jones, IND SR Sport Marketing & Management Louisville, Ky.
Will Lumpkin, IND SR Finance Dayton, Ohio
Will Meyers, IND SO Accounting Chesterfield, Mo.
Matt O'Neal, IND JR Finance Terre Haute, Ind.
Russ Richardson, IND JR Telecommunications Phoenix, Ariz.
Chris Rudanovic, IND SO Exploratory Sussex, N.J.
Josiah Sears, IND SO Accounting Greenfield, Ind.
Alex Stscherban, IND JR Business Mishawaka, Ind.
Yamar Washington, IND SR Communications & Culture Houston, Texas
Kody Asmus, IOWA GR Educational Administration Cedar Falls, Iowa
Chris Barkema, IOWA SR Finance Muscatine, Iowa
Sean Considine, IOWA SR Marketing Byron, Ill.
Mike Elgin, IOWA JR Mechanical Engineering Holy Cross, Iowa,
Michael Humpal, IOWA SO Health & Sports Studies New Hampton, Iowa
Ryan Majerus, IOWA JR Political Science/Comm. Studies Oelwein, Iowa
Matt Melloy, IOWA SR Finance Mount Pleasant, Iowa
Alex Willcox, IOWA SO Psychology, Health & Sport Studies West Des Moines, Iowa
Jason Avant, MICH JR General Studies Chicago, Ill.
Adam Finley, MICH SR Biomedical Engineering Greenwood, Ind.
James Fisher, MICH SR Physical Education Huron, Ohio
Ross Mann, MICH SR Political Science Pikeville, Ky.
Troy Nienberg, MICH SR English Glandorf, Ohio
Clayton Richard, MICH SO Undeclared Lafayette, Ind.
Carl Tabb, MICH JR Biology Ann Arbor, Mich.
Jeremy Van Alstyne, MICH JR General Studies Greenwood, Ind. Kiel Beltinck, MSU SO Human Biology Mount Pleasant, Mich.
Kyle Brown, MSU JR Human Resources West Bloomfield, Mich.
Pete Clifford, MSU SO Business Salem, N.H.
Cole Corey, MSU SO General Management Tecumseh, Mich.
Brian Davies, MSU SR Civil Engineering Farmington, Mich.
Brandon Fields, MSU SO Kinesiology Toledo, Ohio
Mike Gyetvai, MSU SO Engineering Old Castle, Ontario
Chris Morris, MSU JR Finance Lambertville, Mich.
Gordon Niebylski, MSU SR Supply Chain Mgmt. Farmington, Mich.
Chad Simon, MSU SR Finance Saginaw, Mich.
Eric Smith, MSU JR Criminal Justice Groveport, Ohio
Drew Stanton, MSU JR Kinesiology Farmington Hills, Mich.
Kaleb Thornhill, MSU SO No-preference Lansing, Mich.
Tony Brinkhaus, MINN SO Undeclared Bloomington, Minn.
Greg Eslinger, MINN JR Inter-College Program Bismarck, N.D.
Jason Lamers, MINN JR Environmental Design Kaukauna, Wis.
Mark Losli, MINN SR Finance/Mgmt. Info Systems Spring Lake Park, Minn.
Pat McCarthy, MINN JR Sports Studies Neenah, Wis.
Logan Payne, MINN SO Pre-Housing Studies Lutz, Fla.
Jarod Posthumus, MINN SR Business Marketing St. Cloud, Minn.
John Shevlin, MINN SO Pre-Communication Eagan, Minn.
Dominique Sims, MINN SR Animal Science Minneapolis, Minn.
Matt Spaeth, MINN JR Marketing Albertville, Minn.
Tyson Swaggert, MINN JR Mathematics Buffalo, Minn.
Jeff Backes, NU SR Psychology Columbus, Ohio
Scott Brownley, NU JR Political Science Schaumburg, Ill.
Luis Castillo, NU SR Economics Garfield, N.J.
Bryan Heinz, NU JR Economics Lone Tree, Colo.
Joel Howells, NU JR Economics Sycamore, Ill.
Ryan Pederson, NU SR Economics/Legal Studies Westerville, Ohio
Dominique Price, NU SR Sociology Louisville, Ky.
Frederic Tarver, NU SR Art Theory & Practice Palmyra, Va.
Eric VanderHorst, NU SR Economics Grandville, Mich.
Jason Caldwell, OSU SR Exercise Science Mentor, Ohio
Robert Coleman, OSU JR History Clarksburg, W.V
Douglas Datish, OSU JR History Warren, Ohio
Michael DeMaria, OSU SR Criminology Oregon, Ohio
Dustin Fox, OSU SR Communication Canton, Ohio
Simon Fraser, OSU SR Criminology Upper Arlington, Ohio
Anthony Gonzalez, OSU SO Business Exploration Cleveland, Ohio
Maurice Hall, OSU SR Communication Columbus, Ohio
Roy Hall, OSU JR Accounting Cleveland, Ohio
Derek Harden, OSU SO Mechanical Engineering Logan, Ohio
Curt Lukens, OSU SO Exploration North Canton, Ohio
Nicholas Mangold, OSU JR Operations Management Centerville, Ohio
John McLaughlin, OSU SR Biology Fairview Park, Ohio
Brandon Mitchell, OSU JR Political Science Atlanta, Ga.
Andrew Norman, OSU JR Civil Engineering Dennison, Ohio
Joel Penton, OSU JR Communication Van Wert, Ohio
Nate Salley, OSU JR Operations Management Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Brandon Schnittker, OSU SR Marketing Sandusky, Ohio
Antonio Smith, OSU JR Mechanical Engineering Columbus, Ohio
Stanley White, OSU JR Finance Baltimore, Md.
Stephen Winner, OSU SR Finance Dublin, Ohio
Justin Zwick, OSU JR Marketing Massillon, Ohio
Michael Baird, PSU SR Secondary Education State College, Pa.
Chris Ganter, PSU SR Finance State College, Pa.
Andrew Guman, PSU SR Finance Allentown, Pa.
Paul Jefferson, PSU SR Sociology Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Andrew Kubic, PSU JR Civil Engineering Honolulu, Hawaii
Nick Marmo, PSU SR Kinesiology New Castle, Pa.
Nolan McCready, PSU JR Political Science Wyomissing, Pa.
Zack Mills, PSU SR Kinesiology Ijamsville, Md.
Brendan Perretta, PSU SO Division of Undergraduate Studies Altoona, Pa.
Paul Posluszny, PSU SO Division of Undergraduate Studies Aliquippa, Pa.
Michael Robinson, PSU SR Advertising & Public Relations Richmond, Va.
Adam Senk, PSU SR Architectural Engineering Cortland, Ohio
Tim Shaw, PSU JR Management Livonia, Mich.
Gio Vendemia, PSU SR Kinesiology Greenville, Pa.
Brent Wise, PSU SO Science Harrisburg, Pa.
J.R. Zwierzynski, PSU JR Management Oswego, Ill.
Charles Davis, PUR SR Organizational Communication Fraser, Mich.
Aaron Levin, PUR SR Hospitality Tourism Management Casper, Wyo.
Brian Mattaway, PUR JR Selling and Sales Management Philadelphia, Pa.
Tyler Moore, PUR SR Fine Arts Fremont, Mich.
Matt Turner, PUR SR Management Kirtland, Ohio
Grant Walker, PUR SO Management Hutto, Texas
Ken DeBauche, WIS SO Undecided Suamico, Wis.
Paul Joran, WIS JR Civil Engineering Apple Valley, Minn.
John Gillen, WIS SR Communication Arts Glen Ellyn, Ill.
Jim Leonhard, WIS SR Kinesiology Tony, Wis.
Mike Lorenz, WIS SR History Manitowoc, Wis.
Jason Pociask, WIS SR Kinesiology Plainfield, Ind.
Joe Stellmacher, WIS JR Undecided Berlin, Wis.
Ben Strickland, WIS SO Education Brookfield, Wis.
Joe Thomas, WIS SO Business Brookfield, Wis.
Jake Wood, WIS SR Business Bettendorf, Iowa
 
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It looks like you gotta have a real major to qualify for this recognition. So much for the allegation that all Ohio State players all take basket weaving. 20% of the team carries a 3.0 GPA. That's impressive. Damn, I wish the world could know about this. I hope the NCAA mentions it prominently when they very thoroughly praise Ohio State for their efforts at remaining at the forefront of college football in compliance.
 
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Jason Avant, MICH JR General Studies Chicago, Ill.
Adam Finley, MICH SR Biomedical Engineering Greenwood, Ind.
James Fisher, MICH SR Physical Education Huron, Ohio
Ross Mann, MICH SR Political Science Pikeville, Ky.
Troy Nienberg, MICH SR English Glandorf, Ohio
Clayton Richard, MICH SO Undeclared Lafayette, Ind.
Carl Tabb, MICH JR Biology Ann Arbor, Mich.
Jeremy Van Alstyne, MICH JR General Studies Greenwood, Ind.
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Two general studies, one undeclared and one political science? Whew, their brains must hurt from all of the studying.

Oh, and don't forget about our tutors.
 
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Great job Buckeyes!!
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Notice, by the way, more than twice as many as Northwestern or UM, supposedly the conferences two academic powerhouses.

Yep. Just a bunch of no-hopers taking easy courses on coaching! NOT!!!
Well done Buckeyes!
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I, in no way want to take away from the accomplishments of our Bucks, but I have to respond to this.
Couple of things....
1. When I was growing up, I went to a Public school in the city where I was pretty much a "C" student. My family moved to the country just before my Senior year, and all of a sudden I was an "A" student and could have been considered Honors material if they went only by one's GPA. The tougher the school is academically, the harder it would be for a player to excell. (again, if the criteria is simply GPA)
2. If the criteria were simply GPA, then you would be more likely to have a high GPA if you took easier classes such as a class on coaching.

Again, I am only responding to the quote...there are problems with the statement. I am extremely proud of our guys.
 
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ysubuck said:
http://the-ozone.net/misc/04fallallbigtenallacademic.htm

Here's a breakdown of the Big 10 football teams:

OSU 22
Indiana 17
PSU 16
MSU 13
Minny 11
Wiscy 10
NU 9
Iowa 8
scUM 8
Illinois 7
Purdue 6

Great job by everyone involved. Let's see this on the front page of the paper!!!!
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Thanks ysubuck for pointing this out, I think it's important and an honor for the team. Of course there will be some idiots that will make light of this honor. It's even more important to the guys on that list since the vast majority of them won't be playing football on sundays.
 
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Bret Blow Job is on the BN defending Scum by saying the coarses at OSU must have been Tressel football coarses and such.

He just doesn't have the balls ( unless they are in his throat ) to get on here and run his fairy mouth.
 
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here's a nice post by vern mangold over on b-nuts.........

Dear Doug Harris, esteemed sports writer for the Dayton Daily News:

You must be on Holiday this week. Otherwise, you certainly would have followed up on the news release issued by the Big Ten concerning the All Big Ten Academic Award Winners.

My fellow Bucknuts recall your personal contempt for the academic prowess of our boys in uniform. To refresh your memory, you bashed the team, the school, the coaching staff, and the NCAA in your your article dated December 19th, 2003. (For Bucknuts fans, my response to Mr. Harris's yellow piece can still be found under Fan Favorites).

ESPN trots out, in October of this year, a worn, tired tale of academic skull duggery based upon a series of pay-to-play interviews with a veritable stew of unsavory ex-Buckeyes to gin ratings and generate a little shock value.

Like the rest of the lemmings in the so called "sports journalism" community, you gleefully jump on the anti-OSU band wagon by promoting quotations from such pillars of integrity as Marco "I didn't know that the gun was loaded" Cooper and Sammy "I am too stupid to spell my last name correctly at the top of the paper" Maldanado (sp? aw, who cares?!).

The Ohio State Football team lead the Big Ten in Academic Honors for the fall of 2004. A whopping 22 players- 21%, on the team qualified. This number is even more impressive since freshmen are not included. Factoring out the freshman produces a percentage total of 28 % or better than one out of four players. The next closest was Indiana with 17. The Furry Striped Rodents came in with 8. Of the 22, 8 are Seniors, which is a total that is second only to Penn State. The most significant fact is that 11 of the winners are Juniors- nearly three times the total number of eligible Juniors from other Big Ten teams.

The Juniors make up the core of Jim Tressel's first full recruiting year.

What is that you say, Mr. Harris- they didn't earn the awards, because they cheat, huh?

Or maybe they are walk-on ringers? 19 are scholarship athletes.

Or maybe they don't contribute on the field? 16 are letter winners.

Or maybe they are all majoring in Basketweaving or Remedial Math? The fields of study that the award winners earned their accolades in cover a broad range of majors that include Accounting, Biology and Mechanical Engineering.

Gee, no Journalism majors. Maybe Journalism is tougher than Mechanical Engineering?!

Too bad that this news release is good news for the OSU Football program. It obviously leaves you nothing to write about!

Regards,

Vern Mangold
 
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Varsity football (EDU PAES 196.06) is graded S/U (satisfactory/unsatisfactory), meaning pass/fail, meaning it does not earn a letter grade and does not count toward a student-athlete's GPA. It is a 2-hour course that can be repeated for up to 10 hours, but it only counts as a non-graded elective and probably doesn't even go toward most football players' graduation.
 
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