Husky Football: ‘It Is Very Cool To Be Smart’

PurpleJ said:

This thread is worthless without @creepycoug

Crisped.

also, you assholes twisted this into a CWU/EWU argument, which it isn't.

ApostleofGrief said:

UW is a fine school, and sure it places in top rankings in *certain* categories. But, not an elite school in general.

Ask that to people seeking their PhDs.

ApostleofGrief said:

dnc said:

ApostleofGrief said:

Fire_Marshall_Bill said:

ApostleofGrief said:

ApostleofGrief said:

Stanford and MIT are "elite institutions." The UW is mostly selective. I've heard tales that they take transfers from NSCC not far from the 7/11 on Aurora. Elite!

you assholes realize that burying the post is not the same as some kind of counterargument. The fact is that the UW is NOT an elite school. Some/certain departments are hard to get in to, like engineering, but that is mostly due to lack of funds. The engineering school is on par with the most peer schools. If you say the UW is elite then you might as well call a whole lot of its peers elite, which means it is not elite, only average.

It's not Stanfraud, an Ivy, or a "public Ivy," but it's a good school. It's better than Central.

possibly not in music and business

NOGAF about music

still not proof that UW is "elite"... just a bunch of red herrings

I never claimed UW was "elite".

Also, red herrings > red turf

We get it AoG, you couldnt get admitted into UW and quit the CWU football team after 3 practices

PostGameOrangeSlices said:

We get it AoG, you couldnt get admitted into UW and quit the CWU football team after 3 practices

I actually enjoyed this post, since to my knowledge you are the only one that has actually taken account of the fact I played college football if only in a minor way! And that includes the real world too. Also, it was three weeks, not 3 practices. Not listed on the depth chart, I did enough to take a few hits and run a few sprints.

If anything, UW is a populist school. When the coach says "elite" I take that in the common sense usage that only a very select few are accepted, and then of those there is a very high degree of academic rigor. A statement like that would apply to places like Stanford and MIT. Look, I ~know~ people who went to the UW and they are just fine. I like them. But to say that they went to an elite school is pushing it way too far. Now, in engineering at the undergraduate level, possibly it is elite. I'll grant that. It is very tough to get into UW engineering. Even 4.0 students do not make it necessarily into EE. But at the undergraduate level which is what would concern the football players, the education is about like every other school at this level. In fact, the classes are huge, so you get less professor interaction in general, so arguably it is not as good.

Don't get me wrong, the UW is a good school, but there is a certain unjustified snobbishness which accompanies some attitudes. Maybe the UW is elite compared to BSU. Fine.

ApostleofGrief said:

PostGameOrangeSlices said:

We get it AoG, you couldnt get admitted into UW and quit the CWU football team after 3 practices

I actually enjoyed this post, since to my knowledge you are the only one that has actually taken account of the fact I played college football if only in a minor way! And that includes the real world too. Also, it was three weeks, not 3 practices. Not listed on the depth chart, I did enough to take a few hits and run a few sprints.

If anything, UW is a populist school. When the coach says "elite" I take that in the common sense usage that only a very select few are accepted, and then of those there is a very high degree of academic rigor. A statement like that would apply to places like Stanford and MIT. Look, I ~know~ people who went to the UW and they are just fine. I like them. But to say that they went to an elite school is pushing it way too far. Now, in engineering at the undergraduate level, possibly it is elite. I'll grant that. It is very tough to get into UW engineering. Even 4.0 students do not make it necessarily into EE. But at the undergraduate level which is what would concern the football players, the education is about like every other school at this level. In fact, the classes are huge, so you get less professor interaction in general, so arguably it is not as good.

Don't get me wrong, the UW is a good school, but there is a certain unjustified snobbishness which accompanies some attitudes. Maybe the UW is elite compared to BSU. Fine.

Take your ass-raping like a man and suffer in silence, shitball.

Swaye said:

I wonder what these guys think when they realize UW has the shittiest looking coeds in the Pac-12. I barely recall several Apple Cups when it hit me that the WSU sluts looked better than our pasty granola heifers. This was the 90's too. It has to be even worse now. Jesus.

#sundevils

You should spend some time with Splooge and develop yellow fever.

Gladstone said:

At the Tiki I was expecting goons of the filthiest order but everyone was pretty normal looking.

but there was a very disappointing sweatpant effort ... still very disappointing to me

Gladstone said:

At the Tiki I was expecting goons of the filthiest order but everyone was pretty normal looking.

Yeah, I was pretty disappointed with that. I thought we'd have guys showing up in sweatpants and cheeto stained t-shirts. At least @tequilla made an effort.

HFNY said:

UW isn't elite but they are trying to get there.

I love good football players who happen to be smart. They pick up things quickly (important with mandated limited practice time unlike the NFL) and tend to remember opponent tendencies from scouting reports.

First play that comes to mind about a player being smart was Mason Foster's interception off the foot of an Arizona WR on a spread screen. He freelanced a little but his smarts paid off with a Pick 6 for the win.

You're confusing instincts coupled with great athletic ability with smarts.

You can get away with that on a degenerate MB






My advice would be to not let it happen if on a walkabout with splooge though.




Hth

Swaye said:

I wonder what these guys think when they realize UW has the shittiest looking coeds in the Pac-12. I barely recall several Apple Cups when it hit me that the WSU sluts looked better than our pasty granola heifers. This was the 90's too. It has to be even worse now. Jesus.

#sundevils

Sad but true.

Though if you like Asians, its moving in the right direction.

Remember there are 1000s of chicks at all these schools and plenty of hot sluts for football guys to lay whether you go to Utah or USC.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB5YkmjalDg