M-Borg vs. THE Flavortown U Thread, Orig. by Buckeye Paul, absconded w/by talent.

[lineygoblue]

Isn't he going to be a senior this year in Jim Tressel's pro-style offense?

[iam416]

Academic All American

It's interesting you bring that up, SLF. We could also check Academic All-American and Acedemic All-B10 numbers, too. Unsurprisingly, they tell the same story.

M's shame. Well, no, not really. M's true shame is that despite their embarrassing efforts, they still can't win shit.

[Rob F]

Acedemic

is that some kind of award you get when you "Ace" a test?

[Tony G]

10th-richest: Texas A&M
Endowment funds last year: $7 billion
Change from previous year: 22%
Students last fall: 49,861
Undergraduate tuition: $19,035 (estimated cost of attendance for Texas residents for one year at the main campus)

Ninth-richest: Northwestern University
Endowment funds last year: $7.2 billion
Change from previous year: 20.8%
Students last fall: 20,284
Undergraduate tuition: $40,223 for tuition, room and board

Eighth-richest: Columbia University
Endowment funds last year: $7.8 billion ($7,789,578,000)
Change from previous year: 19.5%
Students last fall: 28,221
Undergraduate tuition: $59,208 for tuition, room and board for the 2011-12 academic year for New York residents.

Seventh-richest: University of Michigan
Endowment funds last year: $7.8 billion ($7,834,752,000)
Change from previous year: 19.4%
Students last fall: 42,716 for the main Ann Arbor campus
Undergraduate tuition: $25,204 for tuition, room and board for on-campus residents for the 2011-12 school year.
The University of Michigan, with the largest football stadium in the country (capacity: 109,901), has one of the most dedicated alumni communities in the U.S., and that no doubt has helped its endowment fund make the top 10.
Ann Arbor is considered one of the most affordable and enjoyable college towns in the country, and the constant influx of people for school-related activities has led the university to use some of its funds for nearby parking facilities costing millions of dollars in recent years.



Sixth-richest: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Endowment funds last year: $9.7 billion
Change from previous year: 16.8%
Students last fall: 10,894
Undergraduate tuition: $40,460 for tuition only for the 2011-12 academic year
Not surprisingly, MIT's leadership in the field of technology and scientific innovation helps account for the considerable size of its endowment, as many students and faculty projects find lucrative commercial applications. Money flows back into the school's nearly $10 billion endowment, a portion of which goes to the university's annual expenditures -- approximately 75% of which go to instruction and specific research projects. It's a (not) vicious cycle that keeps the school well in the top 10 of the country's richest universities.



Fifth-richest: Stanford University
Endowment funds last year: $17 billion
Change from previous year: 19.1%
Students last fall: 19,945
Undergraduate tuition: $52,860 for tuition, room and board for the 2011-12 academic year
For a school whose most famous graduates were dropouts (see Google (GOOG_) founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, or the founders of Yahoo!(YHOO_) and Sun Microsystems(JAVA_), for starters), Stanford University has a generous alumni community that last year contributed more than 36% of the year's $709 million raised for the fifth-largest endowment of any university in the U.S.
The money funds 20% of the school's operating budget, allowing Stanford to maintain a top-notch level of instruction that is perhaps so good it allows star pupils to drop out and get rich before getting their degrees.



Fourth-richest: Princeton University
Endowment funds last year: $17.1 billion
Change from previous year: 18.9%
Students last fall: 7,859
Undergraduate tuition: $54,780 for the estimated cost of attendance in the coming 2012-13 academic year, including tuition, room and board.
Princeton University, with the second-highest tuition rate for undergraduates on this list, also has the smallest student body. That means its endowment can be spent more on capital projects than many of the schools on this list, though the institution decided last year that it would keep spending at 4% to 5.75% per year to allow the fund to generate income through investments.



Third-richest: University of Texas
Endowment funds last year: $17.2 billion
Change from previous year: 22%
Students last fall: 51,112 for the main Austin campus
Undergraduate tuition: $9,816 for residents, $32,594 for nonresidents, covering tuition only for the 2011-12 school year
The University of Texas system, with an endowment of more than $17 billion, is the richest public university in the U.S., and the third-richest overall. That's important, as the school says it gets only 20% of its budget from the state, and that support has dropped steadily since 2009, leading to student walkouts to protest the budget cuts.



Second-richest: Yale University
Endowment funds last year: $19.4 billion
Change from previous year: 16.3%
Students last fall: 11,875
Undergraduate tuition: $52,700 for tuition, room and board for the 2011-12 academic year
Yale University's close to $20 billion endowment gives it the runner-up spot on the list, though the 16% increase in that fund from the previous year is one of the lowest of the top 10 schools, suggesting that it may not hold the second spot for long. The school also reports a declining participation rate among its alumni donors, which has gone from 41% in 2001 to 34% in the current academic year.



The richest college: Harvard University
Endowment funds last year: $31.7 billion
Change from previous year: 15.1%
Students last fall: 21,000
Undergraduate tuition: $52,652 for tuition, room and board for the 2011-12 school year
Topping the list for the richest university in the U.S. is Harvard, a school used to appearing at the top of most collegerankings of distinction. The school's more than $30 billion eclipses the other schools' endowments on this list, so even though the fund saw the least year-on-year growth of any other on the list, it doesn't seem to be in much danger of slipping down in the ranking.
In any case, the recent success of a certain Asian-American Harvard alumnus in the NBA will surely open many alumni wallets for next year.

[Optimus Prime]

Embarrassing

DSL, shouldn’t you be watching Women’s Olympic Soccer now? Burkina Faso battles Azerbaijan or some other worthless match must be on the Oxygen channel, No?


I guess the pressure of 6-7, a decade of scandal and Tressel's demise have clearly taken their toll....and now the desperate attempt at Meyer's "White Knighting " a corrupt program in turmoil.

Countless former OSU Football players bragging that they have never seen the inside of classroom, "African Studies" Majors receiving academic credit for simply attending. Professors and grad students actually writing papers and exams on behalf of football players or simply grade fixing at the Registrar's Office, frankly you should be ashamed and repentant.

But Instead, you cast stones at Michigan, laughable!

I applaud Michigan for offering these young men an opportunity and a chance to grow academically as for OSU they simply surrender to the matter long ago at the cost of their souls.

[iam416]

I have to admit, this whole thing is just fucking awful. It will be soooooooooo much more fun to taunt you chuckleheads with actual footbal results.

Until then, hey, OP -- yo mama!

[Optimus Prime]

What's the score?

[iam416]

Heh. Damn you and your ilk, OP, for making me root for The Nick and Alabama. Rot in hell!

[Optimus Prime]

I would NEVER root for that Prick.


BTW DSL, I clicked on your Avatar and was directed to the following URL: www.FreeJerrySanduskyNow.com, care to explain?

[SeattleLionsFan]

It's interesting you bring that up, SLF. We could also check Academic All-American and Acedemic All-B10 numbers, too. Unsurprisingly, they tell the same story.

M's shame. Well, no, not really. M's true shame is that despite their embarrassing efforts, they still can't win shit.

Just goes to show how easy the grading is for football players at OSU.

[Tony G]

I would NEVER root for that Prick.

So if Bama was playing OSU?

[lineygoblue]

M's true shame is that despite their embarrassing efforts, they still can't win shit.

11-2 > 6-7.

Wait, .. I guess that means you're right....

my bad ....

[Optimus Prime]

So if Bama was playing OSU?

A pox on both houses.

[Dr. Strangelove]

OP's malevolence is driven by his unspoken shame: he is an Urban Meyer fan

[Optimus Prime]

To the braggart Tybalt......'twas well struck, ’tis enough, ’twill serve.

"Go, villain, fetch a surgeon......Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man."