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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think in this thread there is a lack of understanding about what is important to the high academic schools.

Stanford does not recruit against Cal.  Much like ND their base is national.

And it is smart.  Will they dip to a solid B student who as no chance of getting in otherwise but is solid as a student and a great receiver-- yes.  A few recruits.  Most of the rest are A students.  They are going to Stanford because they are smart and because they are really good at football.  There are maybe 5 kids that would be recruited by both Stanford and Alabama.

What is important to Stanford as a university is to play good games against good teams so that the rest of the student body has a break from learning to change the universe.  National Title run?  Great.  But it is a adjunct to the school, the tail not the dog.

That is what they care about.

Duke and BC are somewhat similar even if lower ranked by USNWS.  BC is not taking C students on their teams.  It is what has killed them in basketball.  Duke makes exceptions for basketball and only a little for football.

In football neither wants to compete for a national championship.  If they got one, great.  But that is not the goal.  They want games against Clemson, Miami, FSU that they win or lose but that students and alums like.  For BC it is ok to beat FSU only once in a while so the kids can storm the field.

Those schools want a top conference for the games.

These schools (and Wake most likely) have different motivations.

That is why this is difficult.  If everyone wanted just football glory or money this would be easy.  But there is more of an agenda here for a number of the schools.

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Oh please. Of course Stanford competes for top recruits in football.  The vast majority of “qualified” recruits are not in the slightest bit interested in playing for a mediocre program with limited television exposure. Their base is National like ND?  You can’t be serious. Almost nobody cares about Stanford football nationally. You’re conflating high quality academics with major athletics.  Stanford excels in academics of course and in the esoteric sports that draw little interest from the vast majority of the country.

Duke makes huge concessions for basketball. Notre Dame makes large concessions for football as well.  You make it sound like all of these schools are so much more concerned about all of their athletes being top student in academics than other top schools who do compete.  It’s simply not true. [/quote]

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