Alabama Football Freshmen Lead SEC Academically
by kleph on Jul 19, 2010 8:34 PM CDT
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The Southeastern Conference announced its 2010 Freshmen Academic Honor Roll today and the Crimson Tide football squad simply dominated. A full dozen of the Alabama players were honored for their first year academic achievements -- no other school's football team produced more than six.
In fact, the Alabama football team was first among all men's sports from every school across the conference. The UA athletics department also points out that the team led the nation last year with 13 graduates on its roster, "a number that increased to 21 for the National Championship Game following December ceremonies." It's part of a trend we've noticed since Coach Saban's arrival at the Capstone.
The players include:
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A total of 547 freshmen student-athletes were named to the 2010 SEC Freshmen Academic Honor Roll, including a combined 43 Alabama student-athletes representing 13 teams. The University of South Carolina topped the list with a total of 67 student athletes.
To be included on the conference's freshman academic honor roll each student-athlete must have a cumulative GPA of 3.00 or above while completing at least 24 semester hours of non-remedial credit. In terms of athletics they must be on scholarship or a letter winner as a member of the varsity team for the sport’s entire NCAA Championship segment.
A list of the rest of Alabama's Freshman Honor Roll honorees follows the jump.
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here's how the rest of the sec football team's tallied on the list
Alabama…..12
MSU…………..6
Ole Miss……5
Kentucky……4
Arkansas…..3
USC………….3
Tenn………….3
Florida………2
Georgia…….2
Auburn………1
Vandy………..1
LSU…………..0
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it should also be mentioned...
that there were a total of 39 freshmen on the alabama 2009 roster.
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So what you're saying is that
we have 27 freshman who already have at least a toe in Saban’s doghouse? LOL
Looks like the freshman honor roll is for true freshmen only
At least, I don’t see any redshirt freshmen out of the 12 above. If that is true (and it makes sense that it’s only true freshmen, it wouldn’t be near the accomplishment to have 24 hours completed by the end of your redshirt year), then it’s really more like 12 out of 25 or so.
This is proof..
…that Saban not only recruits well, the kids he recruits go to class….and do well. A welcome change! Does anyone see the trend at Vandy? Does this mean they’re recruiting athletes these days?…lol…(yet another poorly-constructed joke)
"...because you've got your mind right, and that's the way we like it." Nick Saban
I'm sure the Vandy folks would argue that
it’s harder to get a 3.0 at Vandy than at Alabama. And they’re probably right if for no other reason than that they don’t have the same academic support staff that we do. Not that that’s our fault.
"Eddie Lacy Undeclared"
Not gonna do it. …. Not gonna do it.
He had a major picked
until Colt McCoy got hurt…
by HarveyBirdmanAAL on Jul 19, 2010 9:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Seriously, though.
Good on ‘em all. It’s been a long time since the sports world took UA academics seriously. Nice to see our athletes giving the institution a good name.
and here's my problem with that asinine meme...
lacy is a good kid who has worked his ass off to get into school and, from what we’ve seen in spring practice, get onto the field. he just pulled in a 3.0 or better gpa for his freshman year which was a hell of a lot better than i managed to do. i understand the joke is to make fun of the obsession people have with recruiting but by perpetuating that nonsense you are also pushing the perception of lacy as an underperforming student athlete which he is not.
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this is why i dont understand where my comments are going? is ther ean auto delete feature?
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by tempebamafan on Jul 19, 2010 9:55 PM CDT up reply actions
cause i said "Re: the Deans List.... anyone heard of Lacy qualified?"
see thats funny AND highlights that Lacy gets good grades, as the “qualification”: questions relates to his status as a member of the Honor Roll, not merely qualifing for addmission.. i humbly submit a request that the “no eddie lacy qualification jokes” rule be set aside for this one instance.
The beauty of The Process is that you have never arrived, so you get to continue being perpetually awesome... -Espyonage
by tempebamafan on Jul 19, 2010 9:57 PM CDT up reply actions
Well, I for 1, don't know if I've ever posted the joke but at times I have enjoyed it
BUT…… Apparently and Thankfully , THE JOKE’S ON US !!!
"Defense"
They're being deleted immediately...
… as per the RBR policy on that failed attempt at a joke for months and months now.
If you want to joke, make fun of a Barner.
"Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself." -- Milton Friedman
by outsidethesidelines on Jul 19, 2010 10:02 PM CDT up reply actions
I never viewed it as making fun of Lacy,
just that people kept asking not realizing the question had been answered multiple times, so it got turned into a joke.
and instead of discussing lacy's academic achievement
here we are bringing up this nonsense again.
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well, I wasn't appealing to bring it back,
I’m just saying that I don’t think it was ever meant to be insulting to him.
And I think it’s great he made the honor roll.
Of course that's what it is,
but A) it’s old…I mean REALLY old, and B) to any newcomer that finds this site, they don’t get the joke and immediately assume he’s an underachieving student. I thought it was funny at the very first, when Lacy qualifying was actually news, but it stopped a loooooooong time ago.
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by RememberTheRoseBowl on Jul 19, 2010 10:17 PM CDT up reply actions
what sort of filter do you guys have in place?
must be an impressive one, cause my joke was contructed differently from a grammar perspective….
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by tempebamafan on Jul 19, 2010 10:37 PM CDT up reply actions
Prolly a stupid question but
You hear PR Guy occasionally,but, what possibilities could AJ have with this as a major?
"Defense"
NFL?
"Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself." -- Milton Friedman
by outsidethesidelines on Jul 19, 2010 9:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Lol, nothing more to elaborate...
… hopefully he’ll be good enough to make the big money in the NFL and make his college major of little relevance.
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by outsidethesidelines on Jul 19, 2010 10:04 PM CDT up reply actions
actually, PR would seem to be a superb major for a pro athlete
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Unless he's a pretty girl
probably nothing.
by Bama philosophe on Jul 19, 2010 10:39 PM CDT up reply actions
i wanted to be a pharmacueticle sales rep SOOOOOOOOO bad
then when i never grew boobs and my face wouldn’t clear up, and those pesky testicles wouldn’t go away, i knew i had to think of another career feild…
The beauty of The Process is that you have never arrived, so you get to continue being perpetually awesome... -Espyonage
by tempebamafan on Jul 19, 2010 10:46 PM CDT up reply actions
So, to major in Kines-iology
do you have to learn how to STOP THAT INSIDE TROUT?
"Let's go be champions, boys!" - Greg McElroy
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by RememberTheRoseBowl on Jul 19, 2010 10:14 PM CDT reply actions
Here's some linkage that
was supposed to go with that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkNT28g6YBU
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by RememberTheRoseBowl on Jul 19, 2010 10:19 PM CDT reply actions
Wow. To me this is more significant than any individual "on the field" award.
Goes to show how a cultural attitude that values education will determine academic performance. I’ve pissed people off here before by getting too much into the sociology implied with sports, so I’ll just state the obvious on this one: this staff is one of the best in the nation at taking seriously the character and the “student” part of the student athlete. I’m even more pleased now that I recently covered up my political candidate (that i’ll leave unnamed) bumper sticker with a Nick Saban/ Alabama one.
By the looks of things, I'm pretty sure God doesn't care how you do in sports.
This also affects the on the field product.
When you get smart, classy kids to sign up, it makes the team better overall. Granted, they need to have talent too or you end up being Vandy. This is what I appreciate the most from Saban. He is bringing in players we can be proud of for more than just their 40 times.
Auburn and Tennessee fans are a lot like Slinkys...neither are worth much but you do get a sense of satisfaction from pushing them down a flight of stairs
agreed.
The mental toughness of this team was what made the difference on the field as well. This is a special time in the program’s history. In my opinion, the best.
By the looks of things, I'm pretty sure God doesn't care how you do in sports.
by zarahoopstra on Jul 20, 2010 1:40 AM CDT up reply actions
keep in mind...
we’re focusing on the football team since that’s primarily what this website follows but this goes much further than just the gridiron. the tuscaloosa news points out that the women’s softball team had all five freshmen on the list and four of the five freshmen on the gymnastics team made it as well. both these squads regularly compete at the highest level for their sport.
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The academic support staff that the football program affords us
is extended to all of our teams, right?
Also, didn’t Saban go speak to our softball team? I’m giving him all the credit for their success too!! LOL
great for the kids, the university, and I'm sure for recruiting.
If I had a kid looking at places, this would definitely be a good sign.
What you're seeing is team spirit. It's like the Holy Spirit, but more powerful.
-Hank Hill
don't get to excited
this isn’t exactly an accomplishment, it’s not like they made the acedemic honor roll at a Big 10 school, this is the University of Alabama after all, it should be easy.
yes, i recognize sarcasm...
and i also recognize when someone is being a dick. how about not being one?
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lol, damn kleph
don’t get all internet tough guy on me, it was a failed attempt at sarcasm, well since you knew it was sarcasm, i didn’t fail, it just wasn’t funny then. either way it didn’t deserve in me being called a dick.
Bamagary
Step down from you academic high horse. Don’t get TOO excited. Do you earn academic honors while at UA?
I wouldn't piss off the boys from Alabama . . . DBT
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