U of M Football Team's GPA
Hey, something positive and new about the program!
per rivals
U-M has confirmed that last year's team grade-point average is the highest in the past 20 years. It's also one of the best ever by the men who pull on the winged helmets.
"I know that Rich's football team made really significant strides in their team GPA," noted U-M Athletic Director Bill Martin. "It either is, or is very close to, the highest GPA in the recorded history of the football team. I'm very proud of that."
I wonder what Rodriguez's critics who talk shit about him being a coach with low class who wants thugs on his team are going to say about this. The article states that the new staff are putting more emphasis on grades than the previous one.
I attribute this improvement to Barwis' strenuous mental workouts.
I have no doubt that this is all Barwis.
Last I heard, erosion has revealed a stretch of Barwis Beach that reaches all the way to study hall.
...and the chocolate milk
I attribute global warming to Barwis' strenuous mental workouts.
Zoltan's 34.0 helps.
It is, however, almost completely nullified by Stevie Brown's -26.0
using only their cerebellums. The only downside is that Jon Falk is having to order new custom-designed helmets to accommodate the larger, more heavily-muscled brains the team is now sporting.
Yeah, but on the plus side, they've also gained some telekinetic abilities from it. QB's tripping over their own feet will be at an all time high.
...they have learned how to blow shit up with their minds...a al "Accepted"
Just curious what the GPA is.
The GPA is the Grade Point Average, which is a method for measuring your academic acheivement.
You're welcome.
I would like to think that I would be smart enough to know what a GPA is given that I have a grad degree from Michigan! I saw that Northwestern posted their first-ever GPA north of 3,0 recently, so I would love to compare the two.
MADE OF WIN!
I think he meant the number, not what GPA means. Should my sarcasm meter be going off?
Surely, you can't be serious.
and don't call me surely.
*swish*
He forgot the "But that's not important" part though.
in one of his little "promo stop videos" that someone had posted on here.
BUT I THOUGHT LLOYD LEFT THE MENTAL CUPBOARD BARE?!?!?!
Boom.
Justin Boren was really bringing down the average before last year.
Meanwhile, his time sent being a moron at Michigan actually makes him the smartest guy in school at OSU.
That is definitely great to hear. It just makes me glad to see Rich Rod disprove all his detractors one after the other.
I was going to say the exact same thing. Its definitely a breath of fresh air from all of the RR critics.
Rich Rod has always said he wants MOTIVATED players.
It's not that much of a stretch to see classroom motivation mirror on-field motivation.
4.0, I'm sure Martavious Odoms dropped a couple of classes, and Stevie Brown let a few assignments go past him that were easy to tackle.
Well done.
I logged in so I could +1 you. Nice work.
Hey Waggle, that's what the new point system is for. Next time just hit up and leave it at that.
Not necessarily. It doesn't hurt to publicly say you agree with something.
jg just wrapped up the MGoHeisman with this comment.
negative about RR, it seems to me like evidence comes out saying..not so fast my friend.
Paper Shreding: WVU fans and others call him Shredriguez. Turns out, he shreded his own papers when more were supposed to be on file elsewhere.
Buyout: Sounds in the end like Michigan itself was the one that was fighting that, not RR.
Family Values: Numerous players have spoken favorably about the family atmosphere.
Thug players: The team sports a very good GPA now.
In-state recruiting: RR has landed plenty of top in-state kids (not to mention great out-of-state ones)
Anything else?
Yeah. He said the F word once.
I once saw him eat a golden retriever puppy in front of a crying little girl.
If you're talking about Barwis I believe you.
but Barwis actually swiped in after and attached one of those squat machines to the crying girl. She needed to "man up" apparently, and stop crying. When she couldn't do it, he ate her.
My brother-in-law (you know, he coaches football) said that he went to a thing this one time and RR swore. Not just once either, but a couple times. Yeah, I love my brother-in-law and will always believe anything he says...always. He's awesome. If he wasn't busy banging my sister all the time, I'd try and get in on that.
How awful. He should spend his time doing better things, like getting into fights or getting DUIs.
He knows how to say "fuck" ... and his mother should wash his mouth out with soap.
It should be front and center at MGoBlue. There's already an article there today about B10 academic awards for UM athletes in general, and this should be a companion piece. I would think that Bill Martin would want this news to be shouted from the rooftops immediately, and restricting it to paid subscribers at Rivals doesn't get the job done at all. PR job FAIL.
hooray for smartness
a coincidence that the worst team in 40 years is the smartest team in the last 20 years.
Yes.
If this rule applies to guys like it does to girls, this is probably the ugliest team in history as well.
yeah, what a bunch of nerds.
RR has been getting far too much flack from people for claims that have never been substantiated, so it is great news to hear. Also, the Vlad piece on family values refutes those clowns as well.
Does it actually list what the GPA is or is it only described as the highest ever? I would love to compare it to ND's :)
Why don't you tell us ND's team GPA and we'll tell you whether ours is better?
No offense Irish, but it's kind of apples to oranges. Comparing GPA's across schools isn't always very accurate. Some schools have far stricter grading scales than others. The best way to compare would be to look at the average GPA at each school, and see how the football team compares to the average student.
For example, if the UM average is 3.10 (about what it was when I was there) and the football team's is also 3.1, and the ND average is 3.4 and the football team is 3.2, which team is actually doing better academically?