Attn. All Miami Alum.

[canesstevealum08]

Antwan we may disagree on the baseball board but...spot on, man!

 

[AntwanJ306]

Antwan we may disagree on the baseball board but...spot on, man!

It's funny how people with no connection to the school get ****ed off because we're not winning football games, and then they trash the school. And when they do, they have no idea what they are talking about.

 

[canesstevealum08]

Amen, I will say this though, a lot of myths about the university are reported cause of athletics. (Espn, being the only view some people have).

 

[whoopingcane]

And you're a person with a hateful agenda that's a detriment to my school, our fan base, and everything the U stands for. You have no problem flip-flopping, misleading the board and yourself, and just ****ting on everything and everyone. You're part of the problem, not the solution.

It's a message board dip****. They were invented to call out pompous ego-maniacs like you. A detriment to your school, part of the problem, etc? You need to grow up.

Somewhere between your blind homerism and my very effective bomb baiting lies the real truth. If she was so wonderful and great for athletics, the results on the field(s) would be considerably less damning to her reputation/legacy.

 

[djciombor]

As a proud Miami grad (MDCC) I don't give a f*ck about the U's academics

This man gets it

The only thing someone with a "degree" from MDCC is coffee for someone with a degree from the U.

A bunch of dumb mudda f*ckers responding to my sarcastic post. News for you asshle, the U ain't in the top half academically in the conference. Now go get yoyr coffee you f*cking prick

OOHHHHHH, so sarcasm is only a one way street....got it. I didn't realize that you could dish it out but couldn't take it. I understand now. Try not to root your sarcasm is an ocean of insecurity.

PS - Excellent personal attack filled response btw. Did I maybe, just maybe, hit a nerve?

 

[dk72]

The rest of us don't give a fvck about the U's academics.

We only care about the football team. If you want to tout academics go to canesnerds.com

That is all.

The 'Canes are a college team. Don't like it, find an NFL team to root for, or whatever JC you went to.

that's dumb.

if so, then why is the school motto changed to "it's all about the U"

\side bar. i was a group of 20 randomly chosen undergrads in 2009 that voted for this slogan.

The U isn't a term created by academics; it was made by our football team.

take a look around the medical campus. there are posters of doctors, patients, staff all flashing the U.

So what? It's still a COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAM. It is linked to and fully a part of a college. That includes academics. Again, don't like it, then root for a professional team.

 

[dk72]

Those pesky facts getting in the way of a Farc Archer rant, again ...

Outside the 305, the University of Miami is really not widely known across the nation. Yes, it's a good school, but no, not anything like other schools. When folks decide to study a particular discipline across the other 49 states, and half the state of Florida, Miami is, well, just not at the top of everyone's list.

This is so stupid that I didn't bother reading anything else. 54% of UM's student body is from outside of Florida.

Archer loves his long rants, but they are always full of nonsense and BS. The man spews crap and expects people to accept it as fact.

No, actually I just tell it like it is, and it ****es you and a few others off.

Get outside the 305, and you'll see. Ask 100 folks from other parts of the country about the "U," and they'll have zero idea of the degree programs at the "U," but if pressed to share why they are aware of the University of Miami, and how they first came to know about Miami, it will be from the football program.

If you don't like it, choke on it.

It's the truth!

You ever look around the Boston area for schools? Now THEY got some schools known strictly for their academics.

No, you're simply full of ****. I travel quite a bit for work, I have colleagues all across the nation. Miami's academic program and standing is quite well known outside of "the 305". As another poster pointed out, more than half of Miami's students are from not just outside "the 305", but outside the state of Florida. As for Boston and schools known strictly for academics...so what? No one said Miami is known strictly for academics or athletics. They have both. I am quite familiar with some of the NE schools, since I got accepted to Boston University, Brown, and URI but turned them all down to go to Miami.

 

[FullyERicht]

The rest of us don't give a fvck about the U's academics.

We only care about the football team. If you want to tout academics go to canesnerds.com

That is all.

The 'Canes are a college team. Don't like it, find an NFL team to root for, or whatever JC you went to.

that's dumb.

if so, then why is the school motto changed to "it's all about the U"

\side bar. i was a group of 20 randomly chosen undergrads in 2009 that voted for this slogan.

The U isn't a term created by academics; it was made by our football team.

take a look around the medical campus. there are posters of doctors, patients, staff all flashing the U.

So what? It's still a COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAM. It is linked to and fully a part of a college. That includes academics. Again, don't like it, then root for a professional team.

This is so beyond naive.

Let me explain to you what college football was and was supposed to be: kids accepted to the school then play on the football team. Of course, that was an ideal that lasted about two seconds. What it is now, and has been for a long time (although it's worse than ever now), is a multi million dollar industry where kids who would have zero chance of making a school are brought in to play football.

This idea that they are there to get an education is the biggest farce and joke of all time. You can't have it both ways: if you want it to be about education, then those schlarships should be going to kids who were accepted bc of their academic qualifications. Of course, your football team would be the worst in FBS, and you'd be tossed from your cushy ACC guaranteed payout.

Bringing kids in to play football, and then stressing them with the demand of perfect grades and graduation (which is this programs #1 priority), serves no one. The kids degrees are still meaningless, and yet they don't develop as football players bc their coaches are baby sitters and not teachers of a craft.

In modern college football, IMO, pretending these kids are regular students serves no one except the back-patters in the admin when the APR rankings come out.

 

[FullyERicht]

The rest of us don't give a fvck about the U's academics.

We only care about the football team. If you want to tout academics go to canesnerds.com

That is all.

The 'Canes are a college team. Don't like it, find an NFL team to root for, or whatever JC you went to.

that's dumb.

if so, then why is the school motto changed to "it's all about the U"

\side bar. i was a group of 20 randomly chosen undergrads in 2009 that voted for this slogan.

The U isn't a term created by academics; it was made by our football team.

take a look around the medical campus. there are posters of doctors, patients, staff all flashing the U.

So what? It's still a COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAM. It is linked to and fully a part of a college. That includes academics. Again, don't like it, then root for a professional team.

This is so beyond naive.

Let me explain to you what college football was and was supposed to be: kids accepted to the school then play on the football team. Of course, that was an ideal that lasted about two seconds. What it is now, and has been for a long time (although it's worse than ever now), is a multi million dollar industry where kids who would have zero chance of making a school are brought in to play football.

This idea that they are there to get an education is the biggest farce and joke of all time. You can't have it both ways: if you want it to be about education, then those schlarships should be going to kids who were accepted bc of their academic qualifications. Of course, your football team would be the worst in FBS, and you'd be tossed from your cushy ACC guaranteed payout.

Bringing kids in to play football, and then stressing them with the demand of perfect grades and graduation (which is this programs #1 priority), serves no one. The kids degrees are still meaningless, and yet they don't develop as football players bc their coaches are baby sitters and not teachers of a craft.

In modern college football, IMO, pretending these kids are regular students serves no one except the back-patters in the admin when the APR rankings come out.

 

[FullyERicht]

The rest of us don't give a fvck about the U's academics.

We only care about the football team. If you want to tout academics go to canesnerds.com

That is all.

The 'Canes are a college team. Don't like it, find an NFL team to root for, or whatever JC you went to.

that's dumb.

if so, then why is the school motto changed to "it's all about the U"

\side bar. i was a group of 20 randomly chosen undergrads in 2009 that voted for this slogan.

The U isn't a term created by academics; it was made by our football team.

take a look around the medical campus. there are posters of doctors, patients, staff all flashing the U.

So what? It's still a COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAM. It is linked to and fully a part of a college. That includes academics. Again, don't like it, then root for a professional team.

This is so beyond naive.

Let me explain to you what college football was and was supposed to be: kids accepted to the school then play on the football team. Of course, that was an ideal that lasted about two seconds. What it is now, and has been for a long time (although it's worse than ever now), is a multi million dollar industry where kids who would have zero chance of making a school are brought in to play football.

This idea that they are there to get an education is the biggest farce and joke of all time. You can't have it both ways: if you want it to be about education, then those schlarships should be going to kids who were accepted bc of their academic qualifications. Of course, your football team would be the worst in FBS, and you'd be tossed from your cushy ACC guaranteed payout.

Bringing kids in to play football, and then stressing them with the demand of perfect grades and graduation (which is this programs #1 priority), serves no one. The kids degrees are still meaningless, and yet they don't develop as football players bc their coaches are baby sitters and not teachers of a craft.

In modern college football, IMO, pretending these kids are regular students serves no one except the back-patters in the admin when the APR rankings come out.

 

[Consigliere]

Did anyone know?


This is so beyond naive.

Let me explain to you what college football was and was supposed to be: kids accepted to the school then play on the football team. Of course, that was an ideal that lasted about two seconds. What it is now, and has been for a long time (although it's worse than ever now), is a multi million dollar industry where kids who would have zero chance of making a school are brought in to play football.

This idea that they are there to get an education is the biggest farce and joke of all time. You can't have it both ways: if you want it to be about education, then those schlarships should be going to kids who were accepted bc of their academic qualifications. Of course, your football team would be the worst in FBS, and you'd be tossed from your cushy ACC guaranteed payout.

Bringing kids in to play football, and then stressing them with the demand of perfect grades and graduation (which is this programs #1 priority), serves no one. The kids degrees are still meaningless, and yet they don't develop as football players bc their coaches are baby sitters and not teachers of a craft.

In modern college football, IMO, pretending these kids are regular students serves no one except the back-patters in the admin when the APR rankings come out.

 

[Ibis Wingz]

The rest of us don't give a fvck about the U's academics.

We only care about the football team. If you want to tout academics go to canesnerds.com

That is all.

The 'Canes are a college team. Don't like it, find an NFL team to root for, or whatever JC you went to.

that's dumb.

if so, then why is the school motto changed to "it's all about the U"

\side bar. i was a group of 20 randomly chosen undergrads in 2009 that voted for this slogan.

The U isn't a term created by academics; it was made by our football team.

take a look around the medical campus. there are posters of doctors, patients, staff all flashing the U.

So what? It's still a COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAM. It is linked to and fully a part of a college. That includes academics. Again, don't like it, then root for a professional team.

This is so beyond naive.

Let me explain to you what college football was and was supposed to be: kids accepted to the school then play on the football team. Of course, that was an ideal that lasted about two seconds. What it is now, and has been for a long time (although it's worse than ever now), is a multi million dollar industry where kids who would have zero chance of making a school are brought in to play football.

This idea that they are there to get an education is the biggest farce and joke of all time. You can't have it both ways: if you want it to be about education, then those schlarships should be going to kids who were accepted bc of their academic qualifications. Of course, your football team would be the worst in FBS, and you'd be tossed from your cushy ACC guaranteed payout.

Bringing kids in to play football, and then stressing them with the demand of perfect grades and graduation (which is this programs #1 priority), serves no one. The kids degrees are still meaningless, and yet they don't develop as football players bc their coaches are baby sitters and not teachers of a craft.

In modern college football, IMO, pretending these kids are regular students serves no one except the back-patters in the admin when the APR rankings come out.

Does anyone pretend that they are "regular students?" Most people recognize that college athletes have a lot on their plates and that it is really tough to juggle all of the aspects of being a college athlete.

Many players are, in fact, highly motivated students who do well in the classroom and would gain admission to college without their athletic talent, but some (I don't know the percentage) are primarily in school to play football and learn how to play football. Having said that, every former player I know will tell you how important it is to get an education while you are in school because 99% of the former players are going to need to get a real job at some point in their life.

 

[Angry Ibis]

Us against the world!

Fans want the good ole days, but seem to forget this piece, so now that we have sucked for a long time, it isn't us against the world, it is:
- Slurpers vs Mopes
- CIS vs WEZ
- Nonalum v Alum
- Welcoming fans of other teams to the board instead of neggin them
- Rooting against our team
- Whining and *****ing about everything and anything

Pretty sure this isn't what any of the 5 National Championships or the growth of the school was built on.

College football does not exist without colleges and universities. It may be a minor league. Student athlete may be a joke term. But right now and for the foreseeable future, you don't have the Miami Hurricanes without the University of Miami.

 

[dk72]

The rest of us don't give a fvck about the U's academics.

We only care about the football team. If you want to tout academics go to canesnerds.com

That is all.

The 'Canes are a college team. Don't like it, find an NFL team to root for, or whatever JC you went to.

that's dumb.

if so, then why is the school motto changed to "it's all about the U"

\side bar. i was a group of 20 randomly chosen undergrads in 2009 that voted for this slogan.

The U isn't a term created by academics; it was made by our football team.

take a look around the medical campus. there are posters of doctors, patients, staff all flashing the U.

So what? It's still a COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAM. It is linked to and fully a part of a college. That includes academics. Again, don't like it, then root for a professional team.

This is so beyond naive.

Let me explain to you what college football was and was supposed to be: kids accepted to the school then play on the football team. Of course, that was an ideal that lasted about two seconds. What it is now, and has been for a long time (although it's worse than ever now), is a multi million dollar industry where kids who would have zero chance of making a school are brought in to play football.

This idea that they are there to get an education is the biggest farce and joke of all time. You can't have it both ways: if you want it to be about education, then those schlarships should be going to kids who were accepted bc of their academic qualifications. Of course, your football team would be the worst in FBS, and you'd be tossed from your cushy ACC guaranteed payout.

Bringing kids in to play football, and then stressing them with the demand of perfect grades and graduation (which is this programs #1 priority), serves no one. The kids degrees are still meaningless, and yet they don't develop as football players bc their coaches are baby sitters and not teachers of a craft.

In modern college football, IMO, pretending these kids are regular students serves no one except the back-patters in the admin when the APR rankings come out.

Are there issues with the system? Absolutely. Pretending that the academic side plays no real role or value, stupid. Many are there to get an education. Most know they will never go pro. Many are quite serious about getting a degree.

 

[dk72]

The 'Canes are a college team. Don't like it, find an NFL team to root for, or whatever JC you went to.

that's dumb.

if so, then why is the school motto changed to "it's all about the U"

\side bar. i was a group of 20 randomly chosen undergrads in 2009 that voted for this slogan.

The U isn't a term created by academics; it was made by our football team.

take a look around the medical campus. there are posters of doctors, patients, staff all flashing the U.

So what? It's still a COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAM. It is linked to and fully a part of a college. That includes academics. Again, don't like it, then root for a professional team.

This is so beyond naive.

Let me explain to you what college football was and was supposed to be: kids accepted to the school then play on the football team. Of course, that was an ideal that lasted about two seconds. What it is now, and has been for a long time (although it's worse than ever now), is a multi million dollar industry where kids who would have zero chance of making a school are brought in to play football.

This idea that they are there to get an education is the biggest farce and joke of all time. You can't have it both ways: if you want it to be about education, then those schlarships should be going to kids who were accepted bc of their academic qualifications. Of course, your football team would be the worst in FBS, and you'd be tossed from your cushy ACC guaranteed payout.

Bringing kids in to play football, and then stressing them with the demand of perfect grades and graduation (which is this programs #1 priority), serves no one. The kids degrees are still meaningless, and yet they don't develop as football players bc their coaches are baby sitters and not teachers of a craft.

In modern college football, IMO, pretending these kids are regular students serves no one except the back-patters in the admin when the APR rankings come out.

Does anyone pretend that they are "regular students?" Most people recognize that college athletes have a lot on their plates and that it is really tough to juggle all of the aspects of being a college athlete.

Many players are, in fact, highly motivated students who do well in the classroom and would gain admission to college without their athletic talent, but some (I don't know the percentage) are primarily in school to play football and learn how to play football. Having said that, every former player I know will tell you how important it is to get an education while you are in school because 99% of the former players are going to need to get a real job at some point in their life.

Exactly.

 

[callmetrip]

UM alum. I love my football standing; academic standing pleases me as well. Stanford, private, USC private AND on probation, they don't have to be mutually exclusive.

FAMU undergrad. Band was good in the stands and CRAP on the field. Numbers are down formations basic and they didn't slow walk, **** they looked confused coming on. Was great though after the game. I stayed for thirty minutes, that was awesome.

 

[tokengator]

Does anyone pretend that they are "regular students?"

Uh yes. The colleges and NCAA do so they can make money off of essentially slave labor. Especially the part of stripping kids of the earning power (and using it for themselves -- i.e. jersey numbers but no names, sports games -- which the courts have recently changed -- and things like that). Also helps the NCAA keep its non tax status.

 

[Miami82]

LOL, you guys are arguing with ****72, one of the biggest golden ball lickers on this board. That should tell you all you need to know. This **** doesn't have football as his #1 priority his moronic support of golden shows that.

 

[dk72]

LOL, you guys are arguing with ****72, one of the biggest golden ball lickers on this board. That should tell you all you need to know. This **** doesn't have football as his #1 priority his moronic support of golden shows that.

That you're such a juvenile you have to revert to "****" jokes pretty much removes you from being taken seriously about anything. You've got the intellect and mental capacity of a rock. No wonder all you care about is the "thug U" mentality.

 

[AntwanJ306]

Does anyone pretend that they are "regular students?"

Uh yes. The colleges and NCAA do so they can make money off of essentially slave labor. Especially the part of stripping kids of the earning power (and using it for themselves -- i.e. jersey numbers but no names, sports games -- which the courts have recently changed -- and things like that). Also helps the NCAA keep its non tax status.

GTFOH with "slave labor". These kids line up to have the opportunity to play college football, and they know exactly what they're getting themselves into. And they live like kings while they are in these programs. Of course, I'm sure you can provide a list of kids who took a stand and refused a football scholarship so that they could work and make money while taking classes.