I ain't trying to be attacked for this. But the perception of WVU as a "grades vulture" is ridiculous. WVU can't take props and has the exact same admissions standards for athletes as every non Duke, Stanford, Notre Dame BCS school in the country.
Uh no it's not. Just because there's an NCAA standard, doesn't mean it's a nationwide standard. Schools can choose whatever requirements they want, above that NCAA requirement. You may not wanna believe it, but it's no coincidence that every time a kid has grade problems down here, they usually have WVU(and Louisville) on their list. Because those 2 schools use the bare minimum NCAA requirement. Miami does not.
You presume too much in your response. Outside of Miramar, which is an established pipeline, it's not like WVU has taken a desired recruit out of South Florida since Noel Devine. And Devine's desire to both get out of Florida AND ability to gain admittance to LSU and Florida State was well documented.
I have a great friend who worked in the Ohio State compliance office, and he relayed the standards to me. Basically, there are NCAA standards, and then there are each individual school's standards. The ability of the football, basketball, etc. programs to deviate from the school's standards to accept a kid who is otherwise qualified per NCAA standards is pretty well universal across major-college football and basketball. The accepted practice is that schools will admit a kid who meets the NCAA standards, but who does not meet the school's standards, at least 3-5 times each year. Do you not remember when Coach K got Sean Dockerey into Duke?
Name me a WVU player/commitment who went to WVU solely because he could not gain admission into Miami, Florida, etc? Like I said, you're confusing the ability of some schools, namely SEC schools, to accept partial qualifiers with other schools across the country. WVU and the rest of the Big East do not accept partial qualifiers/Props.
I'm not arguing that WVU's academics are on par with Miami's, as far as the University is concerned. I'd be a fool to say as much, as Miami has established itself as an elite academic institution the last few years, while WVU is an also-ran. But when it comes to getting a much-desired football/basketball recruit into the school, there is no difference.
