Cobi Hamilton to Arkansas story

[Clendon]

“I liked Texas, (I) just didn’t have that gut feeling like (I had for) Arkansas,” said Hamilton. “Coach (Mack) Brown may be the best coach as far as making me feel welcomed and stuff.”

Here's the full (free) story, if you're interested:

Cobi Hamilton to Arkansas

 

[goosehorn]

Whoa. This is just weird. Why aren't there a bunch of crazy stories about asking if he had a better house than Bobby Petrino?

Classy kid, more of these athletes need to take on a gracious and less drama-filled, "Thanks but I've chosen a different school" statement like Hamilton. I wish him well for the Hogs. They picked up a great one, and by 2010, they will be in the mix for winning the SEC West.

Of course but will be in bigger and better mix, but whatever...

 

[Austin180]

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[Scipio Tex]

Impressive academics to recruits means the sociology department is an easy walk from the dorm.

 

[ntexascardfan]

Big day for Arkansas picking up Hamilton and runningback WIngo from Saint Louis.

 

[Don Johnson]

Ironically, pretty poor reading comprehension some of you. Extremely clear that he was talking about Texas in this quote.

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[ngnichols]

I think the the things that kept Texas from getting this kid were:

1. Late recruitment
2. Depth at the WR position/Early playing time
3. Familiarity with players/system - Mallett was his QB in HS

 

[LakeErieHorn]

I have said this before, but it warrants restatement. The undergraduate education at The University of Texas does not dwarf that of any SEC, Big 10, Pac 10 or ACC school. I guarantee the Math, History and English courses you take at any BCS conference university will be taught by faculty trained within the Ivy League at some point in their careers or at the very least hold a PhD from a well respected school within the field.

There was actually a 3:1 girl to guy ratio at Southwest Texas State, every campus has a dorm where someone committed suicide and if it was your roommate, then you tasted a 4.0 for the semester. Oh, and going to Arkansas for undergrad means you obviously do not value academics at all.

I suppose this sentence was an example how an Arkansas grad would write?

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[I_Dont_Exist]

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[ViperHorn]

Real life example. My son strugggled to get into B school at Texas. The Arkansas' Business School offered him full 4 year 4 ride in their "honors" program. Fortunately my 18 ear brain washing worked, but it was hard walking away from the free ride.

 

[H-D Rider]

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[everybodygodeep]

Many UT paychecks disagree with your statement as well.

 

[ProdigyDub]

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[nych 1]

Academic smack talk is awesome. I'm sure when Myron Rolle decided on FSU, people were wondering whether he truly cared about his education.

I know you probably were naming schools off the top of your head, but you left out UNC, Cal-Berkley, Georgia Tech, Penn State, Indiana, Wisconsin, Illinois, Florida.

While the U.S. News and World Report rankings of National colleges has many flaws, I'm sure coaches use the rankings when it benefits them.

The lowest ranked Big 10 team is probably Michigan St. at 71.

 

[LakeErieHorn]

Based on what? US News? You can't possibly argue that an undergraduate degree from Texas "dwarfs" that of one from Florida, Georgia, Arizona, Oregon, Ohio State, Minnesota, Wisconsin... and on and on. The arrogance of such statements can not be substantiated in any real terms. Having lived in numerous states and attended or taught at a few colleges, Texas is no more respected for academics than any other BCS conference school. A BS in Botany from UT is pretty much identical to one from NC State or Syracuse. Employers really don't make much of a distinction (nor do graduate schools). Thems the facts.

 

[dcc8203]

To say that employers think a UT education is pari passu with all the other BCS schools is inane.

At least in my experience. In working on Wall Street during the glory years of the mid-80s, the ONLY school in Texas (besides Rice) that was actively recruited was UT. In the Big 10, only Northwestern. NO SEC schools were actively recruited. In the PAC 10, UCLA and Berkeley as I recall.

I have no idea what a UT Botany degree is worth relative to any other school, but a Plan II or Business Honors degree competes VERY favorably to any Ivy League school.

 

[LakeErieHorn]

Really, no one recruited SMU, Stanford or North Carolina? No Virginia? You really think Plan II at Texas compares to a Harvard education? As someone mentioned earlier, there are a lot of Harvard grad paychecks that would disagree. We rank where among all school? Among state schools? The Big 10 blows us away in that regard and the ACC is the Big 12's equal.

Oh well, my UT education did alright by me so I guess that is all that matters in the long run.

 

[Texas Wahoo]

Members of the Association of American Universities:
Big Ten = 11 (all of them)
Big XII = 7 (UT, A&M, KU, Mizzou, CU, Neb, Iowa St)
Pac 10 = 7 (Wash, Oregon, Arizona, UCLA, UCB, Stanford, USC)
Ivy League = 7 (all but Dartmouth)
ACC = 4 (UVA, Maryland, UNC, Duke)
Big East = 3 (Syracuse, Rutgers, Pitt)
SEC = 2 (Vandy, Florida - surprisingly, no Arkansas)

I started looking into it just to compare UT and Arkansas - but I found it very interesting to look at all the numbers. I'm actually a bit surprised that 5/6 Big XII North schools are members. Four of the Pac 10 schools were added since 1969.

It probably doesn't mean much to look at conferences this way, but these are considered to be the 60 leading research universities in the US (2 in Canada).