The Latest SEC graduation rates

[hifigator]

Here's how the SEC stacked up in the figures released Wednesday:
1. Vanderbilt: 89 percent
2. Georgia: 68 percent
3. Alabama: 67 percent
3. Florida: 67 percent
3. LSU: 67 percent
6. Mississippi State: 64 percent
7. Auburn: 63 percent
7. Kentucky: 63 percent
9. Ole Miss: 61 percent
10. South Carolina: 57 percent
11. Arkansas: 55 percent
12. Tennessee: 53 percent

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There's not really too much surprising there. Vanderbilt leads the way and that's pretty much to be expected. Georgia, Alabama, Florida and LSU are all essentially the same in the next grouping. One thing that does jump out at me however is Tennessee bringing up the rear at little over 50%. Given the recent other off the field issues that the Vols have had, does anyone think that maybe the Tennessee AD might be getting his own little hot seat? I mean the Vol Nation was already grumbling over Bruce Pearl's recent revelations. I just have to think that if you don't win and if you don't graduate, but you cheat, you might not be satisfying your job description.

[hoyarooter]

You're right, hifi, but I suspect that not winning is the failed component. I rather doubt that the cheating and not graduating would matter much if they were winning.

[SirSaxa]

Put another way, if you Cheat, don't care a whit about grades and you Still can't win, you must REALLY suck.

[HometownHoya]

Why do we care about the SEC graduation rates?

[TBird41]

What's sad is that despite many, many courses designed solely to keep athletes eligible, most SEC schools can't even graduate more than two-thirds of their players

[Boz]

Oct 29, 2010 23:24:44 GMT -5 HometownHoya said:

Why do we care about the SEC graduation rates?

We don't.

(nor do they, I imagine)

[hifigator]

rooter wrote:

You're right, hifi, but I suspect that not winning is the failed component. I rather doubt that the cheating and not graduating would matter much if they were winning.

Sir wrote:

Put another way, if you Cheat, don't care a whit about grades and you Still can't win, you must REALLY suck.

That's pretty much what my point was. Winning will cure a lot of woes, but if you don't win, then I would think that there would be a much, much shorter leash with regards to both academic "achievement" as well as NCAA improprieties. In this regard, Tennessee seems to have hit the trifecta.

[SirSaxa]

Oct 30, 2010 10:36:26 GMT -5 Boz said:

Oct 29, 2010 23:24:44 GMT -5 HometownHoya said:

Why do we care about the SEC graduation rates?

We don't.

(nor do they, I imagine)

Well done Boz!