PleaseBlitz Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 On "top?"The top isn't very high for WVU then :laugh: I will stop now before every WVU fan on this site flames me Top 5 in Football Top 20 in Basketball. 2 other schools in the nation can claim that. Two. And BTW. Football and Mens basketball programs dont COST schools money, they MAKE them money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Spiff Posted March 8, 2006 Author Share Posted March 8, 2006 Hopefully not, I would rather my school spend money on the school. Now thats ignorance. Big time D1 schools have athletic programs bring in a ton of money that is in turn spent on the school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Harris Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 name a general qualitywhat i meant was more along the lines of to be overrated, you have to be rated. not many people run around talking about the great institution that is wvu.matter of fact, with 25 rhodes scholars (i searched jmu and couldn't find any, not sure why), i'd say it's underrated. at just over 4k for in-state, and under 13k for out of state, it's reasonably priced. and no wvu grad i know has ever had trouble finding a job, so don't try the high and mighty jmu superiority just because it costs more. the pe dept. is generally recognized as one of the top 5 in the east, w/ vtech up there as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Harris Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 Overrated, good but overrated. What do you guys drink there, its isn't always about quantity, quality matters too, just a bit less. From the way WVU students speak of their drinking you would think beer was invented at WVU. well, i'm sure there are more than one umbrella drink drinkers in morgantown, so you'd have company. no one said beer was invented in morgantown. we didn't invent tailgating either, we just mastered it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselPwr44 Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 overrated- Shaq underrated- Paul Pierce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Harris Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 Hopefully not, I would rather my school spend money on the school. Now thats ignorance. Big time D1 schools have athletic programs bring in a ton of money that is in turn spent on the school. even more ignorant when you know the facts....like WVU is one of the very few athletic departments in the country that is self sufficient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 well, i'm sure there are more than one umbrella drink drinkers in morgantown, so you'd have company. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: no one said beer was invented in morgantown. we didn't invent tailgating either, we just mastered it. :notworthy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumrunner6900 Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 I will stop now before every WVU fan on this site flames me There's no way to burn a couch on the internet....:laugh: just kidding! don't wanna jump in the middle of this... but seriously...if there were a couch on here, it would be burnt to a crisp! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Harris Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 but seriously...if there were a couch on here, it would be burnt to a crisp! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 There's no way to burn a couch on the internet....:laugh: but seriously...if there were a couch on here, it would be burnt to a crisp! Are you serious? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumrunner6900 Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 Are you serious? :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: I stand corrected! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosperity Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 what i meant was more along the lines of to be overrated, you have to be rated. not many people run around talking about the great institution that is wvu.matter of fact, with 25 rhodes scholars (i searched jmu and couldn't find any, not sure why), i'd say it's underrated. at just over 4k for in-state, and under 13k for out of state, it's reasonably priced. and no wvu grad i know has ever had trouble finding a job, so don't try the high and mighty jmu superiority just because it costs more. the pe dept. is generally recognized as one of the top 5 in the east, w/ vtech up there as well. Now you brought up Rhodes scholars with the implication of academic superiority. I don't believe that is anything but an individual accomplishment for the students if you want to give the credit to WVU fine, but there are much better ways to judge the quality of an education that a student will receive. But I think I should atleast address that point. First of all, JMU has only been coed since 1966 and the Rhodes Scholarship is much more frequently given to males even when females first were able to be eligible for the scholarship. (by your logic this means that women are less academically capable, but I don't want to go there). The school is still around 60-70% female. And I don't know whether you knew this or not, but Rhodes Scholarships have been granted to women only since 1977, but I won't hold that against you. Also, the Rhodes scholarship is greatly biased in favor of athletes, especially athletes of the more popular sports and sports are obviously a bigger deal at WVU than they are at JMU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosperity Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 even more ignorant when you know the facts....like WVU is one of the very few athletic departments in the country that is self sufficient. How is it ignorant on my part? If WVU academic department is one of the "few" that are self sufficient than the vast majority aren't correct? If the vast majority aren't self sufficient than it isn't wrong to say I would rather my school spend less money on athletics than academics and become a big time athletic school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Harris Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 Now you brought up Rhodes scholars with the implication of academic superiority....blah, blah, blah i brought up rhodes scholars not to demonstrate academic superiority. i did to say that WVU may be underrated in the academic category. you said it is overrated, and you still haven't answered how. who rates WVU so high, and what do they rate them high in, other than the national polls for the two major sports? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosperity Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 I am sorry I offended you, my original posts were tongue in cheek, but it had to come to this like every other topic on ES. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Harris Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 How is it ignorant on my part? If WVU academic department is one of the "few" that are self sufficient than the vast majority aren't correct? If the vast majority aren't self sufficient than it isn't wrong to say I would rather my school spend less money on athletics than academics and become a big time athletic school. :doh: read spaceman spiff's post. and also, don't act like you saying that wasn't a backhanded dig at wvu that ended up being way off base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Harris Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 I am sorry I offended you, my original posts were tongue in cheek, but it had to come to this like every other topic on ES. i'm not offended. i'm just curious as to how it's overrated, that's all. i figured it was tongue in cheek, i'm just playing along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Harris Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 overrated: city life underrated: country life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosperity Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 i'm not offended. i'm just curious as to how it's overrated, that's all. i figured it was tongue in cheek, i'm just playing along. oh ok well it isn't overrated academically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predicto Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 overrated: city lifeunderrated: country life Too late on that one, and wrong too. As I said before: Overrated - Suburban life. Underrated: City AND country life. The suburbs are the plague of America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumrunner6900 Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 oh ok well it isn't overrated academically. aww...where is the hug and the kiss? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Harris Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 aww...where is the hug and the kiss? :kiss: :kiss: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach Williams Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 Overrated - Lifting weightsUnderrated - cardio I wouldn't have shot at using my weight lifting power against him in a street fight because he could out run me ************* I get your point....it's just funny that a guy made it..... Cardio is underrated, chugging protein powders without knowing the first thing about them is overrated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smashmowf Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 I wouldn't have shot at using my weight lifting power against him in a street fight because he could out run me ************* I get your point....it's just funny that a guy made it..... Cardio is underrated, chugging protein powders without knowing the first thing about them is overrated Cause man in High school and college I treated cardio as the enemy.....now what good is lefting weight if the gas tank is low in the 4th quarter....whole bunch of muscle standing still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrypticVillain Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 Cause man in High school and college I treated cardio as the enemy.....now what good is lefting weight if the gas tank is low in the 4th quarter....whole bunch of muscle standing still. Lefting weights, is this when I just lift with the left all the time. J/K Overrated: South Park, that joint is corny. Underrated: The Boondocks, somebody said it is a black South Park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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