Not to change the subject of you all wallowing in your state's shortcomings, BUT I was just talking to a Michigan fan over the weekend, who had to bring up the Everett affair. And instead of succumb to the taunting, "ND recruits guys that are not academically prepared!" I congratulated him on landing Peppers. He went off on the (arrogant) tangent of how he hopes that Hoke and Mattison are the coaches he thinks they are and take control over Peppers and turn him in to all that he can be by instilling discipline, etc, so on and so forth. I just said, yeah, based on history, they may have their hands full, as he appears rather headstrong. Then this guy, other Michigan fans and some Buckeye fans, start attacking ND for its lack of academic standards and it's poor performance academically. Buckeye and Wolverine fans, happy together!
This Michigan fan called the U of M an "elite" school and claimed only someone ignorant would claim that Notre Dame was up to the standards of U of M.
I don't need a lot of bashing, but I would like it if someone could point me to articles showing a ND UofM comparison. As unbiased as possible. I am currently looking for everything from entrance requirements to degree value to ratings of schools to athlete graduation rates.
Thank you