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[Óglaigh_na_hÉireann]

“Last week was an outstanding week for Dan,” stated McDowell High School Head Football Coach Joe Tarasovitch. “First Dan was able to choose a school; then he discovered that he scored an 870 on his SATs.”


Just when you thought it couldn't get better, the title of the article is 'Matha has a "Great Week"'

 

[scooper]

Under the new SAT scores, that is a terrible score. It was not good under the old scoring, but now it's really bad.

 

[domerfor life]

870 is nothing to be excited about.

 

[jiggafini19]

And this is why ND backed away from Matha.

Funny how some of these other higher rated players are being kept in the loop with conditional offers. Interesting.

 

[wheeler418]

“Last week was an outstanding week for Dan,” stated McDowell High School Head Football Coach Joe Tarasovitch. “First Dan was able to choose a school; then he discovered that he scored an 870 on his SATs."

Now that was funny!

 

[jiggafini19]

They are trying to make my academics work, Dailey said.

Interesting quote from Andrew Dailey.

Seems like a lot of guys need to get their academics to work this year. Caleb King, D'Angelo McCray, Mark Barnes....long list of them.

Normally ND wouldn't touch these guys.

 

[KMac151993]

Weren't Tony Rice and Chris Zorich both Prop. 48 guys? So its not the first time ND has bent their standards to pick up players.

 

[LOVEMYIRISH]

Too funny for words...and yet sad at the same time.

 

[wheeler418]

Maybe Weis is willing to talk to all players and give them a chance to get there grades up before it is too late.

Last few years all we have heard is that it is too hard to recruit good players to ND with the academics requirement and we would never be great again. Then we get a coach that can recruit and let players know if they work at it in the class room, then they can play at ND before it is their senior year and can not get the courses they need.

870 is not a bad score for USC, Tosu or Miami.

 

[jiggafini19]

Weren't Tony Rice and Chris Zorich both Prop. 48 guys? So its not the first time ND has bent their standards to pick up players.

Not this many in one year.

Last year's class had great grades and test scores. To this point, guys like Nuss, Nagel and Parkorz look good as well.

Some of these other guys that have their names mentioned with Notre Dame....I'm very skeptical.

 

[BigIrish]

Not this many in one year.

Last year's class had great grades and test scores. To this point, guys like Nuss, Nagel and Parkorz look good as well.

Some of these other guys that have their names mentioned with Notre Dame....I'm very skeptical.

so are you suggesting that the Irish have opted to bend the rules for talented players this year, or that the players in question have exaggerated ND's interest in them?

 

[jiggafini19]

so are you suggesting that the Irish have opted to bend the rules for talented players this year, or that the players in question have exaggerated ND's interest in them?

Interesting question. Could be either one. Here is what I think:

I think that they're giving some very good football players who are fair to middle students an opportunity to prove they can hit the books before they are admitted in. I by no means think the floodgates are open, but I think Admissions is a bit more flexible. No rules are being bent, but there is a flexible open mindedness that wasn't there before.

And yes, some of these guys have ND in their "top fives" for absolutely no reason at all other than attention and marketability to where they really want to go.

 

[KMac151993]

Not this many in one year.

Last year's class had great grades and test scores. To this point, guys like Nuss, Nagel and Parkorz look good as well.

Some of these other guys that have their names mentioned with Notre Dame....I'm very skeptical.

I thought the class of '98 or something like that maybe '97 had more guys in that we went after (ended up not landing, but we pursued) that had low test scores.

 

[Irish Envy]

See the thread on the rumor that Aldridge is in academic trouble. I hope this isn't something that turns out to be true, then happens frequently.

 

[Irish Envy]

BTW, I just looked up the possible scoring range for the new SAT and it ranges from 600 to 2400. He got an 870! Yikes!

 

[LuckoftheIrish86]

How exactly does it start at 600? Put your name down and you get a 600? lol

sorry in Canada we dont have the SATs and stuff like that, different system.

 

[Irish Envy]

How exactly does it start at 600? Put your name down and you get a 600? lol

sorry in Canada we dont have the SATs and stuff like that, different system.

Basically, yes.

 

[GChild]

BTW, I just looked up the possible scoring range for the new SAT and it ranges from 600 to 2400. He got an 870! Yikes!

Yes, that is the new scoring range due to another portion being added (writing, I believe?)

BUT, when a recruit is reporting his SAT score (in this case 870) it is still out of the old 1600 maximum, because of some caveats with the writing portion not counting yet.....
there's more to it, and it can be explained much better, but I can't find where I read that yet.

But again, students are still reporting their scores out of 1600.

 

[Dannyboy Ayers]

don't you get 800 just for showing up? what are they so happy about? he better have a 9.0 gpa on a 4.0 scale if he plans on coming to ND