'13 FL RB Greg Bryant (R.I.P.)

[NDdomer2]

JMac, you have someone write a capital N on one cheek and a capital D on the other, prove that you do the run and I will personally send you $50. Loving me thought of Folston and Bryant killing it out of the backfield w Golson next season.

i had read up to end of bolded and thought he better be careful what he says next

 

[koonja]

M2SB, I'll allow it.

 

[NDdomer2]

< Dont infringe on my copyright fool

M2SB, I'll allow it.

 

[irishog77]

JMac, you have someone write a capital N on one cheek and a capital D on the other, prove that you do the run and I will personally send you $50. Loving me the thought of Folston and Bryant killing it out of the backfield w Golson next season.

I wonder what lucky individual will get to have this honor?

 

[Irish YJ]

 

[GreenSox04]

that video is this thread in a nutshell.


jimmymac.....

 

[Ironman8]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Gone feel good going home knowing I got a 2.4 this semester at ND! I got every reason to turn up lol</p>— Greg Bryant J.r #⃣1⃣ (@GB6for6) <a href="https://twitter.com/GB6for6/statuses/415542084259840001">December 24, 2013</a></blockquote>
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[Sherm Sticky]

Um....2.4 is good?


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[GBdomer]

Um....2.4 is good?


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C's get degrees.

 

[#1rish]

C/borderline B semester.

In case anyone was curious, eligibility for freshman their first semester is 1.7.

Not a standout GPA but considering BK said he was having a little trouble balancing football and academics i'd say it's a win for him (and us). Very happy for him.

 

[NDdomer2]

C/borderline B semester.

In case anyone was curious, eligibility for freshman their first semester is 1.7.

Not a standout GPA but considering BK said he was having a little trouble balancing football and academics i'd say it's a win for him (and us). Very happy for him.

also a confidence booster for the kid. prolly was told by a lot of people that he wouldn't cut it here.

GB- my college coach would say that all the time, couldn't rep you for it.

 

[gkIrish]

It's not that bad for his first semester but something to keep an eye on.

 

[koonja]

Lets not make this into a who's better than who debate.

Greg has a goal much different than 99% of nd students. He wants to go to the NFL and were lucky to have him.

I'm glad he's elegible and so is he. Now keep it together and get to the NFL. In a perfect world he'd have a 3.5, but who cares. He doesn't want to make a career as an academic.

 

[Bogtrotter07]

Don't they still have to take Calculus the first semester? Or is that in the summer? Or both? Someone once told me summer and first fall semester at ND were both a trip. In some ways the toughest.

 

[NDdomer2]

Lets not make this into a who's better than who debate.

Greg has a goal much different than 99% of nd students. He wants to go to the NFL and were lucky to have him.

I'm glad he's elegible and so is he. Now keep it together and get to the NFL. In a perfect world he'd have a 3.5, but who cares. He doesn't want to make a career as an academic.

que?

 

[Booslum31]

also a confidence booster for the kid. prolly was told by a lot of people that he wouldn't cut it here.

GB- my college coach would say that all the time, couldn't rep you for it.

This! I'm proud of the kid. FWIW, I graduated with a overall 2.45 average and I now have over 220 people report to me and make good money. I had to work my ass off to get that 2.45 because I had zero fundamentals and study habit when I landed in college as a biology major. It's more about what happens when they say "GO!" at graduation...what you do with that education that matters. I'm damn proud of this kid because I know exactly what he's going thru.

 

[dshans]

I'm not sure if calculus is still a freshman year of studies requirement for those who might not have taken it AP (or whatever it was called back in my [Iron Age] day) but I know it kicked my ass.

It didn't help that the Graduate Assistant who taught the class had no teaching skills. Mr. Peebles (that was his name, no lie!) would walk to the blackboard on Monday and Wednesday, fill it with theorems and proofs (or whatever), turn to the class and announce "This, of course, is trivial." He'd erase the board and repeat as often as possible in the allotted 50 minutes and then announce that there'd be a quiz on Friday. No time for questions or actual teaching/instruction/help.

Then there was Biology 101. I'd taken Biology I and II in high school. I spent my senior year studying genetics and DNA using a Scientific American collection of articles by Watson and Crick and others – the double helix was a fairly fresh postulation at the time. The final at ND required that I memorize species, kingdoms and phyla to pass. I called "bullshit." I anticipated being taught to examine, think, investigate and hypothesize. Rote was not to be part of the deal. "Spark" and curiosity were my anticipation.

I also got killed in a writing class and an introductory philosophy class. I nailed a sociology (or history, or theology) class and barely escaped with a 2.4 GPA. Second semester freshman year was not much better. I was looking at academic probation from the edge of the precipice.

Greg has good reason to be proud. Once one navigates the basic requirements it gets interesting. Not easier, but more likely to hold one's attention, curiosity and thirst.

Hang tough, Mr. Bryant. It ain't easy but it's worth it.

 

[Booslum31]

I'm not sure if calculus is still a freshman year of studies requirement for those who might not have taken it AP (or whatever it was called back in my [Iron Age] day) but I know it kicked my ass.

It didn't help that the Graduate Assistant who taught the class had no teaching skills. Mr. Peebles (that was his name, no lie!) would walk to the blackboard on Monday and Wednesday, fill it with theorems and proofs (or whatever), turn to the class and announce "This, of course, is trivial." He'd erase the board and repeat as often as possible in the allotted 50 minutes and then announce that there'd be a quiz on Friday. No time for questions or actual teaching/instruction/help.

Then there was Biology 101. I'd taken Biology I and II in high school. I spent my senior year studying genetics and DNA using a Scientific American collection of articles by Watson and Crick and others – the double helix was a fairly fresh postulation at the time. The final at ND required that I memorize species, kingdoms and phyla to pass. I called "bullshit." I anticipated being taught to examine, think, investigate and hypothesize. Rote was not to be part of the deal. "Spark" and curiosity were my anticipation.

I also got killed in a writing class and an introductory philosophy class. I nailed a sociology (or history, or theology) class and barely escaped with a 2.4 GPA. Second semester freshman year was not much better. I was looking at academic probation from the edge of the precipice.

Greg has good reason to be proud. Once one navigates the basic requirements it gets interesting. Not easier, but more likely to hold one's attention, curiosity and thirst.

Hang tough, Mr. Bryant. It ain't easy but it's worth it.

Love this post Dshans...thanks for sharing. I like the part about it getting interesting (not easier) because for me that is exactly what happened to me..with the exception of Physics, which almost killed me after three years.

 

[pumpdog20]

2.4 with all the commitments of being a full time student and D1 football player... @ ND!? Yeah, nothing to be ashamed of.

 

[texbender]

Congrats on a first semester at ND while trying to play D1 FB 1000 miles from anyone you've ever known. From here on out, it's throttle up! We desperately need a hard running bruiser who can convert a third and three consistently.

 

[tommyIRISH23]

Congrats!! I know where he's coming from. I was a late bloomer in school; I had to finally realize I needed education and how valuable it was. I was on academic probation my freshman year. I eventually graduated with a 3.35 and hold a 3.7 in grad school. Sometimes it takes a little while to click. Just keep pushing and have your eyes on your goal.

 

[Redbar]

Congrats Greg, you have to take on all challenges in life, this first semester presented some very difficult challenges that could have caused a lesser character to fold. You handled the difficult transition from high school to college far away from home and also probably the first time in your life you did not see significant time during a football season with poise and you stayed positive. Through the injury, through the weather, through the doubters, and you'll come out of it a better man and football player. This is lesson one of the Notre Dame experience-managing adversity, and you got a 4.0 in that.

 

[DomerInHappyValley]

What do you call someone who graduated from med school with the lowest possible GPA?














Doctor
Could be that his high school didn't prepare him fully and he has been playing catch up this semester.

 

[calvegas04]

Could be that his high school didn't prepare him fully and he has been playing catch up this semester.

Or Notre Dame is a hard school?

 

[Booslum31]

Or Notre Dame is a hard school?

Both

 

[stlnd01]

I'm not sure if calculus is still a freshman year of studies requirement for those who might not have taken it AP (or whatever it was called back in my [Iron Age] day) but I know it kicked my ass.

I'm pretty sure if you're an Arts & Letters major (not sure about Business) you don't have to take calculus, or any hard sciences. You do need two semesters each of math and science as part of FY Studies but they have classes geared towards non math/science people, like Logic or a class on environmental policy. In my day these included a fair number of football players (also lots of regular students, like myself, who were serious but never intended to major in math or science).

Either way, freshman year's probably the toughest and a 2.4 is nothing to be ashamed of, especially for a kid who quite possibly heard a lot of people tell him he couldn't cut it academically at Notre Dame - something a lot of our Florida/southern recruits get told. Good for him. And this all seems to be trending towards a naked run for somebody.

 

[IrishAlum1997]

My first 18 months were murder. Transitioning into independence, and taking a bunch of classes I had little to no interest in. Combine that with ball-busting TA's that had some degree of control over your grades, and I certainly had an extra visit or 2 to the Freshman Year of Studies and Guidance Offices.

Once I got into the core classes specific to my major (not to mention I grew up a little), the GPA climbed and my interest in class returned. I'd take GB's GPA in a heartbeat after my first semester at ND.

Go get it GB!

 

[dublinirish]

i think aaron lynch had a 3.0 his first semester right?

 

[ThePiombino]

So our boy is eligible? Good on him! Congrats, GB!!!

 

[Irish Insanity]

Not even mad. 2.4 here is a 4.1+ in the SEC. Pretty sure he was lead to believe he couldn't make it at ND academic wise. As opposed to looking down upon him for not excelling, we should give his a pat on the back for doing what some believed he couldn't. Keep it up young man, your time is coming. Focus on the grades, they'll come up, and your time on the field will come soon.