'08 VA WR Deion Walker (Signed LOI to ND)

[m-araim]

Thanks for dumbing it down for me Gip. I really had no idea what actuarial science was. Hopefully Deion will come to ND and we'll need someone with his math skills to keep up with his receiving stats.

He could study statistical tendencies of opposing teams!

 

[goldandblue]

Good idea, give him a film tape and some paper and pencil, then we will know what our defense should plan for!

 

[leprechaun4life]

An actuary? Wow, he must really like statistics. Personally, I have a hard time staying awake in that class.

 

[GoIrish41]

He's like Rainman. "I'm an excellent receiver."

 

[IrishRamMan10]

An actuary? Wow, he must really like statistics. Personally, I have a hard time staying awake in that class.

I dropped that Class this year.... made my senior year a hell of a lot easier haha

 

[Z-Bo]

From what I've heard it's extreamly hard, but starting pay for the low end ones are around 75K+ a year, and the mid level guys get 200K+ a year, and it of course gets even higher if you work for the bigger insurance firms and advance in the field. Actuaries are the people that create the probability/risk tables that insurance companies utilize to set rates.

There are other career options. Actuaries don't just do that. It's the area people most commonly link actuaries with, though. If you've seen Along Came Polly with Ben Stiller and Jennifer Aniston, Ben plays an actuary. Except, it's Hollywood, so Ben uses the RiskMaster computer software program to calculate risk tables for him.

I'd be surprised if someone from Notre Dame started at only $75,000 as an entry-level actuary. Career advancement as an actuary can be really fast, or really slow. The first road block is passing the first two exams. Once you do that, it's the other exams and commitment to pass them that separate the obscenely high paid quants from the low end quants.

Statistics is a cool subject. However, it's often taught in a completely boring, error-prone fashion. Typically, at colleges where there isn't a professor who specializes in statistics, someone who hates statistics ends up teaching it... and usually does a poor job. It's a real treat to learn statistics from someone who is passionate about it -- there is no comparison! Dispassionate teachers of statistics often view it as just crunching numbers. However, it's really about asking questions and forming models that can reliably predict the answer to a family of questions you might have.

People who can create really good models are therefore the best statisticians. Models aren't right or wrong; models are more or less useful. There are a lot of classical problems in game theory, for instance, that demonstrate poor models for understanding famous puzzles, like the Prisoner's Dilemma. In the Prisoner's Dilemma, a model that takes a suboptimization approach ends up with both prisoner's being punished rather severely. However, a global model for the problem shows that if the prisoner's remain silent, then both will be punished only lightly.

Deion, if you are reading this, best of luck!

 

[Epitome]

We haven't heard much about Deion lately. Just putting his name out there again.

 

[Polish Leppy 22]

I read earlier today that Deion's name was being tossed aorund in the 4HL as a silent ND but announcing as he said he would Jan 5th at the AA game. PSU people are slowly beginning to realize Walker is probably Irish as many on the boards are predicting

 

[Epitome]

That's why I threw it out there. There is a little more to it, but the general concensis is that he may have commited on the 17TH. The last day before the dead period. I know who has his phone Number and he is on this site right now

 

[NDOM]

That's why I threw it out there. There is a little more to it, but the general concensis is that he may have commited on the 17TH. The last day before the dead period. I know who has his phone Number and he is on this site right now

Well I'm glad he may be Irish. He's a great athlete.

 

[Irishknight1023]

That's why I threw it out there. There is a little more to it, but the general concensis is that he may have commited on the 17TH. The last day before the dead period. I know who has his phone Number and he is on this site right now

-------how do you know he is on this site?

 

[Epitome]

Gallup has his phone number. Unfortunatly he has since logged off.

 

[Polish Leppy 22]

I am facebook friends with Deion but haven't said anything to him or anything. Took a look at his wall earlier. Texas Tech people are all over him, virtually raping his ear telling him why he should go there. Some really believe they have a shot at him even though he said his last two are ND and PSU. You should see some of the stuff they are saying to him

 

[Ricochet]

If ND can't get Deion Walker I would love to see him end up at TT because there offense is fun to watch and they haven't done with big time talent and I would like to see there offense good do with elite talent.

 

[daytonirish]

Well hopefully anyone on this site or any N.D. site who had a recruits # would not violate the recruits wishes to make his announcement at an all-star game just to make a few of us happy.

 

[gallup21]

Gallup has his phone number. Unfortunatly he has since logged off.

i actually dont have his #, i have others who talked to him, but not his. you mayve mistaked him for gerell. i could give my feeling on where he goes, but i dont want to get this board all sad (wink wink nudge nudge) - its really all speculation from me though, that, and deion's a very good poker player.

 

[gallup21]

Well hopefully anyone on this site or any N.D. site who had a recruits # would not violate the recruits wishes to make his announcement at an all-star game just to make a few of us happy.

i know the rules, and dont recruit him to any school. i just report on things about recruits, dont worry. the last thing i want to do is get a school in trouble because of me being an idiot

 

[greenandblue]

i know the rules, and dont recruit him to any school. i just report on things about recruits, dont worry. the last thing i want to do is get a school in trouble because of me being an idiot

we all thank you for that

 

[quiksilver253]

I am facebook friends with Deion but haven't said anything to him or anything. Took a look at his wall earlier. Texas Tech people are all over him, virtually raping his ear telling him why he should go there. Some really believe they have a shot at him even though he said his last two are ND and PSU. You should see some of the stuff they are saying to him

I'm friends with him too. After his officical weekend i dropped him a post telling him "Everything you saw this weekend could be yours, the tradition, the works...etc"

To my surprise he commented back saying "yo thanks man i had a sick time, theyre definitely up there on my list

 

[Polish Leppy 22]

I don't think we have anything to worry about with Deion. He was the kid who was jumping up and down in the stands at the Navy game. We all know his parents love ND. Gallup has reached out to ND commits and written good articles. I've reached out to a few and have received friendly responses.

As I posted earlier I am friends on facebook with both Grob and Deion. Grob's latest picture was him in a USC hoody. Texas Tech fans are writing on his wall every hour trying to get him to go there and really believe they have a shot even though he said his last two are ND and PSU

 

[gallup21]

I don't think we have anything to worry about with Deion. He was the kid who was jumping up and down in the stands at the Navy game. We all know his parents love ND. Gallup has reached out to ND commits and written good articles. I've reached out to a few and have received friendly responses.

As I posted earlier I am friends on facebook with both Grob and Deion. Grob's latest picture was him in a USC hoody. Texas Tech fans are writing on his wall every hour trying to get him to go there and really believe they have a shot even though he said his last two are ND and PSU

grobs pic at least for the past few days has been him in his HS uniform playing QB

 

[Polish Leppy 22]

You're right, Gallup. I was talking about his tagged pictures. Check out the latest one. USC hoodie

 

[Z-Bo]

This gossip is insufferable to listen to. You might be saying something well-intentioned, but in my head it all gets interpreted as, Oh man, he's wearing USC clothes, he's never coming to Notre Dame.

 

[gallup21]

You're right, Gallup. I was talking about his tagged pictures. Check out the latest one. USC hoodie

like how greg little had a ND hat on after signing day...z-bo's right, we shouldnt look into pictures of the guy. images can be decieving, and im not saying i think hes going to ND or anywhere else, im just saying lets wait till something comes out of his mouth. there's no Deion Walker news right now, unless you want to consider him announcing on JAn 5th news. its old news, but about the only news

 

[Irishknight1023]

like how greg little had a ND hat on after signing day...z-bo's right, we shouldnt look into pictures of the guy. images can be decieving, and im not saying i think hes going to ND or anywhere else, im just saying lets wait till something comes out of his mouth. there's no Deion Walker news right now, unless you want to consider him announcing on JAn 5th news. its old news, but about the only news

----sounds like he has gotten to you and wants u to keep it hush hush

 

[gallup21]

----sounds like he has gotten to you and wants u to keep it hush hush

no, he hasnt gotten to me at all. i just dont like this "info", if people would call it speculation which it is i wouldnt mind because thats all we are doing.

 

[GoIrish41]

I am in Virginia for Christmas. A family friend who goes to school with Dieon. He says that Deion told him he's going to PSU. I now have almost zero confidence will end up at ND.

 

[ashellm]

well, that answers that.

 

[quiksilver253]

I am in Virginia for Christmas. A family friend who goes to school with Dieon. He says that Deion told him he's going to PSU. I now have almost zero confidence will end up at ND.

Umm, im prty sure that that's 100% bs, or him just fu&$ing with ure friend.

 

[GoIrish41]

Ummm, doesn't really matter to me if you think its BS. The kid told me what he heard come from DWalk's mouth. I'm just passing it on.