Dear "yea,"
Let me guess...prepster from Miami or stuck-up Big 10er from AA? Why don't you grow up a little bit. I can promise you that there have been plenty of extremely successful people that have come out of Eastern Michigan University (or Southwestern Backwoods State Tech for that matter) in all fields and endeavors. Just because it may not have the academic reputation of your hallowed halls does not mean that there are not plenty of students and student-athletes who are working hard in the classroom and attacking their goals and dreams with passion.
There is nothing quite as unbecoming as the arrogance of privilege that one often sees in those attending those "schools of reputation." You know what, out in the real world, I've met many people who could talk and think circles around me who attended some directional state school that I never would have considered attending. So little man, it's time to grow up and quit insulting things you can't yet comprehend.
Is Eastern Michigan the place for everyone? Obviously, not, but to insult the academic integrity of any university is an insult to the many fine individuals who have invested their heart and soul into making it what it is.
And, Gavin Thompson attended Loughborough College, not Loughborough Universoity. In the UK 'college" is often the same thing as high school in the US. But, with your academic pedigree I'm sure you already knew that!