Great lesson in the QOTD: go to college for education

Yeah. Running has to be one of the least time-intensive sport in existence. If the average college student can spend 15+ hours per week watching TV, playing video games, and screwing around with friends while maintaining decent grades in a real major, you can run 100mpw while doing real academic work.

I think that this was an issue with Luke before Eugene. I'd heard he wanted to follow his HS teammate Smyth to ND but didn't have the grades/scores. Oregon probably worked out better for his running career, though.

I went on a hunting trip with a car salesman this past week. I am an engineer. We met up at the lease. I drove an old truck 7 hours to get there. He flew his Phenom 300 jet.

not that time intensive wrote:

Yeah. Running has to be one of the least time-intensive sport in existence. If the average college student can spend 15+ hours per week watching TV, playing video games, and screwing around with friends while maintaining decent grades in a real major, you can run 100mpw while doing real academic work.

This is sarcasm, right? Comparing video games to exhausting oneself at practice?

All bull crap on here about Luke. Go after something like the LSAT Luke. You would be imposing in a courtroom. Many of these Federal agencies, like the FBI, would be way interested.

Lloyd C. wrote:

I went on a hunting trip with a car salesman this past week. I am an engineer. We met up at the lease. I drove an old truck 7 hours to get there. He flew his Phenom 300 jet.

What is your point?

I knew a guy who shovels shit and makes $9M a year. Should i go shovel shit?

Do they have non-easy majors at Oregon clown college?

What was his major by the way? Anyone know?

Not Cool Bro wrote:

Do they have non-easy majors at Oregon clown college?

What was his major by the way? Anyone know?

"business administration"

adsfadsfasfsd wrote:

Not Cool Bro wrote:

Do they have non-easy majors at Oregon clown college?

What was his major by the way? Anyone know?

"business administration"

http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=1554572

Very surprised to see that he never won any Pac-12 titles. Rarely 2nd.

Here's the way I see it. I got accepted into the college I'm at not because of academic standards. Solely because of my running times, my grades/ACT wouldn't have gotten me in. In this specific case I see running as more important than school, because that's why I was accepted. Plus, I just want to coach after college running. I expect to not make much. This topic is too general and broad to say every kid focusing on running in college is making a bad decision.

cmonman wrote:

Here's the way I see it. I got accepted into the college I'm at not because of academic standards. Solely because of my running times, my grades/ACT wouldn't have gotten me in. In this specific case I see running as more important than school, because that's why I was accepted. Plus, I just want to coach after college running. I expect to not make much. This topic is too general and broad to say every kid focusing on running in college is making a bad decision.

Although I definitely see your point, I'd recommend having a back-up plan. We may not have nearly as robust of a profession [read: nearly as many full time jobs] in 10 years with the coming changes in the NCAA sparked by the power conferences. We'll be happy if we still have a sport. Lots of colleagues of mine have been canned by no fault of their own (head coach left/retired/canned or an athlete in their program - maybe not even in their own event area - had an axe to grind and knew what to say to get the administration to "clean house") and are now either pushing carts at Costco, making coffee or thanking their lucky stars that their wives have good jobs. Worth having a back-up plan...same as professional running...

cmonman wrote:

Here's the way I see it. I got accepted into the college I'm at not because of academic standards. Solely because of my running times, my grades/ACT wouldn't have gotten me in. In this specific case I see running as more important than school, because that's why I was accepted. Plus, I just want to coach after college running. I expect to not make much. This topic is too general and broad to say every kid focusing on running in college is making a bad decision.

Whether you were admitted for academic or athletic reasons, it seems like it would be in your best interest do do well academically. You got lucky and you were able to get into college despite being a poor high school student. That doesn't mean that your best option is to continue to be a poor student.

You don't have to choose whether to focus on school or running. Just kick ass at both. This is undergrad, not med school. It's not that tough.

I don't see how choosing to close a door is ever a good idea. There is no way that doing poorly in school will help you, and there is a chance that it will hurt you. So why do it?

Yea all you fools downin Luke and now he shuts everyones mouth. That one Kenyan recently ran the fastest 12k ever run. Dude was 3rd I think just got Luke in the end. Ran like a 33min 12k.

You really aren't grasping the concept presented here, are you? He's still poor as **** with nothing to fall back on. Good for him on his 2:10; but what does he do when he's 35 and his competitive expiration date is up? You should also take this as a wake up call judging from all the errors in your post.