U$C & Ogeron really care about academics.....

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GoBears89
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LINK: http://keepingscore.blogs.time.com/2013/06/10/ex-usc-football-player-how-my-coach-called-me-a-m-r-for-going-to-class/


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When Bob DeMars was a football player at mighty USC back in the late 1990s and early 2000s, he wanted to major in the school's prestigious cinema program. Since some of the prerequisite classes interfered with football practice time, however, DeMars says that the athletic department wouldn't allow it. So he majored in business instead.

In order to show up on time for a required statistics course one semester, he says he had to leave spring practice twenty minutes early, once a week. His defensive line coach, Ed Orgeron, wasn't happy. You motherf-r, DeMars remembers Orgeron, who went on to become head coach at Ole Miss from 2005 to 2007, and is now back at USC as assistant head coach, shouting at him. "He M-F'd me all over the place," says DeMars. "He made me feel like a bad person for going to class."
hanky1
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That's pretty funny and also pretty sad. I imagine at the football factories that this is pretty common
gobears725
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sounds about right
SonOfCalVa
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The situation will improve at $c now that they have Pendergast.
Pendergast communicated with his players, encouraging them to do well in school.

oh oh ... "communicated" ... oops
oh oh ... problems with DL leaving due to academics ... oops

oh well, best wishes for $c to keep on keeping on with their "student"-athletes.
Bear Balls
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SonOfCalVa;842129900 said:



oh well, best wishes for $c to keep on keeping on with their "student"-athletes.


Signed,

the school with the Pac-12's worst APR
YuSeeBerkeley
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Bear Balls;842130206 said:

Signed,

the school with the Pac-12's worst APR


Seriously, we have no business calling out ASU for their academics, much less USC based on the APR scores.
LocoOso
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Bear Balls;842130206 said:

Signed,

the school with the Pac-12's worst APR


Bingo. Are we in any position to criticize?
mollydookerbear
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SonOfCalVa;842129900 said:

The situation will improve at $c now that they have Pendergast.
Pendergast communicated with his players, encouraging them to do well in school.

oh oh ... "communicated" ... oops
oh oh ... problems with DL leaving due to academics ... oops

oh well, best wishes for $c to keep on keeping on with their "student"-athletes.


Much like Cal's own self-inflicted APR wounds, you just can't help yourself can you?
JSC 76
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hanky1;842129898 said:

That's pretty funny and also pretty sad. I imagine at the football factories that this is pretty common


Shoot, at the football factories they probably ask the AD when is the most convenient time to schedule classes.
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