Friends Don't Let Friends Go To FSU

I should let you know that out of respect to country music legend Willie Nelson I was going to title this blog article: "Mommas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Seminoles".  But that would be disrespectful to Willie and so I just couldn't do it.

But seriously what you may not realize is that if a high school athlete really cared about getting a college education (some obviously don't) and if they all knew what I knew about academics and Florida State University then they would have to admit that the blog title is 100% accurate and factually true.

Friend don't let friends go to Florida State.

In fact it could be argued that the words "academics" and "Florida State University" should never appear in the same sentence unless the word "failure" comes right before or after those words.

Now, all I am asking is for if for you to just give me a few minutes to prove it. I did all the research, I crunched all of the numbers and I have to say that what I found left me a little bit shocked at the actual findings and results.

I looked at the NCAA Academic Progress Report Scores for the three major revenue producing men's college sports: football, basketball and baseball. If you are not familiar with the NCAA's APR it is an annual report that measures the year-to-year and four year aggregate academic performance of a university's athletic teams in all intercollegiate sports.

I went to the NCAA web site to research and compare FSU's APR scores in the three major sports with what are considered the four other major universities in Florida (Miami, Florida, Central Florida and South Florida) and all twelve of the Atlantic Coast Conference teams and what I found was basically this:

It was nearly impossible to find one single example in any sport that favored the Seminoles.

I guess if one thing can be said about FSU is that they are consistent. As in consistently bad. But don't take my word for it, just let the numbers and stats do the trash talking for me.

Football: The Seminoles and Dumbo, excuse me Jimbo Fisher, came in dead last in the State of Florida and 10th out of the 12 teams in the ACC.

• The ACC average APR score was 957.
• FSU missed that low water mark by 25 points with a score of 932
• That is just two points above the minimal accepted NCAA score of 930.
• Not surprisingly Duke led the conference in football with a 986 score.
• Miami came in second at 979. The 'Noles trailed Miami by 47 points.
• Even UF (976), UCF (971) and USF (952) scored higher than FSU.

Basketball: The Seminoles and former UM head coach Leonard Hamilton who apparently moved on to easier pickings should be ashamed. FSU did worse in roundball than in football in the APR rankings:

• The ACC average for basketball was 961.
• Miami came in well above that at 975.
• FSU scored a embarrassing 926,the 2nd lowest in the ACC (GT 915).
• Even UF (964), USF (937) and UCF (929) outscored the Seminoles.

Baseball:  Finally we get to the Seminoles pride and their celebrated head coach Mike Martin. When you see the final results it is enough to make you choke on your mustard covered hot dog:

• The ACC average was 977.
• Miami came in third in the ACC and scored 989 (Duke 1000, UVA 992).
• FSU came in at 938 and LAST in the ACC (next lowest was MD at 949).
• UF pulled off a 981 and UCF a 980 both below Miami at 989.

These facts beg the question: Why would friends let friends go to FSU?

Comments

[Six]

I wouldn't worry too much about Rayshawn Jenkins back there at Safety

Kid isn't going to do any worse if he plays in his Frosh year than the two Safeties we've seen back there the past 3 years who came in highly acclaimed

Armstrong and Telemaque

Rayshawn is a straight up athlete

[Hassan]

Rayshawn is kinda a forgotten man. He is nearly the athlete that Deon is and Skreetz raved about him awhile back.

[orange 'n green in the vein]

"THE CANESPACE FRANCHISE IS SUCH A SUCCESS BECAUSE.....

Posted by: 4-Real | June 29, 2012 at 07:14 PM"

OF YOU 4-Real! I mean, it's definitely not because of the athletic department under Special K, we can eliminate that one right off the bat.

[CaneRock]

UM Canes Ray-Ray Armstrong and Seantrel Henderson are the subject of rumors -- again

A briefing for those of you wondering about the status of University of Miami senior safety Ray-Ray Armstrong and junior offensive tackle Seantrel Henderson:

I had originally heard rumors that Seantrel and Ray-Ray were dismissed from the football team, but those are apparently false. When I called UM to ask about those rumors, I was told by Chris Freet, the UM associate athletic director for communications and marketing, that UM declined to comment on anything regarding that subject and Al Golden was on vacation and could not be reached.

I also reached Ray-Ray Armstrong's dad, Albert, by phone a little while ago, and he told me he knew nothing about any Ray-Ray news.

Here's what InsidetheU is reporting:

"Armstrong discussed interaction with a booster via Twitter and the coaches have suspended him indefinitely, but as of today he has not been removed from the team. However, this situation should be closely monitored as there is current discussion within the coaching staff about his future with the team.

"In regards to Henderson, the players were given time off in between first and second summer sessions, but were expected to be back by Tuesday. Henderson arrived a day later on Wednesday and is currently serving a punishment, but is expected to return to the team in the near future."...

SUSAN MILLER DEGNAN

MORE from the article here: http://miamiherald.typepad.com/umiami/2012/06/breaking-news-um-canes-seantrel-henderson-and-ray-ray-armstrong-dismissed-from-football-team.html#storylink=cpy

[4-Real]

Ogv is always right!! U HAVE A GIFT MY FRIEND!!!

[Swami for CEO]

"THE CANESPACE FRANCHISE IS SUCH A SUCCESS BECAUSE.....

Posted by: 4-Real | June 29, 2012 at 07:14 PM

1. Six years straight of HARD work.

2. Real passion for the Canes.

3. Great bloggers and Canes fans out there.

4. A very understanding and supportive wife!

[Hassan]

Can we ever get that interview with Swasey? Or can da skreetz maybe talk about how some of the guys have done in the summer program in the weight room? I wonder how big is Kirby now and What kid of baseline did guys like Duke and T howard come in with? How does our conditioning this summer compare to last summer?

[BEERicane]

Who cares about RayRay? He is worthless and a waste of space.

He is the college equivalent of Ryan Leaf.

[Swami for CEO]

He is the college equivalent of Ryan Leaf.

Posted by: BEERicane | June 29, 2012 at 10:50 PM

Harsh?

[Daddeh]

Da U

[CertifiablyScummy]

The only problem with Skreetz is that when real info comes out that an insider would have at least some insight on, like the alleged Seantrel and RayRay rumors, Skreetz is nowhere to be found.

He could at least be saying no this is no big deal or something. Anything. But he remains stone silent because he would be too easy to bust otherwise.

Sadly, Skreetz is just a scam to con low-IQ gullible readers into thinking this is a valuable site.

[Sota cane]

The only reason you are posting to discredit anybody is because u know canespace is where its at. Haters these days. He must not have gotten an insider email when he thought he deserved one lol

[4-Real]

Skreetz must have slept with Scummy's Mummy :)

[Swami for CEO]

Scummy...I can't believe I am gonna waste my time answering you but here goes:

What U don't know is that way before yesterday we had been getting news from Da Skreetz about the players in question although NONE of it was about them transferring or being kicked off of the team. It was more about performance and some other minor on/off the field issues.

In addition there were several emails exchanged behind the scenes ALL DAY LONG between Da Skreetz and the insiders here at Canespace. Some info we do NOT make public to protect the players and especially negative info that could hurt their reputation. Don't believe me just ask any of these people and they will tell U:

OGV
CGNC
OhioCane
Hassan
UMike
CaneSteeler
RoachCane

[Swami for CEO]

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