Quote:Did somebody just say that the football experience between Stanford and Oregon St. isn't that big of a difference?

 

I feel like that had to be a typo or I'm reading it wrong.

 

No it wasnt a typo.  Although maybe the point wasnt well articulated.  The point is Oregon St isnt this historically great football power like a Texas or a Michigan.  And by choosing the academic school, you'd be foregoing all the tradition and big games, etc.... Sure Stanford has been good the last four years, but historically going to Oregon St vs Stanford isnt a huge difference as far as what happens on the football field.  Historically they are both average programs playing in average bowl games who every now and then have brief moments of greatness.  So why would anyone ever choose Oregon St over Stanford?  So elite academic schools in my mind have a big advantage when going after the good but not great high school prospects.  I can understand the great prospects going to Texas or Florida or Michigan.  But why would the good prospect ever go to Oregon St over Stanford.

 

(Stanford may not be a great example for the younger crowd here but historically they've been an average at best program.  We'll see if this recent streak is a blip or the beginning of their rise into an elite program.)

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