Grades were great....All GT football players eligible for bowl**

that's what I thought, I guess Nesbitt thing is just a rumor. In the WR article posted, he spoke confident of being back next year.
 
cyptomcat said:
that's what I thought, I guess Nesbitt thing is just a rumor. In the WR article posted, he spoke confident of being back next year.
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I am not sure it would be possible for a true freshman to be ineligible for a bowl game prior to second semester. They could fall to a probationary warning I suppose....but to be ineligible I believe you have to flunk out or not pass the minimum hours in one calendar year to be eligible (it used to be 36 hours on the quarter system).
Someone correct me if I have this wrong.
 
hiveredtech said:
I am not sure it would be possible for a true freshman to be ineligible for a bowl game prior to second semester. They could fall to a probationary warning I suppose....but to be ineligible I believe you have to flunk out or not pass the minimum hours in one calendar year to be eligible (it used to be 36 hours on the quarter system).
Someone correct me if I have this wrong.
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I think if you go to Warning (get between a 1.0-1.9) you can still play. If you get below a 1.0 you go to Probabtion and you can't play.

If you are on Warning and get a 1.0-1.9 again you go to Probabtion. I you are on Warning and gt below a 1.0 you flunk out.

If you are on Probation and get below a 2.0 you flunk out.
 
gtyellowjackets said:
I think if you go to Warning (get between a 1.0-1.9) you can still play. If you get below a 1.0 you go to Probabtion and you can't play.

If you are on Warning and get a 1.0-1.9 again you go to Probabtion. I you are on Warning and gt below a 1.0 you flunk out.

If you are on Probation and get below a 2.0 you flunk out.
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wait... where does the double secret probation come in? doesnt that happen before you flunk out???

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I read somewhere earlier that because the bowl game is before jan 1, all players are eligible regardless of grades, we may not be in the clear yet.
 
Can this be verified in an article? I was hoping this would be the case, but I just don't trust anybody anymore.

:fingersx:
 
It's true, grades are good for now. Doesnt mean we are out of the clear with some though. They need to do better next semester and I believe they will.
 
BuzzKD911 said:
Can this be verified in an article? I was hoping this would be the case, but I just don't trust anybody anymore.

:fingersx:
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In the Tech "notes" section of today's AJC, one of the last notes in the column was that Tenuta said all players were eligible for the bowl.
 
gtyellowjackets said:
I think if you go to Warning (get between a 1.0-1.9) you can still play. If you get below a 1.0 you go to Probabtion and you can't play.

If you are on Warning and get a 1.0-1.9 again you go to Probabtion. I you are on Warning and gt below a 1.0 you flunk out.

If you are on Probation and get below a 2.0 you flunk out.
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NEWSFLASH!!!

Someone ask Mover about this thread. I am POSITIVE he can explain it to you!!:laugher::laugher:
 
MaconGTfan said:
I read somewhere earlier that because the bowl game is before jan 1, all players are eligible regardless of grades, we may not be in the clear yet.
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not the case anymore...for instance 3 Clemson players are academically ineligible for the Peach Bowl.
 
demjackets said:
It's true, grades are good for now. Doesnt mean we are out of the clear with some though. They need to do better next semester and I believe they will.
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well...since I started following GT football in the 70's we have lost a couple of kids each year to academics. Either they flunk out or transfer just before doing so.
That would be consistent with the student body. When I graduated I felt like I almost knew an equal amount of people graduating from other schools that started GT with me as opposed to those that went all the way through with me! :laugher:
 
hiveredtech said:
well...since I started following GT football in the 70's we have lost a couple of kids each year to academics. Either they flunk out or transfer just before doing so.
That would be consistent with the student body. When I graduated I felt like I almost knew an equal amount of people graduating from other schools that started GT with me as opposed to those that went all the way through with me! :laugher:
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I don't know when you were around but there has been some improvement in that as of late:
http://www.irp.gatech.edu/apps/factbook/?page=92
 
cyptomcat said:
I don't know when you were around but there has been some improvement in that as of late:
http://www.irp.gatech.edu/apps/factbook/?page=92
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Undergrad class of 94, graduated in my 5th, lands me squarely in the 57% column.


That is a lot better.

I was there in the 80's...during orientation they did the whole "look to your left, look to your right" thing.
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Look closely. If you consider 5th year rates as the official rates instead of 6th year rates, the class of 2000 is only 2% higher than the 'look to your left, look to your right, one of you won't graduate' thing.

Things are trending upwards, but not hugely.
 
I don't know where you see 2% increase:
Graduated by 5th year: 1994:57% 2000:69%
Retained by 5th year: 1994:72% 2000:79%

One of them is 12% improvement, the other 7%. It's improving slow, but they are succeeding.

I also checked USG's search tool and our retention rate after 5 years for 1986 class was 68%. So things are a little different after 15 years.
 
I don't know where you see 2% increase:
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The rhetoric was "look to your left, look to your right, one of you three won't graduate," as best as I recall. That rhetoric corresponds to a 66.667% graduation rate. The figure I referenced noted 69% grad rate after 5 years, hence 2.333%.
 
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