dilligas 581 Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 4 hours ago, gulftiger66 said: Nothing against Auburn academics but playing football and maintaining high academic standings in a challenging curriculum such as Engineering at a school like Stanford is a tall order. As I recall, Ben Obamanu had the chance to go to Stanford but chose Auburn instead. He was thus able to play closer to home while at the same time achieving his academic goals. Last I heard he was in Law School, or had recently graduated. I imagine that he will embark on a successful career and the lack of a more "prestigious" degree will have little impact on his future. This is just my take on academics. Yeah I read an article not long ago that Obamanu is at UAT Law School and proudly wearing burnt orange and blue all over T-Town. He represents AU very well from what I recall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GwillMac6 20,680 Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 4 minutes ago, dilligas said: Yeah I read an article not long ago that Obamanu is at UAT Law School and proudly wearing burnt orange and blue all over T-Town. He represents AU very well from what I recall. Dude is all class. showed that after the ole miss loss where he dropped the would be GW or tying??? td pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickeyspano 40 Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 23 hours ago, AUTiger2012 said: Thats great, but id rather have a sub par education than be swallowed by the earth. Good one. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GwillMac6 20,680 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Barton SImmons crystal balled him to Stanford tonight....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehighfan 1,240 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 This is what burns me. We have been on this guy for awhile and then Stanford comes in and it appears it's see you later. I know Stanford is a fine school with a great academic reputation but do you think the turds would have to be doing any last minute worrying about Stanford for a player they really wanted four days before NSD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellitor 33,093 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 59 minutes ago, milehighfan said: This is what burns me. We have been on this guy for awhile and then Stanford comes in and it appears it's see you later. I know Stanford is a fine school with a great academic reputation but do you think the turds would have to be doing any last minute worrying about Stanford for a player they really wanted four days before NSD? Stanford has been on him a long time too & Barton Simmons doesn't cover either team so his pick doesn't mean much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehighfan 1,240 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 10 hours ago, ellitor said: Stanford has been on him a long time too & Barton Simmons doesn't cover either team so his pick doesn't mean much. That's why in my post I said "appears" about his decision. I don't mean to disrespect Johnson or his decision, as I said Stanford is a fine school with a great academic reputation. But I saw where RJ wanted to major in engineering and I thought Auburn had a great engineering school. I just hope he doesn't take Horace Greeley's advice, "God west young man, go west". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randman5000 4,228 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 42 minutes ago, milehighfan said: That's why in my post I said "appears" about his decision. I don't mean to disrespect Johnson or his decision, as I said Stanford is a fine school with a great academic reputation. But I saw where RJ wanted to major in engineering and I thought Auburn had a great engineering school. I just hope he doesn't take Horace Greeley's advice, "God west young man, go west". We do have a great engineering school...but not as good as Stanford's. We need to close strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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au_bsci_04 407 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 I think there were 4-5 commits tweeting at him to commit to AU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaker 2,457 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 As a parent of college kid, I would hate it if my son played where family could almost never see him play. also, if he plans to return to the Southeast as adult, the Stanford degree vs the Auburn Engr degree is a 'push' or equal. Auburn Engineers have a great regional reputation. Stanford is a 'name', but .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Plainsman 948 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 45 minutes ago, Beaker said: As a parent of college kid, I would hate it if my son played where family could almost never see him play. also, if he plans to return to the Southeast as adult, the Stanford degree vs the Auburn Engr degree is a 'push' or equal. Auburn Engineers have a great regional reputation. Stanford is a 'name', but .... I don't know,. Stanford is world renowned. Either way,. The young man is in a great position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GwillMac6 20,680 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 1 hour ago, au_bsci_04 said: I think there were 4-5 commits tweeting at him to commit to AU. no doubt. he was hanging out with them all last weekend. would be weird if all 3 of the big official visitors from last week (lancaster, taylor and johnson) did not come here. Usually for our big recruiting weekend it nets us 1 big fish. *knock on wood* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionheartkc 6,150 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 On 1/28/2017 at 11:03 PM, milehighfan said: This is what burns me. We have been on this guy for awhile and then Stanford comes in and it appears it's see you later. I know Stanford is a fine school with a great academic reputation but do you think the turds would have to be doing any last minute worrying about Stanford for a player they really wanted four days before NSD? I'm going to be honest... if it weren't for the fact that I didn't pass the economic standards of Stanford's admission process (something the federal government made them drop 2 years after I was "deferred"), I'd be on a Stanford football forum right now instead of an Auburn forum. Stanford is borderline Ivy League education in California, and now they are perennial contenders in the PAC 10. That's hard to pass up if it's offered to you no matter how late they come into the game. Auburn can't compete on education, they can't compete on weather, they can't compete on access to beaches and girls dressed for said weather and beaches... it's a pretty easy sell. The ONLY thing Auburn has on Stanford is that we are a better football program in the SEC... but you can still get into the league from Stanford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auol72 188 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Good for you but i would never want my child exposed to the world view that is Stanford when they could be at Auburn. I guess it is just what you believe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellitor 33,093 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 3 minutes ago, lionheartkc said: I'm going to be honest... if it weren't for the fact that I didn't pass the economic standards of Stanford's admission process (something the federal government made them drop 2 years after I was "deferred"), I'd be on a Stanford football forum right now instead of an Auburn forum. Stanford is borderline Ivy League education in California, and now they are perennial contenders in the PAC 10. That's hard to pass up if it's offered to you no matter how late they come into the game. Auburn can't compete on education, they can't compete on weather, they can't compete on access to beaches and girls dressed for said weather and beaches... it's a pretty easy sell. The ONLY thing Auburn has on Stanford is that we are a better football program in the SEC... but you can still get into the league from Stanford. I'm not sure those exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellitor 33,093 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Just now, auol72 said: Good for you but i would never want my child exposed to the world view that is Stanford when they could be at Auburn. I guess it is just what you believe! I've lived up there. Just outside of city areas up there it's surprisingly conservative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionheartkc 6,150 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 1 minute ago, ellitor said: I'm not sure those exist. They do... they're just kind of lame... http://thecardboard.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionheartkc 6,150 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 5 minutes ago, ellitor said: 7 minutes ago, auol72 said: Good for you but i would never want my child exposed to the world view that is Stanford when they could be at Auburn. I guess it is just what you believe! I've lived up there. Just outside of city areas up there it's surprisingly conservative. Yea... stay out of San Fran and away from Berkeley and you find a lot of normal folks in Cali. Stanford is not an ultra-liberal college. It's not the most conservative college in the country, like Auburn, but it's far more even keel than most in Northern California. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellitor 33,093 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 1 minute ago, lionheartkc said: Yea... stay out of San Fran and away from Berkeley and you fine a lot of normal folks in Cali. Stanford is not an ultra-liberal college. It's not the most conservative college in the country, like Auburn, but it's far more even keel than most in Northern California. Yup! Loved living up there. Really miss the weather up there too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaitopher 807 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 1 hour ago, lionheartkc said: Yea... stay out of San Fran and away from Berkeley and you find a lot of normal folks in Cali. Stanford is not an ultra-liberal college. It's not the most conservative college in the country, like Auburn, but it's far more even keel than most in Northern California. Depends how you define normal. I lived in Marin county for four years and much prefer that brand of "normal" over what you find in the South. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionheartkc 6,150 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 3 minutes ago, thaitopher said: Depends how you define normal. I lived in Marin county for four years and much prefer that brand of "normal" over what you find in the South. I hear you... I'm more a Southern California guy than Northern, but the South can definitely have it's interesting characters unlike anything they've every seen in the entire state of California (outside of a theme park or sound stage). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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