(02-09-2018 09:10 PM)thefaU Wrote:  [quote='Ourland' pid='15062557' dateline='1518227613']
You can't keep up.

Yet Rice has not only had football players engage in sexual assault, but students have mocked it as well. Sexual assault is a real issue that shouldn't be dismissed, like you're trying to do with my education from a public university. But, I guess if you're able to attend Rice, you won't have to face criminal prosecution. If only some of our players could've gotten into such an elite institution...
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I've got to give you credit for the effort. To set the record straight, no one employed by, or affiliated with Rice University has ever hired topless dancers to perform at parties for recruits. And allegations are just that, allegations. The matter was investigated, but no charges were brought. I like that Rice kicked those players out of the university anyway. They must have deserved it in some way, even if it wasn't for rape. Their behavior was at the very least reckless and harmful enough to warrant dismissal.
As for mocking Baylor, they deserve every bit of what they get. Rape was reapetedly reported by female students, and it was reapetedly covered up and/or swept under the carpet by administration officials. Coacheswere involved, like Kendall Briles. He and his subordinates literally arranged the strip parties. Baylor's program should be shut down right now. They're lucky as hell that all they have to put up with is a bunch of quirky nerds giving them hell during a halftime show. At the time, I was upset that the MOB was forced to apologize by university officials, but in retrospect, it was the right thing to do. It was distasteful.
To your last point, I've mentioned here before that I'm sure FAU is a great school, and I mean that sincerely. It's not my place to say that any university is bad. Higher education is higher education in my book. More power to you. I attended both a public and private school. Both were good to me in their own right. Public schools don't need to be Rice, Stanford, or Yale-like. All I'd like to see is for this conference to adopt some recruiting standards that exceed the minimum set by the NCAA. We should demand more from ourselves. That's not asking too much.