Originally Posted by Dude
This is why every college football fan on this board should be cheering for the Stanford Cardinal: http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/...-hindered-by-intelligence?nclick_check=1

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Stanford does not lower its admissions standards for athletes, which means their pool of prospects is an estimated 10 to 15 percent of what almost everyone else is recruiting.

“We start with the transcript,” said recruiting coordinator Mike Sanford, who’s leaving the Cardinal after the Rose Bowl to become offensive coordinator at Boise State. “We will not watch film until we have a transcript, because we don’t want to waste our time.”

Every player on Stanford’s roster completed at least two advanced placement courses during their senior year of high school.

The father of a friend of mine was QB on the Stanford football team. He went on to win the Nobel prize.