Yes, it's true about the academics. We're never going to compete with a top private school academically, but we certainly could do a lot better than 211. We should be in the top 50.
However, I seriously doubt Costello is coming to MSU for academics. He's coming to play one season of football, which means he'll have to enroll for 1 semester. Then I expect he'll leave for the NFL, so the level of academics is really moot. He might not even have been at Stanford for academics, but at least he had to do well enough to graduate.
I'm just asking for links to any solid rumors. I Googled what a couple of their fan sites were saying when he announced he was transferring and didn't see any mention of it. I did see that they have a LOT of players transferring out this year, I think 13.
Edit: I'm also saying there is no freaking way they refused their starting QB admission to graduate school.
Stanford's academic reputation is well documented. I would be curious to know if the football players there all have to meet the same academic entry criteria that a non-athlete does. For example, pretty positive that at Vanderbilt they do not but its a private school.
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