re: For those saying that LSU is ranked 10 to beef Bama's resume:

I’ve had two nieces attend and graduate from Norte Dame. Both were also tutors to athletes. This was 12-15 years ago. Back then I can assure you that standards were not changed for those athletes one bit. Today-I can’t speak to that. It was a real problem for recruiting then and also to do the academic work once a kid was in school. No exceptions for anyone, athlete or not.