re: Why did Tom Osborne retire at 60?

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Partial Qualifier

A "partial qualifier" is eligible to practice with the team at its home facility and receive an athletics scholarship during his or her first year at a Division I school and then has three (3) seasons of competition remaining.
A partial qualifier may earn a fourth year of competition, provided that at the beginning of the fifth academic year following the student-athlete's initial, full-time collegiate enrollment, the student-athlete has received a baccalaureate degree.
In order to be considered a "partial qualifier", you have not met the requirements for a qualifier but you're required to:

Graduate from high school;
Present a grade-point average (based on a maximum of 4.000) and a combined score on the SAT verbal and math sections or a sum score on the ACT based on the following partial qualifier index scale. Partial Qualifier Index

Core GPA ACT-New SAT-Old SAT-New 2.750 & Above 59 600 720 2.725 59 610 730 2.700 60 620 730 2.2.675 61 630 740-750 2.650 62 640 760 2.625 63 650 770 2.600 64 660 780 2.575 65 670 790 2.550 66 680 800 2.525 67 690 810