re: LSU is preparing for a freshmen class of 9,000 this fall.

I'll enjoy and support the sports programs, but as an alumnus I shake my head at the direction of the university. The LSU brand should be more than athletics. I know the model is strong athletics drives the university from an academic side, but they either underestimate the impact of lowering (and not requiring) standards or it's on purpose. I believe it was done to push demographics and at the cost of too much of what LSU was/should be. Tate can kiss my arse.

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Let’s be perfectly honest…it’s the primary reason Tate was shown the door

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Wait, the guy who wrote “academic” pieces about math being racist was a horrible university president?

I guess so.

Not a good look in SEC though. 15th out of 16. God bless Miss St.

SEC School 6-Year Graduation Rate

Vanderbilt University 94%

University of Florida 91%

University of Georgia 90%

The University of Texas at Austin89%

Texas A&M University 84%

Auburn University 82%

University of South Carolina 79%

University of Missouri 75%

University of Oklahoma 75%

University of Tennessee74%

University of Alabama 73%

University of Mississippi 72%

University of Arkansas 71%

University of Kentucky 71%

Louisiana State University 69%

Mississippi State University 67%

If I were king, the starting scoreboard of every SEC football game is graduation rate out of ten. Vanderbilt 9 - LSU 7 at kickoff. Kidding…make academics and athletics part of brand.

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Vanderbilt University 94% University of Florida 91% University of Georgia 90% The University of Texas at Austin89% Texas A&M University 84%

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These school are obviously extremely selective in their admissions process which theoretically should result in higher graduation rates.

These rates are higher than the Services Academies (85%) which usually boasts about having some of the highest grad rates in the country.

I would like to see demographics of applicants