"On some campuses, the high concentration of student-athletes, e.g., Sewanee's one-quarter, or one student-athlete for every three student/non-athletes gives one dynamic.  The college experience is partially defined by the number of the athletic competition offerings that college offers.
"When Swarthmore dropped football, wrestling and women's badminton to limit student-athletes to 15% or about one student-athlete for every 6 non-student/athletes, it made a philosophical statement about the role of athletics on the campus."

I was surprised to learn some colleges have a student-athlete to student ratio. I never heard of such a thing, especially when I attended Central College (1991 graduate) and played football and ran track for the Dutch.
As with most D-III schools, we had a small campus with around 2,000 students. I don't know the exact numbers, but I'm sure close to if not half of our student body played a sport — many played two (and that includes treating the combo of indoor and outdoor track as one sport).
The ratio idea sounds like a big step backward to me.
Do Sewanee and Swarthmore turn away kids because they want to play sports in college, or do they admit more non-athletes they wouldn't otherwise let attend school just to meet the ratio?

Quote from: retagent on October 19, 2007, 10:51:18 PM
"Not that there's anything wrong with that."

Yada, yada, yada

I remember back when I played (and I use the word "played" very loosely) for Central from 1987-90. Our two big rivalry games were against William Penn (which was not very good at the time, though they had been in the past) and Simpson (which was very tough). Both were located close to Pella, which only helped the rivalries.

I remember my senior year (1990) when a writer on the William Penn newspaper wrote some kind of column about how Central was full of rich kids named Skippy and Buffy, how we would make the playoffs and choke every year and that our players used steroids. He was trying to be funny, but it was William Penn's misfortune that the article came out right before our game.

Judas Priest, it got so bad I got in the game and actually had a carry! The coaches tried to keep it in check, but once a play started, it was all out war.

The games with Simpson were always big ones and usually decided the conference championship. I remember the Simpson faithful having a cement truck with LOUD horn they would sound off whenever they did something good.

Why would they hold hands?
Is one deaf or hard of hearing (don't get me started on the PC use of "hearing impaired")? I've seen offensive linemen hold hands then let go on the snap count so the deaf one knows the ball is snapped. Would holding hands on the kick return help get the deaf player focused on the right person to block?

I'd heard this earlier, but thought I'd ask:
Is Heidelberg's offense the only one which has scored against Mount Union's first-team defense? I know other teams have gotten a score here and there against MUC, but is The 'Berg the only one to do it against the first team?