Quote from: Bob.Gregg on November 18, 2012, 02:37:02 PM
For a number of years, I was of the opinion that W&J's academic/admission standards made it nearly impossible for the Presidents to return to the level of play enjoyed by their fans for many years.
Yesterday, at Johns Hopkins University, I was shown, undeniably, that that opinion was off the mark. I have great trouble imagining JHU's academic/admission standards being lower than W&J's and the Blue Jays clearly played at a level that we used to see regularly here in Washington.
Don't get me wrong, making the NCAA's more than 1-2 times in 10 years is an accomplishment of which the college can be proud. And, perhaps, they are at a level with which they are comfortable, the balance between academics/athletics meets at this intersection.
But I do not want to hear, again, that what JHU is doing can not be done here. There ARE outstanding athletes interested in playing D-3 football who CAN meet the academic/admission standards of a W&J College. And I'm look, hopefully, to those players putting on the Red & Black again in the very near future.
The difference is Johns Hopkins is a nationally recognized university, meaning they can recruit nationally. They hardly have any players on their roster from the state of Maryland and reach as far as California, Texas, Florida & Washington. W&J doesn't have that luxury, despite being a great academic school in its own right.