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[DagarmanSpartan]

Not sure if anyone else has seen this, but this is the National Science Foundation's list of the Top 50 schools where Engineering and Science Ph.Ds received their undergraduate education:

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf08311/?govDel=USNSF_178http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nsf.gov%2Fstatistics%2Finfbrief%2Fnsf08311%2F%3FgovDel%3DUSNSF_178

Case came in at #23, beating out a couple of Ivy League schools.

It's interesting that so many liberal arts colleges made the list.

Even St. John's College, MD, with its "Great Books" curriculum, made the Top 50.

[DagarmanSpartan]

ADL70,

You mentioned how Case now has Division III's best athlete (you know, the decathlete; the decathlon champion is considered, in many circles, to be the best all-around athlete at the Olympic games; so why not in Division III as well?).

Now, even ESPN is taking notice.

Read on.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/scorecard/faces/2010/06/14/

[Raider 68]

Who is CWRU's biggest competitor this fall?

[DagarmanSpartan]

ADL70,

By chance do you have a list of CWRU's most recent recruiting class?

I'm concerned that our recruiting has been slipping in the last few years.

[ADL70]

I don't know anything more than the nine I've posted here, which I tracked down online.

In terms of quantity, recent years haven't matched the fifty of a few years back.  But I think quality has been there.  Realistically if you can get a dozen or so each year who can contribute you've done about all you need to do.

Last year's class produced a few who started at least one game (Watson, Snyder, and Calabrese), Harris filled in in relief and goal line on DL, Fioramenti and Self were in on special teams, Dolan cracked the two deep at OT, and Hokavar is expected to be the QB of the future.  So there are seven who are already expected to contribute.

I did have my eye on two linemen from Ohio who were supposed to be looking for a biomedical engineering progam, but each went to liberal arts schools without engineering programs. 

Last year there wasn't an official list until almost the end of June, so we may have another two weeks or so to wait.

[ADL70]

Found this interesting comment from a Cincinnati fan on a Big East board:

"If [people in my area] talk about big time academic schools, you hear Notre Dame, Northwestern, Case Western, Ivy League, the Academies... not Villanova, or any really anybody else."

[DagarmanSpartan]

Well, it's certainly nice to mentioned in the same breath with a lot of those folks!

That said, I wouldn't put us on the level of the Ivy Leagues and Northwestern.

We're maybe a notch below that, I'd say.

[ADL70]

CMU has posted its 2010 roster with 56 freshmen including nine QBs!

http://www.cmu.edu/athletics/sports/football/rosters/index.html

[Raider 68]

Well, it's certainly nice to mentioned in the same breath with a lot of those folks!

That said, I wouldn't put us on the level of the Ivy Leagues and Northwestern.

We're maybe a notch below that, I'd say.

Regardless of the order, CWRU has a great academic reputation and its football program is showing real strength in the past few years!

[EveryOneAround]

My son told me Vinny Hokavar was not returning to Case...

[ADL70]

If it's true about Hokavar, the Spartans should be fine with Baum this year.  But next year...

CWRU grad Tom Zagorski has been promoted from GA to OL Coach and STC for JCU.

[jam40jeff]

I heard from a pretty reliable source that Vinny Hokavar has transferred to Akron U.

[ADL70]

Kyle Snyder, who started at CB last year as a freshman for CWRU, succeeded Baum at QB at Walsh Jesuit.  With two other experienced CBs, perhaps he could fill the same role for the Spartans.

[Raider 68]

CMU has posted its 2010 roster with 56 freshmen including nine QBs!

http://www.cmu.edu/athletics/sports/football/rosters/index.html

Is this their largest freshman class? Over 11 years they have won 68 and lost 43 or a 61% win ratio. Maybe they are starting to improve the program. Let see what their record will be by the time they play CWRU in the last game of the season!

[ADL70]

I looked up last year and the Tartans had 44 new players.