<p>^ Stanford might beat Notre Dame this year. Doesn't get easier for Stanford next week...at USC (ouch!)</p>
<p>Go BEARS!!! First ranking at #3 since 1951!</p>
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The importance of this will differ from student to student and some schools may have alternate athletic “scenes” (meaning sports other than the biggies of football and basketball) that the student can enjoy, but there is no denying the positive energy and fun that can result on a campus when a prominent college team is performing well and drawing national attention.
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<p>I continue to believe that students applying to top colleges who want a great athletics scene have the self-awareness to understand how much of a factor this should be in their college search.</p>
<p>This is a fine thread as it is; it's always fun to discuss sports, and for some students it is important in where they elect to enroll. But I don't think it's necessary to build this thread up as one that is crucially important to the college search of this nation's elite young people, or to assert that it fills some gaping hole of unmet informational needs of prospective students. </p>
<p>Sometimes it's just fun to jabber about sports on campus. It's enough of a justification for the thread.</p>
<p>Did anybody see the Rice Owls on ESPN2 last night? They won their first game on the road in a thriller at Southern Miss (31-29). </p>
<p>Big weekend of college games coming up with some prominent matchups involving Division I (scholarship) colleges ranked in the USNWR Top 30, eg, </p>
<p>UCLA hosts Notre Dame
USC hosts Stanford
Duke hosts Wake Forest
U North Carolina hosts U Miami</p>
<p>Let the tailgates begin. :)</p>
<p>^ Missed that one. Southern Miss is pretty good too. </p>
<p>I'm hoping ND beats fUCLA.</p>
<p>All I know is that bears rule, trees suck =P</p>
<p>Holy Cross continues to get very good support-almost 12,000 last weekend not bad for a school of 2700. HC has tremendous alumni loyalty-alumni giving rate of 53%this past year. Duke continues to show improvement and could win a few more games this year.</p>
<p>Congrats to Illinois on beating #5 Wisconsin...3-0 in Big 10 for first time since 1990!</p>
<p>Question: What schools do you think have the best fight song? <a href="No%20homer%20picks">i</a>*</p>
<p>I'd say:
USC (even if they play it ad nauseam)
Michigan
Oklahoma
LSU</p>
<p>usc can go to hades... those pretty boys suck cuz they cant even beat the nerds from palo alto mwahaha</p>
<p>^ LOL. For the first time I was rooting for 'furd.</p>
<p>Notre Dame's "Victory March" is the most classical and oft borrowed. Michigan's "Hail to the Victors" is the most rousing and proud.</p>
<p>go stanford!!!!!!!!!!
that was a SWEET win!</p>
<p>And Notre Dame beat UCLA. Today was not a good day for the PAC 10.</p>
<p>^ Nah, just for Los Angeles. </p>
<p>Even worse if the Angels get swept by Boston tomorrow.</p>
<p>Another wild and exceptionally fun day of college football. Great crowds and great athletic “scenes” including an impressive turnout for the Yale-Dartmouth game in New Haven (24,237). With temps approaching 80 degrees, the question is what was hotter-the weather or the home team which romped 50-10!</p>
<p>Here is the full recap of the weekend’s games and the “scenes” that these games inspired:</p>
<p>College , Opponent , W/L Score , Attendance</p>
<p>MAJOR DIV 1 (Public)<br>
UC Berkeley , did not play<br>
U Virginia , @ Middle Tennessee , W , 23-21 , 23,227
UCLA , Notre Dame , L , 6-20 , 78,543
U Michigan , Eastern Michigan , W , 33-22 , 108,415
U North Carolina , U Miami , W , 33-27 , 59,000</p>
<p>MAJOR DIV 1 (Private)<br>
Stanford , @ USC , W , 24-23 , 85,125
Duke , Wake Forest , L , 36-41 , 20,134
Northwestern , @ Michigan State , W , 48-41 , 67,378
Vanderbilt , @ Auburn , L , 7-35 , 82,657
Notre Dame , @ UCLA , W , 20-6 , 78,543
USC , Stanford L 23-24 85,125
Wake Forest , @ Duke , W , 41-36 , 20,134
Rice , @ Southern Miss , W , 31-29 , 25,656
Georgetown (Div I-AA) , @ U Penn , L , 13-42 , 8,383</p>
<p>IVIES (All Div I-AA)<br>
Princeton , Hampton U , L , 28-47 , 15,329
Harvard , @ Cornell , W , 32-15 , 10,619
Yale , Dartmouth , W , 50-10 , 24,237
U Penn , Georgetown , W , 42-13 , 8,383
Columbia , @ Lafayette , L , 0-17 , 7,492
Dartmouth , @ Yale , L , 10-50 , 24,237
Cornell , Harvard , L , 15-32 , 10,619
Brown , Holy Cross , L , 37-48 , 4,805</p>
<p>DIVISION III<br>
MIT , Curry , L , 20-52 , 460
U Chicago , did not play<br>
Wash U , LaGrange , W , 33-10 , 623
Johns Hopkins , @ Dickinson , W , 20-17 , 2,750
Carnegie Mellon , @ Randolph Macon , L , 10-21 , 790
Tufts , Bowdoin , W , 21-13 , 790</p>
<p>NO TEAM<br>
Caltech<br>
Emory</p>
<p>I had the headline all set up for the California Golden Bears. With a home victory over Oregon State, Cal would ascend to the top spot in the national collegiate football rankings FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 56 YEARS! But alas, it was not to be as Cal lost and this college football season is now unofficially the craziest that we have ever seen. </p>
<p>Among the USNWR Top 30, probably the most impressive result was Wake Forest’s defeat once again of Florida State. Granted, these are not the Seminoles of old, but little Wake (undergraduate population of 4332) is playing some big-time football and putting on a great athletic scene for a school its size. </p>
<p>Here is the full rundown from this weekend’s action and the crowds that gathered to socialize and enjoy the games:</p>
<p>College , Opponent , W/L Score , Attendance</p>
<p>MAJOR DIV 1 (Public)<br>
UC Berkeley , Oregon State , L , 28-31 , 63,995
U Virginia , U Connecticut , W , 17-16 , 60,004
UCLA , did not play<br>
U Michigan , Purdue , W , 48-21 , 110,888
U North Carolina , U South Carolina , L , 15-21 , 61,000</p>
<p>MAJOR DIV 1 (Private)<br>
Stanford , Texas Christian , L , 36-38 , 37,777
Duke , Virginia Tech , L , 14-43 , 23,691
Northwestern , U Minnesota , W , 49-48 , 23,314
Vanderbilt , U Georgia , L , 17-20 , 39,773
Notre Dame , Boston College , L , 14-27 , 80,795
USC , U Arizona W 20-13 84,671
Wake Forest , Florida State , W , 24-21 , 32,906
Rice , @ U Houston , L , 48-56 , 26,514
Georgetown (Div I-AA) , Fordham , L , 31-38 , 2143</p>
<p>IVIES (All Div I-AA)<br>
Princeton , @ Brown , L , 24-33 , 6493
Harvard , Lafayette , W , 27-17 , 10,001
Yale , Lehigh , W , 23-7 , 14052
U Penn , @ Columbia , W , 59-28 , 8963
Columbia , U Penn , L , 28-59 , 8963
Dartmouth , @ Holy Cross , L , 15-41 , 5607
Cornell , Colgate , W , 17-14 , 12,035
Brown , Princeton , W , 33-24 , 6493</p>
<p>DIVISION III<br>
MIT , @ Western New England , W , 26-21 , 2100
U Chicago , @ Wash U , L , 10-31 , 2236
Wash U , U Chicago , W , 31-10 , 2236
Johns Hopkins , Ursinus , L , 10-17 , 1100
Carnegie Mellon , Case Western , L , 17-20 , 2200
Tufts , Trinity , W , 16-10 , 3500</p>
<p>NO TEAM<br>
Caltech<br>
Emory</p>
<p>Holy Cross is 3-1 against the Ivies this year. Like the Ivies, HC doesn't give athletic scholarships for football, so good showing for a small LAC. For over 100 years Holy Cross has played the Ivy League schools more than any other university. So much for Stanford and good crowd at Duke game.</p>
<p>Yesterday was mostly bright and sunny around the country and, in a season that has seen surprise after surprise, Vanderbilt now adds its name to the list of colleges that have upset a highly ranked opponent. Yesterday, in front of 79,212 fans, the Commodores defeated U South Carolina (USC in the South) by a 17-6 score. Even as I write this post, ESPN broadcasts that the party in Nashville continues…. </p>
<p>Meanwhile, big crowds were on hand for some other notable games involving teams in the USNWR Top 30. The other USC went to South Bend and shellacked Notre Dame. And three of the publics had stellar outings. Congrats to U Virginia (4-0 in the ACC), U Michigan (officially back from the dead and now co-favorite to win the Big Ten) and UCLA (which is a funny team to figure out) made an impressive result yesterday over UC Berkeley before 83,494 at the Rose Bowl. </p>
<p>Here is the full rundown on Saturday’s action involving teams in the USNWR Top 30 and the crowds that enjoyed the “scene” at these games:</p>
<p>College , Opponent , W/L Score , Attendance</p>
<p>MAJOR DIV 1 (Public)<br>
UC Berkeley , @ UCLA , L , 21-30 , 83,494
U Virginia , @ U Maryland , W , 18-17 , 52,782
UCLA , UC Berkeley , W , 30-21 , 83,494
U Michigan , @ U Illinois , W , 27-17 , 57,078
U North Carolina , did not play </p>
<p>MAJOR DIV 1 (Private)<br>
Stanford , @ U Arizona , W , 21-20 , 55,270
Duke , did not play<br>
Northwestern , @ Eastern Michigan , W , 26-14 , na
Vanderbilt , @ U South Carolina , W , 17-6 , 79,212
Notre Dame , USC , L , 0-38 , 80,795
USC , @ Notre Dame , W , 38-0 , 80,795
Wake Forest , @ Navy , W , 44-24 , 36,992
Rice , U Memphis , L , 35-38 , 11,122
Georgetown (Div I-AA) , @ Bucknell , W , 20-17 , 6084</p>
<p>IVIES (All Div I-AA)<br>
Princeton , @ Harvard , L , 10-27 , 12,005
Harvard , Princeton , W , 27-10 , 12,005
Yale , @ U Penn , W , 26-20 , 15,668
U Penn , Yale , L , 20-26 , 15,668
Columbia , @ Dartmouth , L , 28-37 , 8720
Dartmouth , Columbia , W , 37-28 , 8720
Cornell , Brown , W , 38-31 , 7345
Brown , @ Cornell , L , 31-38 , 7345</p>
<p>DIVISION III<br>
MIT , Salve Regina , W , 40-20 , 615
U Chicago , Carnegie Mellon , W , 21-0 , 1921
Wash U , did not play<br>
Johns Hopkins , did not play<br>
Carnegie Mellon , @ U Chicago , L , 0-21 , 1921
Tufts , @ Williams , L , 13-34 , 1781</p>
<p>NO TEAM<br>
Caltech<br>
Emory</p>
<p>Holy Cross 59 Lehigh 10- HC is now5-2.</p>
<p>Dang, I wish I'd been at that MIT-Salve Regina game.</p>
<p>9,103 at the Holy Cross - Lehigh game Not too shabby.</p>