Alabama is transparently using football to attract out of

state students to raise the academic profile of their university through student selectivity. They are throwing instate tuition, at least, at kids from the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic and they're using football to get their attention.

Sounds similar to what a small, Catholic school in Indiana once did.

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It is well known in Atlanta area that you go for free to AL - btd 2021-01-04 20:09:07
Are you saying that ND - crazychester 2021-01-04 16:15:00
- I think he's saying Bama is copying the Hesburgh strategy - Jvan 2021-01-04 16:34:39
  - Ohio State did this when Tressel was the HC. OSU was my - NumberOneMoses 2021-01-04 18:42:29
  - Correct. Out of state enrollment % has risen from 30% to 60% - Freight Train 2021-01-04 16:52:10
    - Hey, my sister got 4 S.C. wins over Clemson - shea 2021-01-04 21:29:54
    - I wonder if they track out-of-state graduates. - squid 2021-01-04 20:32:54
      - They don't need to waste time tracking. They are 99.9% - btd 2021-01-04 20:45:12
    - The honors program at SC, Clemson, FSU, Alabama - btd 2021-01-04 20:17:32
      - Congrats on your kids! They don’t give the free stuff to - Freight Train 2021-01-05 00:15:29
        I mentally struggle with SC, but I have been told by many - btd 2021-01-05 13:17:01
    - interesting, so kind of a fish-hook strategy. - MrE 2021-01-04 17:18:32
      - No. Its purely to raise the rank of the college as a whole - btd 2021-01-04 20:23:21
  - See it now, I read snark that wasnt there * - crazychester 2021-01-04 16:39:17
My thoughts exactly, and more power to them. * - milhouse 2021-01-04 16:11:16