went in dumb come out dumb too

12-5-08—“Half the people in that stadium can ‘t spell LSU,” says political consultant James Carville, an LSU alumnus. ... Only three SEC member schools have endowments larger than $1 billion as of the 2007 fiscal year, while half or more of the schools in other major conferences ... do. ... Nonetheless, in 2006, four SEC schools—Florida, Georgia, Tennessee and LSU—raised $35 million or more in athletic donations... The historical knock on SEC schools among rivals is that their success is predicated on a willingness to stockpile great players by violating NCAA rules on recruiting and athlete benefits. While some of the sanctions have been minor, every SEC school but Vanderbilt has been on probation in the last 25 years. Another charge is that lower academic standards give SEC teams an advantage in recruiting. Just three SEC schools—Vanderbilt, Florida, and Georgia—were cited among the top 80 universities in US News & World Report’s 2009 college rankings, while all 11 members of the Big Ten were in the top 80.—WSJ, W4