[terry]

The obvious contenders for including the grad rates and US News rankings is something like Domers (or Northwestern) saying something about them being as high quality academically (or better) than Stanford.

A number of schools try to convince recruits that they're just as good as Stanford academically. Not just Northwestern and Notre.Dame, but also Duke, Vandy, U*S*C, UCLA, C.al, Penn State, Michigan, Texas, Washington, North Carolina, Georgia Tech, and others. Some of the state schools try to convince recruits that their "honors colleges" are equal to Stanford. I remember when Oklahoma used that approach with Chase Beeler. If we're trying to narrow down a list of suspects based on which schools claim they're academically comparable to Stanford, I don't think it's going to be a short list. The well-informed recruits know better, but I think many recruits just aren't all that well-informed.

[terry]

The obvious contenders for including the grad rates and US News rankings is something like Domers (or Northwestern) saying something about them being as high quality academically (or better) than Stanford.

A number of schools try to convince recruits that they're just as good as Stanford academically. Not just Northwestern and Notre.Dame, but also Duke, Vandy, U*S*C, UCLA, C.al, Penn State, Michigan, Texas, Washington, North Carolina, Georgia Tech, and others. Some of the state schools try to convince recruits that their "honors colleges" are equal to Stanford. I remember when Oklahoma used that approach with Chase Beeler. If we're trying to narrow down a list of suspects based on which schools claim they're academically comparable to Stanford, I don't think it's going to be a short list. The well-informed recruits know better, but I think many recruits just aren't all that well-informed.