Monday, August 6th 2007 Stanford's Jim Harbaugh on The Drive on FOX: "General Studies is not a degree"
LOS ANGELES, August 6, 2007 - Stanford University Football Head Coach, Jim Harbaugh, joined The Drive on FOX with Chris Myers and Sean Farnham last Friday and shared his thoughts on Michigan and other schools with low academic standards. Below are highlights from the interview.
HARBAUGH: "I learned from a great man named Bo Schembechler that you speak the truth as you know it. It may not be what people want to hear and it may not be the popular thing, but you speak your mind…Michigan is a great university and a tremendous institution. But, I could give you some of the numbers. General Studies to me is not a degree. About 87% of their team is either General Studies or undecided."
MYERS: "Would you make that same statement for other football programs?"
HARBAUGH: "Absolutely. I think that most avid college football fans, I'm afraid, just think about how exciting it is to watch players play and don't even think about what their future would be. A very small, small percentage will make it to the NFL. So I hope you can understand what I mean. What do those players do when the football comes to a screeching halt? You need a significant degree to have the skill set to compete at the highest level once you graduate from college."
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