<p>Yes, yes and yes! Can’t speak for the other schools, but I know Nick Saban (and previously Mike Shula) have much more relaxed standards for recruiting when it comes to academics. IMO there is far more emphasis placed on football than academics at Alabama. But, I have been called out about your statement yankees1 regarding admissions standards and ND football. I doubt that half of the players at Alabama could even pass ND’s admissions standards much less maintain a minimum GPA to play football at ND. And the last I checked neither USC or BC were ranked in the top 20 academically; but, how much stock do we want to place on academic rankings?!? I’m for giving our ND Irish some more time–the talent is there and I believe it will shine soon!!</p>