But that isn’t just Weis, that’s the entire culture at Notre Dame, which is one of the reasons they’ve consistently had a hard time getting “top” players, because they *require* the player can not only throw a ball, or tackle, but also have a brain between his ears.

It’s a hard balance for coaches nowadays to find that balance of a winning team, go to championship games, AND make sure that their kids are ready for the Real World with degrees in business, and chemistry.

BUT, I have to say, Drew – I LOVE this cartoon. Oftentimes academia is lost in the joy & love of football, and the Geeks & Nerds (who will someday rule the world, hello Bill Gates) need to be celebrated as much as the guys who bust heads on the gridiron.

Bravo!

Having majored in Chemistry back in college, I find this cartoon to be the absolute BOMB! Thanks for making my day!!

Best regards,

Felicia

1. Notre Dame Boosters, who’s team is 6-4 this year, calling for a firing of Coach Charlie Weis, despite over a 95% graduate from his players.
2. Texas Longhorn Boosters, who’s team is 10-0, lauding their coach despite their players graduation rate being a dismal 50%.
3. 24 solid hours of NCAA Div-1 hoops during a Tuesday, where their players and fans are expected to play/watch these games and still get enough sleep, do their homework and attend class.
4. One of the Bowl Championship Division’s main arguments for keeping the BCS being, “We can’t have a tournament because students would miss too many classes”, then schedule Thursday night games where their students have to travel hundreds of miles the day of the game and talking about adding more non-conference games anyway.
5. More and more music programs’ budgets being cut despite direct correlational links finding students who participate in music classes do better in school.

Look, I’m as big a sports fan as the next guy, and an eternal optimist, but I see no way this will change as long as fans, myself included, keep drinking this cool-aid and buying tickets.

No. I flunked chemistry. And math. Those were the two classes I learned to draw in.

This looks a little like a self portrait. Was this drawn from experience?