Palestra38:

Are you being disingenuous?

A B.A. from Columbia, which tied with MIT and Yale as the third best university in the nation, according to the most recent rankings from U.S. News', is worth A LOT academically.

If Tape will settle for a Master's (we're not even talking about a PhD here) from Virginia Tech, then I think he would have served BOTH his athletic and academic aspirations infinitely better had he first choosen to attend Virginia Tech as an undergraduate, then stayed there to get his Master's.

Let me be clear: I am talking about academe's version of realpolitik. I think you, a graduate of Penn, would not simply understand the cogency of my contentions, but in fact would eagerly embrace them.

As for your use of the word "arrogance," I find your choice of that word both erroneous, as well as gratuitous.