Nebraska article was just saying that Big Ten schools have higher admission standards for undergrads - which is true. Football recruits are allowed to have those requirements waived at the admissions office.
Why take Brown at his word? He probably meant one thing and just generically said he wouldn't qualify at Alabama. Or perhaps whoever wrote the article misinterpreted him. PS - the U of AL is not any kind of strict academic institution, as many here have pointed out about the SEC. So why assume the opposite?
Same with Ward. Maybe he assumed that was the reason he didn't get an offer, but actually that wasn't the reason.
For Crawford, there are tons of possibilities as to why he may not have been eligible at the U that have nothing to do with meeting the NCAA clearninghouse. My argument is that if a Juco player meets the minimum requirements, then the basis of GPA/test scores will not cause his admission to be denied. That has not changed.
Ok...we'll take it point by point. By the way, if you are really just trolling and trying to be annoying, it has been a pantherhawesque caliber performance and hats off to you. If you really are this dense, then please don't procreate. I'll pay for your vasectomy.
Ok...now, lets look at the Nebraska article, here is the key part:
"The NCAA has its own set of Division I ELIGIBILITY requirements for incoming freshmen — namely 16 core course credits and a passing grade on a sliding scale that compares GPA and SAT/ACT scores.
Most schools, including Nebraska and its soon-to-be conference partners to the east, ARE A LITTLE MORE PICKY"
They are not talking about the student population as a whole, when they are referring to eligibility, they are speaking of the student athlete's requirements to be able to be eligible to play sports. It isn't that complicated. You see, this section of the article reads like this "there is a minimum requirement (ahem, the clearinghouse), but most schools and its soon-be-conference partners to the east have higher than the minimum". This shouldn't be that difficult!
Point #2:
Deandre Brown situation...
He was offered by Auburn, Alabama, Georgia, Miami, Mississippi St., Tennessee, Florida, and LSU. He got his test scores back and then Southern Miss came out of nowhere and landed him. It would have been like if Seantrel Henderson got his test scores back and decided to go to Akron. I'm not taking Deandre Brown's word for it. If anything Brown would have said the opposite, that he qualified but he wanted to go to Southern Miss.
DeAndre Brown never visited Southern Miss (officially), they weren't on anyone's radar as far as landing him, he got his test scores back in late january, visited Southern Miss and committed a week later. But you're right, maybe all of the SEC schools just "cooled on him" at the same time and that he became interested in Conference USA football over LSU, Bama, or Florida after a week. OR maybe it was something else....
As far as Alabama not being that good of a school, it's ok. However, the SEC schools are better schools than their smaller conference brethren. For instance, the SEC as a conference has slightly elevated requirements as well.
Same with Ward.