Depends on the program you are in and also US News is not the final authority on college rankings. I think people put way too much stock in it. But let's be honest, he went there for football and/or NIL (and maybe the weather).
Academics meaning Minnesota might make him go to class and USC might not?
What do you mean? It's 50 degrees here now in December. In the summer it's 80. What's not to like!
One must come to understand that flarda man was raised in the various high points of the swamp. He was molded by it. Say flarda man, want to cool off with a nice dip in the Gulf on a hot summer day? Well, GFY. Water temp is 92 degrees. Go loiter the nearest 7/11 if you want temporary relief for your swampass. The heat and humidity are so oppressive and so unrelenting that a hat and scarf becomes a necessity in order for flarda man to maintain proper thermoregulation on the rare occurrence that the thermometer dips below 60 degrees. This, my friend, is why flarda man stays in his own habitat and generally does not travel too far north.
That's what I was thinking. Lots of guys 'want to get closer to home' after 1-2 years away.