[FarmBoy]

The fallout from this is interesting. I'm surprised that it was (a) newsworthy enough to be the top story on the ESPN NCAA football site for two days and (b) the negative reaction from so many non-Stanford fans. Sure, it's the off season, and news is slow. Spring games are over, there's not much recruiting going on, training camp is months away. But still, this has gotten more attention than I would have expected (a humorous use of the story here: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/11932...s-more-br5)

So clearly, the Stanford PR department was tone deaf on this one. They put it on GoStanford.com, so they were publicizing this as a positive news item. In the end, it does feel a might premature to be honoring someone with what I assume will be an honor in perpetuity, when they haven't graduated yet. And it appears like a  desperate attempt to squeeze the absolute maximum value out of the Andrew Luck brand at Stanford before he's gone.

Andrew Luck was a great player. I have no worries that he'll do something Tiger Woods-ish to make Stanford regret this decisions. He deserves all the honors he receives, in my mind. It probably could have been timed better. But in the end, people are just looking for something to point their personal frustration and anger at.

[FarmBoy]

The fallout from this is interesting. I'm surprised that it was (a) newsworthy enough to be the top story on the ESPN NCAA football site for two days and (b) the negative reaction from so many non-Stanford fans. Sure, it's the off season, and news is slow. Spring games are over, there's not much recruiting going on, training camp is months away. But still, this has gotten more attention than I would have expected (a humorous use of the story here: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/11932...s-more-br5)

So clearly, the Stanford PR department was tone deaf on this one. They put it on GoStanford.com, so they were publicizing this as a positive news item. In the end, it does feel a might premature to be honoring someone with what I assume will be an honor in perpetuity, when they haven't graduated yet. And it appears like a  desperate attempt to squeeze the absolute maximum value out of the Andrew Luck brand at Stanford before he's gone.

Andrew Luck was a great player. I have no worries that he'll do something Tiger Woods-ish to make Stanford regret this decisions. He deserves all the honors he receives, in my mind. It probably could have been timed better. But in the end, people are just looking for something to point their personal frustration and anger at.