[Sam Leopold]

While we're on the subject of Oregon academics, this gem from former UW coach Jimmy Lake is a cake-taker:

UW's Jimmy Lake hits Oregon on academic 'prowess': Not a smart move (mercurynews.com)

“Our battles are really – the schools that we go against are way more … have academic prowess, like the University of Washington. Notre Dame. Stanford. USC. We go with a lot of battles toe-to-toe all the way to the end with those schools. So I think that’s made up in your world. In our world, we battle more academically prowess teams.”

[Sam Leopold]

While we're on the subject of Oregon academics, this gem from former UW coach Jimmy Lake is a cake-taker:

UW's Jimmy Lake hits Oregon on academic 'prowess': Not a smart move (mercurynews.com)

“Our battles are really – the schools that we go against are way more … have academic prowess, like the University of Washington. Notre Dame. Stanford. USC. We go with a lot of battles toe-to-toe all the way to the end with those schools. So I think that’s made up in your world. In our world, we battle more academically prowess teams.”