Originally Posted by
MangyOldBison
The unbelievable success of the Bison with six out of the last seven national titles in football likely has spoiled all of us a bit. Even has gotten to the point that those who wish to beat the Bison have found they had better be a lot more like them to try to do so. While everything seems to pale in the light of that sort of success, I don't know that it is fair or even realistic to try to hold up the rest of the programs to what has been accomplished by Bison on the collegiate football field. However, on an apples to apples basis, I will point out again that Amy is the WINNINGEST athlete in the history of the NCAA, with 20 titles, compared to the next highest of 17 for Julie Inkster. The jump from the college to professional level is huge, just like the jump from high school to NCAA is. Whether she will match the sort of success that she had at the high school and NCAA levels remains to be seen, but I am convinced that she will! I personally believe that she is close to a breakout season in the LPGA along with Kim Kaufman of South Dakota as well. Here is another stat to bear in mind. Of all of the people who play the game of golf, the odds are 1 in 400,000 of one of them even making it to the professional level. No less staying there and succeeding. The odds are a little better for football but also not so good: "Of all the boys in America who play high school varsity football, less than 6 percent will go on to play at the college level, including those who go on to Division III schools were scholarships are not allowed. Of the precious few who do go on to play college football, only 1.8 percent will be drafted by the NFL. Bottom line? If your child is playing high school football, his chances of making it to the NFL are 0.08 percent or about 8 out of 10,000."