Mississippi State head coach Dan Muller made some waves earlier this week with his proposal to grant freshmen who actually meet the NCAA's new eligibility requirements a fifth year of eligibility. Mullen's complaint is that kids are being punished for not managing to maintain a 2.3 GPA, and that they should be rewarded for doing so.
It's a stupid idea, it completely misses the point, and it demonstrates just how clueless college football coaches are about the (arguably at this point theoretical) mission of their programs.
There was a time, and it wasn't very long ago, when having a 2.