Former Southlake Carroll quarterback Greg McElroy's efficient performance is perfect fit for Alabama Crimson Tide He's 30-0 as a starter in high school and college, with two national championships, "because I refuse to lose," McElroy, a Rhodes Scholar candidate, ... Football runs in Cowboys executive’s family He will return to Tuscaloosa for his senior year, there’s talk of him applying for a Rhodes Scholarship, perhaps law school, and after that, a career as an agent or with a team. “It all depends on whether I can play at the next level,” he said.  So far, Greg Sr., the sports business vet who has also held sales and marketing jobs with the Texas Rangers, American Airlines Arena in Dallas, and the Los Angeles Dodgers, has resisted the temptation to ask Cowboys scouts about where his son would go in the draft. NFLDraftScout.com has him rated 15th of the 245 college quarterbacks it is rating. On the field, Greg Jr. has often had to fight for a starti... Tough Rhode for McElroy In a three-state region including Alabama, Tennessee and Florida, only two students will be chosen as Rhodes Scholars. McElroy's application to be one of ... Patience pays off for Alabama QB ... grade is a B in a leadership and management class that he took before he became a starter, and he plans to apply next spring to become a Rhodes scholar. ... A good example And, amid the hullabaloo and stress of preparations for the Tide's national championship game, McElroy is considering applying for a Rhodes scholarship at England's Oxford University, The Star's Michael Casagrande reported Tuesday.If the stars align just so, that would create quite a scenario for McElroy's resume: Starting QB on a potential national champion, two degrees from Alabama, and an invitation to study at Oxford.Either way, McElroy is an example of the good side of college sports.Too often fans hear only of the cases of academic fraud and poor grades that taint players and damage universities' reputations. Earlier this month, ESPN's Outside the...

Tide's Greg McElroy plans to apply for Rhodes Scholarship Approximately 90 students are selected each year for the Rhodes Scholarship, which allows a person to study for a year or two at Oxford University in England. McElroy, who has already attained an undergraduate degree in Marketing and has made only one 'B' in his collegiate career (in a course called Leadership & Management, if you can believe it), makes a fine candidate. Two people will be chosen out of the pool of applicants from the three-state region of Alabama, Florida and Tennessee, McElroy said. Cuts are made based on an essay and recommendations to roughly a dozen finalists, who are then graded on many factors. McElroy confirmed that no matter what transpires, it would...

Tide's McElroy holds no grudge against Texas for passing him over Becoming a Rhodes Scholar is a possibility, but he won't apply until after the 2010 season. McElroy considers himself a Texan, but he lived in the Los ...