# Dr. Phil just roasted my college...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-phil-just-roasted-my-college/833208>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 29, 2019, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-phil-just-roasted-my-college/833208 "2019-04-29T04:42:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![sta3535](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@sta3535](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sta3535)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-phil-just-roasted-my-college/833208/1 "2019-04-29T04:42:16Z")

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> **[Firing back at Dr. Phil: Slippery Rock University responds to comments on...](https://www.wtae.com/article/firing-back-at-dr-phil-slippery-rock-university-responds-to-comments-on-college-admission-scandal/27298694)**
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> Dr. Phil issued an open letter of apology on Sunday

How do you make up the words: “Slippery Rock” in the first place?

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**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-phil-just-roasted-my-college/833208/2 "2019-04-29T16:01:14Z")

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Well, at least you didn’t go to the University of North Texas. I looked it up, and that’s where Dr. Phil got his degree. He roasts them continuously just by being who he is.

So, Slippery Rock University, huh? I bet a big part of orientation is learning how not to slip on the rock. 😛

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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-phil-just-roasted-my-college/833208/3 "2019-04-29T16:09:51Z")

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So you went to Slimy Boulder then?

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-phil-just-roasted-my-college/833208/4 "2019-04-29T16:13:04Z")

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Nah, that’s not a roasting. He didn’t specify anything about the school, or criticize anything in particular about the school, other than the fact that it’s not Harvard or Yale or USC.

I suspect that he just named some random small college that he’d heard of (possibly because of the unusual name), as a contrast to a prestigious or well-known school.

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**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-phil-just-roasted-my-college/833208/5 "2019-04-29T18:43:33Z")

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> [@Greg\_Charles](#):
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> Well, at least you didn’t go to the University of North Texas.

I have a friend who went there. Golf scholarship. Didn’t know they gave out golf scholarships fifty years ago.

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**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2019, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-phil-just-roasted-my-college/833208/6 "2019-04-30T05:05:52Z")

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I love that Dr. Phil assumed it was fictitious. But if he was saying it for laughs, he should’ve called it by its earlier name: \*\*\*  
“Slippery Rock State Teachers College”.\*\*\*

(I’ve always loved the name. Fraternity founded there, and we made fun of the name all the time.)