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Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Anguished Questions
From a UGA Fan



UGA has the worst graduating rate for major-sports athletes in the SEC and among the worst rates nationally among the 319 Division I schools. Those low graduation rates for the football and basketball teams mean Georgia is recruiting ballplayers from among the poorest scholastic achievers in high school.

President Adams' excuse: "We have to compete in the SEC."

You gotta be kidding, prez. Georgia is not competing now, except in the blue-smoke-and-mirrors department. Our coaches try to make the Bulldogs look good by scheduling as many weak-kneed Podunk teams as possible. And even the Podunks make the Dawgs whimper. Then along comes a real SEC team, Tennessee, and whips us so badly that Uga VI runs under the porch. You call that competing?

Something smells here. If UGA is going to recruit from the bottom of the scholastic barrel, shouldn't we be getting more for our money? Don't get me wrong. It may be OK to hand out football and basketball scholarships to 200 guys who couldn't pass a real freshman English course on a life-or-death bet, but shouldn't they be the best ballplayers available?