Smith announcing Friday....

But, IIRC, signing financial papers frees up that particular school to speak with him rule-free. So, those particular coaches can call and text and all that.

I've kind of chalked him up as not being a part of this class, but after this interview, my gut feeling is UGA.

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And I've already accepted that he won't sign with us so if he chooses us on Friday it'll just make it that much sweeter. Best of luck to the kid though.

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UGASports.com: The news came out about UCLA later on in the day last Wednesday. Obviously, now, Coach Jeff Ulbricht has made his move to the Atlanta Falcons. How does that shape things? Coach Harold mentioned in the AJC that he was not very happy with how they handled that situation, but how do you feel about how they handled it?"

Smith: "Otherwise, it's a great school and all of this and that, but Coach Ulbricht did say that Coach Dan Quinn (of the Atlanta Falcons) had called him the night before, but he had declined the job offer. I felt like Coach (Jim) Mora should have hit me up and said there's potential that Coach Ulbricht may be leaving. Then, they tried to get me to go ahead and send the papers in, but I wasn't doing it. They tried to get me to send them in at 8 in the morning. Doing a lot of research, which I should have done earlier in the process and thank goodness I had more time, they don't even have my major. I was going to major in business, and the only way to get into business school out there is to be in graduate school."

UGASports.com: I assume that the business degree was something you expressed to them at some point. You probably said 'That's what I want to major in', right?

Smith: "I did."

UGASports.com: And they didn't say you can't do that here?

Smith: "No, they didn't. I guess they were trying to speak as far as the graduate school for business."

UGASports.com: Do you feel mislead?

Smith: "I kind of do. For them to be my first offer, yeah. I thought they were keeping it real with me, but you know people are going to lie."

UGASports.com: Do you regret doing it on TV?

Smith: "I kind of don't regret it. In a way, it actually helped me see who were my true supporters. I did it for UCLA on TV, then I saw people who I thought were true to me and behind me 100-percent regardless change up some. In a way, I'm kind of happy I seen that. Wherever I go now, I'll know who I really got behind my back."

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^^^ This last answer sounds like a few bridges between him and some UGA fans may have been burned but I may be reading too much into it.

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UGASports.com: Michigan and Texas A&M were the two schools on the outside of all of this last week. Now, they're back in the fold. What have you heard from them? You're close with Coach DJ Durkin and that Michigan staff, and you seemed to enjoy your visit there. What have they said that could benefit them moving into Friday?

Smith: "To be honest with you, I haven't really been talking to schools like that. I talked to Coach Durkin, but I haven't really been talking to schools like that much. It's probably only been once or twice after signing day. They message me, but I haven't been on Twitter very much."

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The question is why are we still talking about this?