re: Interesting article about Kirby Smart

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I would say that both schools are similar academically. Bama has us beat in Law and Business. We were ranked higher than them last year in business and ranked higher than them in law few years ago. Law, business, and engineering are significant colleges within any university and we should strive to improve our rankings in those fields.

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I understand your point; however, the business and law rankings are pretty interchangeable. You're talking a difference of only 3-5 spots and them being ahead in those is a recent development that I don't expect to be sustained perpetually. As for many of the other rankings.....there are HUGE gaps between us. Again, we've got NOTHING outside the 90 spot. The vast majority of their programs are at or beyond the 100 level.

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To address the topic, what Michael Adams said is ridiculous. I mean if Bama has a different "mindset" than UGA, then what about Florida, Ohio State, Michigan, Texas, Notre Dame and other schools with strong academics and a historically strong football team. There is no reason why we can't be both good at football and academics.

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You're spot-on here. Really, we should be looking to UF on how to make these work hand-in-hand. They have mastered this better than anyone (and I can't tell you how much I hate to say that, btw). I believe the administration thought that's what they would get with Ears, given his time working under Foley. It just hasn't panned out and he has shown himself to be particularly inept when it comes to developing and maintaining a winning athletic culture.