The Hot Button: Will UGA win a BCS title under Mark Richt?
What once seemed inevitable remains an unanswered question. In 2002 or 2004 or even 2008, Mark Richt was primed to guide his program to a national championship. But he’s about to enter his ninth season as Georgia’s coach and the Bulldogs haven’t gotten there yet, and only once in 11 years has the BCS title been taken by a coach who’d been in place that long — Bobby Bowden of Florida State in 1999.
That Richt is a good coach is beyond dispute. He has won at least 10 games in six of the past seven seasons. He has led Georgia to three SEC East titles and two conference championships. He recruits at the highest level and just saw two Bulldogs taken among the top dozen in the NFL draft. Georgia has finished in the top 10 of at least one major poll five times and in top five twice. But it hasn’t won, or even played for, the BCS title.
Last season was supposed to be the breakthrough. Georgia had finished No. 2 in the AP poll after the 2007 season and was ranked No. 1 last August. It wound up 10-3, and if ever 10-3 could be considered a rank disappointment this was the time. At season’s end the coach made much of the 10-win season in light of so many injuries — and the Bulldogs did have a bunch — but for the first time under Richt it was possible to look on UGA and think, “That team wasn’t very well coached.”
And now Richt has a new quarterback (and figures to have another new one in 2010) and his team has been given almost no chance to win the East, where Florida reigns, and the question occurs: Have we seen the best of this gifted coach? Or is Richt, who has done much already, capable of more?
To be fair, Richt hasn’t failed so much as he has been unlucky. LSU won the 2003 BCS crown with one loss a year after one loss cost Georgia a berth in the championship game. LSU won the 2007 title with two losses after emerging from a league that also housed Georgia, which likewise had two losses. Sometimes you have the right team at the wrong time.
Loading ...But last year’s glaring issues — the rash of penalties and the defensive collapses in Georgia’s three losses — have made some among us wonder if Richt is too nice to finish No. 1. He has vowed to be stricter regarding discipline this time, and it must be noted Georgia didn’t face the same problems with players being arrested this summer as last. And he has promoted John Jancek to co-defensive coordinator alongside Willie Martinez, whom Richt has never once criticized.
Still, it’s worth noting that Steve Spurrier needed six seasons at Florida to win a national championship, and it didn’t happen until he hired Bob Stoops from Kansas State to coordinate the Gator defense. And Mack Brown took Texas to the BCS title in his eighth season in Austin only after importing Gene Chizik from Auburn to lead the Longhorn D. Something similar might need to happen for Georgia and Richt to take the final step.
But would Richt, for whom family and fraternity are of massive import, ever demote or fire Martinez? Is keeping a longtime friend who’s a solid coach — solid as opposed to inspired — more important to him than taking a risk that might (or might not) lead to a greater reward?
We know Mark Richt can coach football. What we still don’t know after eight years of watching is whether he’s pragmatic enough to be a national championship coach.
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GT4LIFE
July 31st, 2009
8:23 pm
Whatever CPJ IS 1-0 OVER SAINT RICHT!!!!
Nice guys finish last
July 31st, 2009
9:34 pm
I don’t think we recruit well enough.We are too soft. I said it several years back….I don’t think we will EVER win a NC with Richt. Hate to say it cause he is a GOOD coach and an even better man….just not a GREAT coach
Chuck Uga
August 1st, 2009
1:27 am
GatorBait, you are dead wrong.
Now, on to the article. I ask you this Mark, exactly what is the alternative? Fire a coach who is 82-22? One who likely will win 9, 10 or 11 games even this year? Give me a break. Winning an MNC without a damn playoff is PURE LUCK. Kind of like being in the right place at the right time. Florida will not win another MNC for while. Assuming they get to the game again this year, probably against USC or Texas, they will get KILLED. Had they played USC last year for example, they would have been slaughtered. But that’s not the gist of this article. Richt has reproduced FSU at Georgia. That’s good enough for 95% of us UGA supporters. He’ll eventually luck out and make a BCS Title Game just like Meyer has (twice). He’ll also win an SEC Title again within three seasons. Book it.
Chuck Uga
August 1st, 2009
1:39 am
Ed,
Great post about the coaches. Also, the 1942 National Title is a concensus title. There is also a 1927 and 1946 title although those were not consensus, just some groups voted UGA national champs. I dare say the 1946 team was robbed of the title. Both the 1942 and 1946 teams were the most talented teams in college ball those years according to historians but were voted out because of a heavily-biased east coast media (pro-Army, pro-Notre Dame).
Chuck Uga
August 1st, 2009
1:49 am
One last note about CPJ at Tech. He will average 8-4 his entire career there with a few ten-win seasons. He will ALWAYS lose two games a year when he is favored. Check his career results. He also will not win more than 35-40% of his games against UGA no matter what his offense does. All he will do is make the games a little closer. I could see him gone to another school after 7 or 8 seasons. UGA will take Tech apart this year in Atlanta.
BEATDOWN BY THE HEDGES
August 1st, 2009
5:54 am
45-42. HOW DO IT FEEL DOGGIES???
Jim morrison
August 1st, 2009
6:29 am
I love all of you GA Homers that always want to pull out the stats or try to say if FL had played another team for the NC that they would have lost.
What a bunch of losers!
The bottom line is until GA wins a NC like FL has in the last few years, SHUT THE F UP! Your whinning and moaning gets a little old!
Enough Said!
GO GATORS!
Crystal Ball
August 1st, 2009
7:03 am
As long as Willie is around NO………
Tom, Resident Georgia Fan
August 1st, 2009
9:48 am
St. Simpletons …((((( 4559-37-5 ))))) hahahahahahaha
Tom, Resident Georgia Fan
August 1st, 2009
9:49 am
St. Simpletons ((((( 59-37-5 ))))) hahahahahahaha
KG
August 1st, 2009
10:03 am
NEVER!!! HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!
Richard
August 1st, 2009
10:20 am
Florida is winning because of Defense! No doubt about that! Their offense has such a dangerous running attack it has to be respected. If you watched Georgia last year, they did not run the ball effectively. Strong running teams ran at will, ie Alabama, Florida, GA Tech. Heck, we couldn’t run the ball against Arizona State or Michigan State(Bowl). I am a Ga Fan for many years! It sounds simple, but we must run the ball great and stop the run consistantly to have a chance at BCS bowl or championship.
ohiodawg
August 1st, 2009
11:24 am
earl bruce was a good coach. john cooper was a good coach. what do they have in common? no national titles!!! jim tressel comes in and has one and played for three. if you want nice guys and “good teams” go to youth football. it is time for mark richt and georgia to win now!! the sec has had 5 champions since 1998. no more excuses.go dawgs!!!!
Dangerous
August 1st, 2009
12:05 pm
He had his man in Brian VanGorder, but did not want to pay him! Neil Callaway and Richt himself were the worst coaches on this staff. Callaway was a terrible O-line coach and recruiter and Richt had nothing but redzone calls all the way down the field, not to mention all the Chinese fire drills that they had on goal-line that lost a couple of games. To say that Martinez is the problem is absurd. Last year the whole team was devastated by injuries, 22 starters out with 54 total injuries being serviced. Who could field a competative team with those numbers and to such key personel? I’ll tell you NO ONE! Before last year the O left the D on the short side of the field so many times and and when your only putting 3’s up that doesn’t help much either. It’s funny the GA D has either won it for Richt(under VanGorder….reality) or lost it for Richt(under Martinez……not reality). Lets face it we all thought we were getting this offensive guru from Fl St, but in reality that was a school that was beating uncompetitive talent. They were king of the hill and it didn’t take much to coach the far superior kids. Lets l
talk about Richts victories. He came here when Spurrier had left Fl, Cutcliff had left Tenn(which became a trainwreck), and Freidgen left Ga Tech. Let’s face it, he came at a damn good time. Now I like Richt, I always thought he needed to be tougher, but I like Richt. He did a great job landing Stacey Searls and keeping him with his little salary! This guy is the real deal and he should not let him go. For gosh sakes BoBo needs him. Give Martinez a break and I mean on the field, not just off the field. One thing for sure is that life in the SEC is getting a whole lot tougher than when Richt started and we’ll see just how good he really is or was.
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SickandTired
August 1st, 2009
1:13 pm
Come now Dawg fans. It’s not the fault of anyone but Mark Richt that he doesn’t have a National Championship. He makes enought money, he’s got the the faciliies, so what is it gonna take? Fire Mark Richt now rather than later and bring someone in like Tubberville. Now there’s a coach.
BIGBOY
August 1st, 2009
1:14 pm
Dangerous if all that was so than how do you explain FSU falling off the map when Richt left?If the coaches were soo weak how do you explain 30-4 on the road?
Ed
August 1st, 2009
1:20 pm
How exactly does one “win” a BCS title? I know, you get to the BCS title game, then win it. But how do you “win” the right to get to the BCS title game? If you follow LSU’s model, lose twice in overtime to unranked teams but back in after West Va. fails to show up against Pitt (’07). Or Florida’s model – back into the game after 1/3 of Nebraska’s team catches the flu before the Big XII championship (’96), or after UCLA pulls off a rare upset of USC (’06), or after an undefeated team that’s arguably better than you – Utah – gets snubbed due to conference affiliation(’08). Or the Oklahoma ‘08 model – win an arbitrary three-way tiebreaker in your conference.
All a coach can do is get his team prepared week in and week out and be ready if the opportunity presents itself. Richt did that during the 13-1 season in ‘02. If Georgia won the pretend title that year, we wouldn’t be having this conversation.
Ed
August 1st, 2009
1:43 pm
Thanks Chuck – good points about the east coast bias for Notre Dame and Army. I personally believe that the mythical national championship is a creation of sportswriters who wanted to crown Notre Dame and other media darlings like Army and Navy at the end of the season. These independents really had no other “title” to play for, and don’t to this day.
This system lasted forever until it received too much criticism (look at how many undefeated Penn State teams have been snubbed through the years), so the BCS was created. It’s based on a computer model that is incomprehensible (and still arbitrary) and, as always, largely on media votes. No legitimate champion can emerge from such a system unless you have a team that is clearly heads and shoulders above everyone else, like Nebraska in ‘95. Those teams are extremely rare.
Dangerous
August 1st, 2009
2:07 pm
BIGBOY it was not my intent to explain FLST downfall. There was nothing in my post to suggest that? I was stating that Richt was an overated coordinator! FlSt’s downfall was the conference finally caught up! 30-4 is great since he should have been that with all the coaching changes that were on his schedule(Spurrier, Cutcliff and Freidgen) That figure doesn’t include FL does it. Did he beat Zook at all? I THINK HIS COACHING HIRES AND THE ONES HE LET GET AWAY HAVE HURT HIM THE MOST! HE ALSO HAD A GREAT WINDOW TO WIN AGAINST LESS COACHING TALENT THAN HE WILL IN THE FUTURE.
BIGBOY
August 1st, 2009
2:58 pm
Dude so now what your are saying is FSU is a victim to everybody just catching up to them talent wise.It has NOTHING to do with their OC and best recruiter going to UGA?Then while he was at UGA all of a sudden the SEC was full of mediocre coaches?Oh well Mark Richt comes being mediocre as well bringing along his subpar coaching staff with him just happens to go 82-22 win a couple of SEC tittles and the only reason this happened is the rest of the league was mediocre as well?Now all of these GREAT coaches are in the SEC so his window has closed?Who are all these superior coaches?Miles?0-2 against Richt what?that’s luck?Saban 3-2 against Richt with 2 wins coming in same season..what?fluke?Yeah he beat Zook..now I guess Zook was a great coach too.30-4 is so easy well why haven’t Saban,Miles,Spurrier or Meyer duplicated it?forget the win total how about the win pct?Yet he is a guy who was overrated as an OC..poor judge of coaching talent and just SOMEHOW managed to pull off these feats because mmm.the rest of the SEC sucked when he came on at UGA?Is that what your trying to get across?
BIGBOY
August 1st, 2009
3:18 pm
Do you guys realize that you are watching the next coaching legend in college football at work in Mark Richt?All these coaches you try to throw out there..Spurrier,Miles,Meyer,Saban,Petrino hell CPJ do you even realize that all these men are on their 3rd some 4th HC stint?Maybe 2 for Meyer ..not sure..I would love for you to go back and tell me which one of these guys came into a tough league on their first job and out performed this guy!!Who was it?I’ll tell you NOT FRIGGIN ONE OF THEM!!!!
Jason
August 1st, 2009
3:57 pm
I’m a Tech fan (and graduate), and here is my honest opinion of Richt and the direction of the UGA program.
Richt would have won a BCS title in ‘02 if he had not felt so compelled to play Shockley in every game. Shockley’s interception in the Florida game cost UGA the national title that year. I’m shocked that more UGA fans do not feel that way.
Richt is a great coach, and an even greater person. I hate that he is at UGA because I want to see UGA fall on its face, but I do want to see Richt succeed. However, Richt does have some tendencies to be a little too soft with a cheerleader type encouraging attitude with his players, when he sometimes needs to be a little tougher on them. Nothing wrong with encouragement, he just sometimes chooses the wrong method of encouragement. Unfortunately for Rict, UGA’s fan base is full of redneck bandwagon losers (note: I’m not referring to the UGA grads here, I’m referring to most the people in the state that are in no way affiliated with UGA) who know how to make a huge stink anytime the team doesn’t live up to their over-inflated expectations. Its amazing how quickly Richt goes from Superhero to worst coach ever as soon as UGA loses to a quality team. Last years high expectations that were based on a great 2nd half of ‘07 and ignored obvious problems in early ‘07 didn’t help him much. If he loses to a really good OK State early this year, its going to be a long year for him this year.
As far as UGA’s future goes, I think that they will remain a top 10 talent, but I do not see them being good enough to win a BCS championship without some luck as long as Urban is at Florida and Saban is in Alabama. They may win one at some point, but I highly doubt that they will be a multi-championship team like Florida or LSU. If a championship comes, it won’t be for another couple of years as UGA needs to restock at the QB position. Knowing the history of UGA fans, the real question is whether or not their patience will run out before they can get that QB that they need. I’m hoping that they lose sight of Richt’s quality due to the number of whiners who only care about UGA for their football and screw up their program trying to go from great to glorious, and that Richt goes on to win one somewhere else.
Dangerous
August 1st, 2009
4:42 pm
That’s right BIGBOY, YOU GOT! He came into a great situation and won big with left over talent, a hell of a D-coordinator in VanGorder and a schedule with teams missing its better minds. You think Mark Richt is a superior coach, well I don’t. He has a great coach in Searls who is one of the best in the business of Olines( DON’T LET THIS GUY GO…PAY HIM)! He has to keep his coaching talent and he has to be a better head coach and that should be his focus. Let’s not forget that this is his first coaching job. He has made mistake after mistake on the sideline, but with time has become wiser. Like I said I like him. I think he is a great man of faith, a great father and a devoted husband. He just has work to do to become a great coach and with all the coaching talent in the SEC he has it tougher than he did before.
BIGBOY
August 1st, 2009
4:58 pm
Dangerous I’d say we will have to agree to disagree.Maybe we need a beer summit!
McLouth of the South
August 1st, 2009
4:58 pm
UGA will win the BCS title as soon as they find a freshman equal to Herschel Walker. On a national level the whole Dooley era was irrelevant outside of those three years. They are a Johnny-come-lately vs. a traditional power. Compare with my Crimson Tide- why do you think they scored a top coach and top recruits immediately after the silly probation? Because they’re the New York Yankees of college football, that’s why! The Dawgs are more like the Mets- perpetual bridesmaids.
Trade School Junkie
August 1st, 2009
5:04 pm
By most accounts, Richt is a good person, and is a pretty good coach.
So, all this hand-wringing is not really about Richt.
Its really about…”expectations.” UN-MET EXPECTATIONS.
Its about the UNWRITTEN & UNSPOKEN fan expactations that have developed as as the result of the UGA Athletic Association charging “big” amounts to fans and alums…to have…or get access to…UGA football tix.
In 2008, Damon Evan’s office was charging fans $10,000…just to “buy” the right to buy season tix. Fans are now a lot more “discretionary” with their money now that the economy has changed.
How do you suppose those folks who paid $10,000 (before the 2008 season began) feel NOW that not only did Richt supposedly “not deliver” but now, Damon Evans has “discounted” that “right” down to about $4000. Do you think those $10,000 fans feel MORE than a little disappointed that they essentially overpaid by $6000? Theyre probably pissed, and need something or SOMEONE to “blame.” So much for “Supply & Demand.”
So, now, lets get to…the REAL ISSUE.
How do you suppose the REAL BIG MONEY UGA fooks feel? You know, the folks that pony $50,000, $100,000, or more to the UGA AA?
Theyre pissed…WITH MORE ZEROS.
Damon Evan’s office has created an “Expectations Monster” that has now started to take on a life of its own. When you’re “charging a lot” and “promising a lot”, you had better deliver or a “human” scarifice is gonna have to be made to the BIG MONEY FOLKS that REALLY run the show form Evan’s office.
Any surprise that Richt has appointed a “Co-Defensive Coordinator?”
Either Richt or Eans will have to “feed” Martinez to the “monster.”
BUt it wont keep the “monster” happy for long.
The Guy
August 1st, 2009
6:06 pm
Don’t know if it’s been said b/c there are 5 pages of posts, but Bradley, I believe that the D-coordinator from Auburn that went to Texas was Will Muschamp, a UGA grad, and NOT Gene C., the new head coach at Auburn. Please get your facts straight for the sake of good journalism. Thanks, and Go Dawgs!
Anonymous
August 1st, 2009
8:16 pm
The Guy,
Yes, sir, you are confusing Will Muschamp and Gene Chizik. Chizik was defensive co-coordinator during the 2005 and 2006 seasons, before he became head coach at Iowa State. Will Muschamp was defensive coordinator at Auburn in 2006 and 2007, and was the DC for Texas in 2008. Google them for confirmation.
Dangerous
August 1st, 2009
8:51 pm
That BEER SUMMIT sounds mighty tasty BIGBOY. I belive we would enjoy ourselves. AS for the poster who says GA has too high expectations, well hell everybody has high expectations for their team, except maybe you!
45-42 wORLD TOUr
August 2nd, 2009
5:45 am
sMaCKDoWn btw the HEDGIES. 45-42 FO LIFE YO
Tim
August 2nd, 2009
6:41 am
As a season ticket holder at UF since 79 I have been able to watch what MR coached teams are capable of both at UGA an FSU. You all have one of the top 10 head coaches in the country,hold on to him embrace him if your smart. This yrs UGA squad scares myself and the rest of gator nation more than the trip to LSU. He’s flying under the radar with a boat full of talent. He’ll get his BCS title look how long it took Bowden,Lavell Edwards, even JoPA question is will it be at Georgia or somewhere else like say Florida State?
Bill
August 2nd, 2009
8:07 am
It’ll be tough in ‘09 when Richt starts 0-2. A distinct possibility.
southgadawg88
August 2nd, 2009
10:02 am
The dawgbone is back up thank god!
Pitbull
August 2nd, 2009
10:27 am
Am I the only one who is sick of this subject and sports hacks like MB milking it to death in order to have something to write about that people will respond to in order to justify their jobs?
I guess Bobby Dodd was one crappy coach. He never won a NC.
I know GT “claims” the 1952 NC. However a slightly more unbiased organization names Michigan State (9-0) the 1952 NC. Go to http://www.collegefootballpoll.com/champions_national.html for details.
How many years did Tom Osborne, Bobby Bowdon, and Joe Paterno have to wait before the won NC’s? I guess they were crummy coaches for all the years leading up to their winning their NC’s.
Bottom lines:
1 A coach does not have to win a NC to be an outstanding coach
2 The book on Coach Richt’s career will not be over until he retires. He might have several NC’s in his future.
And won’t that make sorry writers like MB look even more stooopid.
GeorgiaOldDawg
August 2nd, 2009
10:33 am
Richt needs to get it together soon and win a bCS title. He better clean house on a bunch of these worthless assistant coaches and get some who know what they are doing. Why not throw big money and get Van Gorder back? It will take a mil, but UGA’s loaded and can easily pay that cash. If Richt keeps losing big games, he better hit the road.
dawghater
August 2nd, 2009
11:07 am
You ARE kidding. Right? There is no chance in the bloody pit of hades.
UGA-We do less with more.
dawgster
August 2nd, 2009
11:33 am
I am always amazed at the comments i read here especially from the tech fans, gator fans and yes the dawg fans about how great or not so great there football teams or coaches are. Coach Richt is an extremely good coach and person, and i would love to have my son play for him, is he perfect, no has he made mistakes and will he continue to make mistakes, yes, but our program is strong, and no we have’nt won BCS, yet, but alot of luck and having the right mix of players and talent along with coaches goes into the formula, for tech fans, it is great that you feel your program is back and that you have a good coach that will take you to the promise land, and perhaps he will, but one win over your state school rival does not mean a dynasty, but we will wait and see, for gator fans, yes you are on top now as we read and hear all the time, enjoy it while you can because things do change, coaches, players, injuries, luck and etc, you have had some special players the last few years and may have some more, but so do a lot of teams, and again things do run in cycles, while I don’t have a lot of respect for Coach Meyer, just based on things he says and does and actions on the field tell me alot about him, but hey, his teams keep winning so there is something to be said for that, for dawg fans, we have a great coach, and yes he may need to make some tough coaching decisions at the end of this year, he already has made some, I truly believe we will win a BCS, I don’t know when, but all the things mentioned above will play a part in it. We will continue to get very good talent, some will turn out like we expect, others will not, and there always be surprises, this is true for all teams, I’m not sure what Mark Bradley is trying to stir up here, but it makes good reading along with some interesting opinions, Well I’ll close for now so the great, great schools with the greatest coaches on earth can continue to tell us how the dawgs will never win the BCS and how many each of their schools will win over the next few years..go dawgs
The Hot Button: Will UGA win a BCS title under Mark Richt? - Gambling IQ
August 2nd, 2009
11:51 am
[...] eight years of watching is whether he
Dawg's History 101
August 2nd, 2009
10:30 pm
Every year is the year to win a NC at Georgia, just ask the fans. If they don’t there is always a reason or excuse. Born and raised a dog fan. Maybe the ball could have rolled one way or the other a year or two. The reality is that great coaches find ways to win regardless and/or they have talented enough coaches around them that pick-up the slack win other area’s of the team are down. Georgia will always be that team that plays like a roller coaster of inconsistency. Georgia reminds me of the falcons with Vick, everyone makes up excuses why they aren’t winning, but they don’t want to point the finger at Vick. The same is true for the Mark Richt program, everyone wan’t to make-up excuses on why UGA can’t win the big one, but nobody holds Richt responsible. Maybe UGA has what it deserves, second best to Florida.
Think about this, where would Sabin, Meyers, Miles or even Paul Johnson have the UGA program at if they started when Richt did? I bet everyone one of them would have the same level of success, plus a few more conference titles, more BCS apperances and atleast 1 NC. Just a thought.
For now I am going downstairs to watch ESPN classics of UGA winning the NC.
Big Bart
August 3rd, 2009
9:31 am
Richt is a great coach and a great role model. However, he may be too nice to win a BCS Championship. I believe if Van Gorder had sayed at Georgia, we would have won a national championship. Martinez is a good coach but not a great one. I am afraid Richt is just too nice to do what he has to do and demote his old friend Martinez and get a truly great defensive coordinator.
Scared Dog
August 3rd, 2009
3:15 pm
Mark, The more realistic question would be winning the SEC Championship, as to climb over Florida, Bama and LSU seems quite a challenge presently, and will remain so until changes are made to the coaching staff.
Limeydawg
August 3rd, 2009
3:21 pm
Hey, Mark, what gives? You get a dime for every post on your blogs? How about some cutting edge stuff for once, something the fans can enjoy…oh, right…never mind then. Keep on writing stuff that stirs the pot but adds nothing resembling journalism to the mix.
HEY DAWG FANS. Will you please, for the love of Dooley, STOP responding to idiot tech posters? Every time you do they swarm around our news, our blogs, and ruin even these entertainment-as-journalism pieces Mark Bradley excels at. Talk about the dawgs, the piece…whatever, but please don’t reference their stupidity. You love the Dawgs. That should be enough for anyone.
biggbuzz
August 3rd, 2009
9:24 pm
HEY WOODSTOCK DAWG HOW ABOUT 8 OUT OF 8 AND WE STILL HOLD THE RECORD. DOES’T LOOK LIKE YOUR GONNA BREAK IT ANY TIME SOON LEGHUMPER!!
biggbuzz
August 3rd, 2009
9:35 pm
HEY CHUK UGAG CPJ 1-0 WITH MORE ON THE WAY
David Jones
September 3rd, 2009
10:01 am
A better question to ask would be why do universities pay glorified P.E. teachers nine times what they pay their professors? The functions of a university are to teach and engage in research, not to make money through a side sports business. Semi-literate “student-athletes” are given “scholarships” despite the fact that most of their applications would be laughed out of the admissions office if they applied as regular students. College football is a corruption of education and a sin against academic life.
But the yahoos and rednecks we see here live and die for it. And for that reason it will continue…and grow.