A not-so-dirty secret about UGA football: It’s making the grade
"Yeah, baby! We aced that midterm!" (AP photo)
An oft-cited number regarding the Georgia Bulldogs: Seven losses (against six wins) in 2010. Another: Eleven players arrested in that same calendar year.
But here’s another number, a happier number: The Georgia football team had an Academic Progress Rate for the school year 2009-2010 of 976, which tied Florida for second-best in the SEC behind Vanderbilt, which is so committed to academics it no longer has an athletic department.
The Georgia football program, criticized in this and other spaces for not having its priorities in order, is clearly doing something right. This latest APR snapshot wasn’t a one-off, either: In 2007-2008, Georgia football ranked first in the SEC — yes, ahead of Vandy.
I know how it is. We sophisticates on the periphery wink when a college player is called a “student-athlete,” but what we sophisticates forget is this: Even if a college player’s only career ambition is to become a professional athlete, he still has to attend classes and pass enough of them to remain eligible.
I know, I know. You’re winking again. But hear me out.
Going to class isn’t always fun, and the temptation to skip a week’s worth is mighty. (Trust me on this.) If you’re an ordinary student, you might get away with that. If you’re a student-athlete, you can’t. You’ll have academic advisers and assistant coaches and even the head ball coach on you, and they won’t be whispering, “Please make a better effort to get out of bed.” They’ll have you up at 5 a.m. running the stadium steps.
A few of us sophisticated media types were waiting around after a Georgia Tech practice a couple of years ago, and all of a sudden the reigning ACC offensive player of the year came tearing past in full gear. Where was Jonathan Dwyer going in such a rush? He had an evening lab. It was a fleeting thing — Dwyer was running fast — but it resonated.
Some people complain that players who leave early for the pros show no loyalty to their school. Here’s the thing, though: Once you’re a pro, you don’t have to worry about evening labs, or about getting docked four games if you sell your jersey. You’re no longer a student-athlete; you’re a pro with a paying job. You’re free of the NCAA and its arcane restrictions. You’re free to go make big money, same as your head coach.
A college athlete is a big man on campus, but he’s still on campus. He gets a scholarship, yes, but he doesn’t get rich. (Here we pause for your Cecil Newton jokes.) Having been an ordinary college student, albeit in another century, I can attest that student-athletes work 10 times harder than I ever did. They have little time to themselves. (Insert Georgia arrest joke here.)
Go ahead. Make all the jokes you want. But somewhere amid the hilarity, spare a serious thought for the Georgia football program. Those players have been held up to the highest level of scrutiny — again, I’m guilty as charged — but academically they’re doing just fine. They’re ahead of the SEC curve. They’re ahead of Georgia Tech, which had an APR of 966. They have the second-highest APR among the nine Georgia men’s sports programs. (Only golf ranks ahead of football.)
We mention the APR today because, to be frank, it’s a number people forget when the games commence. In college athletics, the tail too often wags the proverbial dog. UConn just won the men’s basketball title, but it did so with a coach who will be suspended three games next season for NCAA violations and with a program that had an APR so low (826) that it cost the Huskies two scholarships. Does such a championship really qualify as “One Shining Moment”?
Consider this our chance to watch a proud dog wag its tail. Georgia football might have disappointed us in other ways, but it has held up its end on a fundamental level. Its guys are making their grades. That’s no joke.
By Mark Bradley
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279 comments Add your comment
juvenal
May 26th, 2011
3:58 pm
thought beast was uconn(their basketball apr worse than Tech’s-i’m sure they care)….
Derek Lowe
May 26th, 2011
4:36 pm
If you ever get caught racing a car through Buckhead while drunk and want to get off scot free—take your butt and checkbook downtown to see this law firm:
Finkle, Shein, Weiners and Coxs.
Snoop Dawg
May 26th, 2011
4:43 pm
Doesnt matter what these athletics study!! I matters they are applying themselves in life and classroom. Plenty more out there waiting for handouts and entitlements for the lack of personal growth. How many people end up working in the same career field their entire life?? Very few!!
Dexter Terry
May 26th, 2011
4:45 pm
Yeah, I guess it is ‘making the grade’. That doesn’t really excite me though… Side note: I just found that new CoachWatcher website and it is legit. http://www.CoachWatcher.com
Snoop Dawg
May 26th, 2011
4:48 pm
Valdosta is a great university…and town!! Go Blazers. Go Dawgs!!
Jaydawg
May 26th, 2011
5:31 pm
Well….I guess this will give us something to focus on when we are driving back from Jacksonville here in a few months.(For the 19th time in 22 years.)
Truther
May 26th, 2011
7:24 pm
Haha i love the tech fans hating on us, we still beat you guys every year!!!!!!!!!
No, Georgia Tech can’t compete with UGA’s thugs and morons, but Tech players don’t end up pushing shopping carts or riding the back of garbage trucks like UGA players after Mark Richt dumps them when their eligibility is up.
That’s just one of those inconvenient truths for dawgtards.
It Ain't Rocket Science
May 26th, 2011
8:01 pm
Hayseed,
I practically define ignorance, LOL. Darn, I thought I did a better job in describing you. Please tell me how I can expound more fully on your attributes then. Lord, some people just leave themselves open so easily.
Doggie Doo
May 26th, 2011
9:46 pm
Academic excellence at uga? That’s like bragging that your 15 year old is earning straight A’s in 3rd grade. You can get a degree at uga doing virtually nothing. The school is a joke.
I'm just saying
May 26th, 2011
10:16 pm
Hey Bark Madly…you failed to mention the number of “special admittance SAs ugump has on the football team…SAs that on most other campuses would never actually be accepted…Are we to believe that all of the these academic question marks suddenly get it? More than likely they the “academic rigors” at ugump were adjusted. BTW Bark have you been able to correctly answer the question on that test at ugump…how much is a three point basket worth?…academic excellence my arse
whats a three point shot worth ?
May 26th, 2011
10:19 pm
I wonder how hard the classes and test are there at UGA?
Just Me
May 26th, 2011
10:39 pm
Class:
RS Freshman
Hometown:
Tampa, Fla.
High School:
Plant
Height / Weight:
6-1 / 209
Position:
Quarterback
Birthdate:
11/10/1990
Career Highs: 21 completions vs. UCF in 2010
*41 pass attempts at Miss. St. in 2010
*313 passing yards vs. Florida in 2010
*Long pass completion of 63 yards vs. Florida in 2010
*4 total TDs (2 passing, 2 rushing) vs. Tenn. in 2010
*3 passing TDs (5x), last vs. Ga. Tech in 2010
*Long TD completion of 66 yards vs. Ga. Tech in 2010
*3 interceptions vs. Florida in 2010
*14 carries vs. No. 12 Arkansas in 2010
*42 rushing yards vs. Louisiana in 2010
*Long rush of 35 yards vs. Tenn. in 2010
*2 Rushing TDs, vs. Tenn. in 2010
*Long rushing TD of 35 yards vs. Tenn. in 2010
*1 two-point conversion rush vs. Florida in 2010
2010: Named Freshman All-America by Sporting News, CollegeFootballNews.com and Rivals.com and selected to Phil Steele’s All-Freshman First Team.
*Selected to SEC Coaches All-SEC Freshman Team.
*Earned team awards as Most Valuable Offensive Player and Newcomer of the Year Award for offense.
*Started all 13 games completing 209-of-342 passes for a UGA freshman record 3,049 yards (second in SEC history by a freshman) and 24 TDs with eight INTs; Also rushed 87 times for 167 yards and four TDs.
*Ranked 1st in UGA history for a freshman with 3,216 total offensive yards, which also ranked second in SEC history.
*Ranked tied 1st in UGA history for TD responsibility (D.J. Shockley, 2005) in a season with 28 (24 passing, 4 rushing); 24 TD passes ranked tied 2nd in UGA history for a single season.
*Passing efficiency of 154.48 ranked 14th nationally and fourth in the SEC; also held SEC rankings of third in passing avg. per game (234.5), and fourth in total offense (247.4).
*Completed 15-of-19 passes for 271 yards and three TDs vs. Ga. Tech.
*At No. 2 Auburn, went 15-for-28 passing for 273 yards and three TDs
*Completed 19-of-27 passes for 228 yards and three TDs vs. ISU.
*Threw for 313 yards and three TDs on 18-of-37 passing with three interceptions and rushed for 16 yards on eight carries vs. Florida.
*Named SEC Freshman of the Week following game vs. Vanderbilt, where he completed 15-of-24 passes for 287 yards and two TDs and rushed six times for 36 yards.
*Named SEC Freshman of the Week and earned CollegeFootballPerformance.com Honorable Mention QB of the Week recognition following his performance against Tenn., where he tallied four TDs with two passing TDs on 17-of-25 passing attempts for 266 yards and two rushing TDs on seven carries for 41 yards.
*Completed 16-of-27 passes for 221 yards and three TDs at Colorado.
*At Miss. St., completed 18-of-31 passes for 274 yards and a TD and rushed seven times for 32 yards.
*Completed 15-of-27 passes for 253 yards and a TD while also rushing for a TD vs. No. 12 Arkansas.
*Threw for 192 yards on 14-of-21 pass attempts at South Carolina.
*Completed 17-of-26 passes for 160 yards and three TDs with one interception vs. Louisiana while also rushing four times four 42 yards and a TD.
*Recipient of the Dr. & Mrs. Howard Williams III Football Scholarship.
*Earned Athletic Director’s Honor Roll distinction for summer semester.
*Completed 10-of-22 passes for 96 yards in spring G-Day game.
2009: Member of the scout team.
*Completed 3-of-5 passes for 62 yards in spring G-Day game.
*Named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for summer semester.
*Enrolled at UGA in January after graduating high school early.
*Recipient of Dr. & Mrs. Howard Willams, III, Football Scholarship.
High School: Plant, coached by Robert Weiner…Parade Magazine All-America…U.S. Army All-American…SuperPrep All-America and All-Dixie teams…PrepStar Top 100 Dream Team…MVP at EA Sports Elite 11 Camp…ESPN.com No. 13 ESPNU 150 list…Scout.com No. 3 quarterback in the nation, #4 prospect in Florida, #8 in the South, #21 in the nation…Rivals #3 QB in the nation, #7 overall prospect in Florida, #46 overall nationally, #6 Florida Preseason Top 100…Atlanta Journal-Constitution Super Southern 100…Suffered a broken fibula early in the 2008 season, but finished wih 1,927 yards passing with 33 touchdowns and four interceptions and rushed for 257 yards and two touchdowns…Returned to record 344 yards passing and three touchdowns while leading his team to the 2008 Class AAAA state championship (Plant’s second state title in three years)…passed for 4,013 yards and 51 touchdowns with seven interceptions as a junior while also rushing for 932 yards and 12 touchdowns…Mr. Football Award winner as a junior and First Team All-State…Set a Hillsborough County record for most passing touchdowns in a career (84).
Personal: AARON MURRAY… Brother of current Bulldog safety Josh Murray; Born: Nov. 10, 1990; Major: Psychology.
Passing
Year
G/GS
Comp.
Att.
Pct.
Yds.
INT
TD
Eff.
LG
2010
13/13
209
342
61.1
3,049
8
24
154.48
66 GT
Total
13/13
209
342
61.1
3,049
8
24
154.48
66 GT
Rushing
Year
G/GS
Att.
Yds.
Per/Att.
Per/Gm.
TD
LG
2010
13/13
87
167
1.9
12.8
4
35 UT
Total
13/13
87
167
1.9
12.8
4
35 UT
Murry is majoring in PSYCHOLOGY? Is that so he can analyze himself when he is a Nobody do nothing in the NFL and just can’t figure out how Studying under BOZO and Mark Christ didn’t make a Football God like STAFFORD.
Just Me
May 26th, 2011
10:42 pm
I LOVE IT!!!!! MURRAY was born a few days before the Georgia Tech National Championship game against Nebraska on Dec. 31, 1990. His daddy was still working him up/out in the shower when UGA last won a National Championship.
Dawg 1
May 26th, 2011
11:44 pm
Not even going to bother to read the garbage from the haters. Fact is that UGA has worked very hard to improve their athletes academics. We have seen the pay off for about the last three years. We should all be just as proud of this effort as we are on ‘anything’ going on – on the field…
Just Me
May 27th, 2011
12:04 am
Dawg 1
The last 3 years UGA’s football team has continued to lose more games than the year before. Your players are not getting GREAT degrees and Killing the Job market with HOUSING degrees.
BE PROUD. Roy Barnes, Sonny Perdue, & Nathan Deal are the PRIDE of UGA “Running This State”. HAHAHAHAH that says it all don’t it?
whatever
May 27th, 2011
12:48 am
Oh yea, when you have super easy majors like Housing (which about a third of the UGA football player are in – which isn’t housing construction by the way) and Sports Mgmt, or “General Studies” (yes, that is a major at UGA) – it’s easy to see how players can “make the grade”. Not to mention all the individual “free” tutors that the players have. As a UGA student – it made me sick to see how much the players were babied and coddled.
and they said
May 27th, 2011
12:53 am
For those who keep talking about the Housing Major that many (about 1/3 of the UGA football team) of the players are a majoring in – this has NOTHING to do with construction or real estate, or even mortgages – it is about how to manage public housing. Can you imagine such a trumped-up major?? What idiots UGA is producing. A Public Housing Major – WOW!! Way to go UGA!!!
It Ain't Rocket Science
May 27th, 2011
6:14 am
How many of you negative people on here have even played football for a major college, or for that fact, even high school? How many of you on here, have raised a family, had a full time job and went to college as well, and obtained a degree? How many of you on here have grown up disadvantaged, without a lot of parental support, and gotten a chance to better your life, because you have superior athletic abilities? How many of you have a degree at all from a college? How many of you are satisfied with your life and therefore feel that you have the right to criticize these kids for at least trying to maintain their class schedules, practice long hours during and after the season, and still remain eligible to play? I would love to see a survey come out with just these questions and see how many of you would be honest enough to even answer honestly. Quit trying to find fault with everything concerning UGA. UGA fans should be happy that no matter what the major, UGA is at least trying to stress academics. How many of you folks have an advanced degree in a science or a field that really was tough and kept the same schedule these kids do?
It Ain't Rocket Science
May 27th, 2011
6:30 am
How many of you on here, have ever played college football at a big institution, and gotten a degree while doing it? How many of you on here, have come from a disadvantaged family surrounding, with very little parental support, and had superior athletic ability, and gotten a college degree? How many of you have payed your own way through college? How many of you on here have a college degree? How many of you on here have a degree in a difficult discipline of any sort? How many of you on here have tried to juggle studies, long practices, with ability to get part time job and make a few bucks for yourself? How many on here could do any better than the kids that are trying to do a major sport and satisfy the academics? How many of you on here are satisfied with your own lives, and been perfect?
I know I have not faced the challenges most of the kids playing a major sport at UGA have. Gotten my college degree and at my age, am satisfied with my life, but have not had to struggle through life like some of the folks have. From the comments from a great deal of you on this blog, I am assuming you have.
Simple Logic or Math
May 27th, 2011
7:43 am
It really simple….Easier Courses = Higher APR.
It Ain't Rocket Science
May 27th, 2011
8:33 am
The problem with educating these high school kids comes from a variety of reasons. Probably the foremost reason is the high school education requirements and the quality of these schools. The requirements for graduation in Georgia’s high schools are not very high. That is probably why a lot of parents are in favor of the voucher program, so that they can send their kids to private schools and get a better education. We have ranked way too low as compared to the national average, for too many years. I am not sure if it is all just the teachers, as some would point out either. It would appear to me to be the curriculum offered. The kids are not being challenged to succeed and a lot of the parents are just satisfied that the kid is graduating. It is up to the school boards and leaders to insist on a better result. Not every kid is an athlete and we need to up the standards.
Poverty, and lack of proper environment also plays a role in the education they receive. They need role models and have to be taught to understand that, they can be the generation that breaks out of the mold and succeeds in life. I believe if the standards were higher in high school, that had to be met, in order to play sports, there might be a change in academics for the best. I am sure that some of the students would not try any harder, but in time, I think the tide could change. The problems in Georgia’s education system will not be solved over night, but they can be changed over time. It is sad though when you see school boards in the state , losing certification,with what appears to me, to be largely a series of disputes between board members.
When the athlete does get into a college, and enrolls in a course that allows him to first, compete on the field and secondary to that, complete his studies, he is often not able to do the second thing.
We have professional sports to thank for that problem also as these kids, think sports first, academics second, so I can leave early for the pros. Sadly, very few make it in the pros. We wonder why so much cheating goes on in college sports today, but it is fairly easy to figure out. We give our sports coaches millions of dollars a year to produce a winner, at all cost. A truly honest coach like CMR is at an instant disadvantage if he doesn’t cheat, since the alumni, fans and administrators expect winning, and most turn their eyes on how the coach does it.
Heels Rock and Rule
May 27th, 2011
8:43 am
I be smart – that be debateable; I be rich – that be a fact.
RightAllTheTime
May 27th, 2011
8:49 am
Immigrants have an excuse for not being able to speak English; BullDawgs don’t. Now ain’t that right?
gt4ever
May 27th, 2011
9:02 am
Rocket Science,,
Man, you have me misting up……. Will you just quite it about the tough life some of these players….
It Ain't Rocket Science
May 27th, 2011
9:09 am
GT4evr,
Are you one of those kind of people that thinks if you ignore a problem in society, it will go away? Hope not, but I think so. And you contribution to society is?
THE OBGYN
May 27th, 2011
9:38 am
Todd Grantham
I once met a witty tech grad. We all know it wasn’t you. Go crunch some numbers and quit trying to play with your betters.
THE OBGYN
May 27th, 2011
9:51 am
Simpleton Logic Nothing to do with Math,
Until someone comes through with the degree programs for each teams players your just speaking out of your better smelling half. A business degree from Tech and UGA are pretty much the same thing. You don’t even begin to see seperation between the two schools until you start looking at late 2nd and 3rd year degrees for engineering and the “higher” sciences.
FYI, Average entering SAT at tech is about 1950 vs UGA’s 1885. Average entering GPA is 3.89 at tech while UGA is 3.8.
When you enter a crowded bathroom do you make sure to look down and the the left and right to make sure you can feel better about yourself?
DawginLex
May 27th, 2011
10:11 am
Doggie Doo
May 26th, 2011
9:46 pm
Academic excellence at uga? That’s like bragging that your 15 year old is earning straight A’s in 3rd grade. You can get a degree at uga doing virtually nothing. The school is a joke.
***********************************************************
I call BS on your comment. You know nothing about UGA other than to get on a blog and spew stupidity which comes naturally from an idiot like yourself.
Simple Logic or Math
May 27th, 2011
10:30 am
Baby Doctor…..Spout (or make up) any statistics that make you feel better about UGA’s academics. If it wasn’t for the Hope Scholarship, UGA wouldn’t be nearly as attractive to in-state students.
Morgan Fairchild
May 27th, 2011
1:21 pm
Not only do we beat Tech on the field, but apparently we’re doing it in the classroom as well.
PS – Richt is NOT on the hot streak and UGA will bounce back this year, thank you very much indeed.
I'm Just Saying
May 27th, 2011
1:41 pm
Morgan…bless your heart…most ugump players would be non-qualifiers at Tech…making good grades at underwater basket weaving may see like an accomplishment for dumb blonde actresses, but it is no BFD for the educated.
Grim Reaper
May 27th, 2011
5:44 pm
How hard is it to color inside the lines, go to remedial reading, amd weave a basket anyway?
Coach Grohbo
May 27th, 2011
8:33 pm
Weaving a basket is not easy.
It Ain't Rocket Science
May 27th, 2011
8:37 pm
Grim Reaper,
I am assuming that you are a graduate of some college with a 4.0 to show for it. You must be at least a CEO of a fortune 500 company. Otherwise, why would you think that you have the right to make such childish remarks about somebody else? I bet you are a techie.
GO DAWGS
Who are we kidding?
May 27th, 2011
9:05 pm
I had a class with a notable football player who went on to play in the NFL and make the probowl several times. 3 weeks into this particular class he sat next to me and asked what class it was. He proceded to ask a series of ridiculous questions, proving he had no idea what was going on in class. We had a test a day or so later…I did ok–but this clown, who did not know what class it was 3 days earlier, scored a 95 on the test. He laughed at me for not scoring higher. Turns out his tutor was also the TA in the class. So either that tutor helped him learn 3 weeks of Anthropology in 3 days or that player knew exactly what was on the test.
I am not making accusations this long after the fact…but would I have liked to have known exactly what was on the test? Of course I would have…especially considering the how stringent the academic progress team was that reviewed my records!
The football team’s academic progress and graduation rate is a complete farce. There are individuals on the football team that earn their degree…but I believe that the vast majority of them that receive degrees get them as payment for their time on the team–they do not earn them in the classroom.
Just Me
May 27th, 2011
9:33 pm
It Ain’t Rocket Science
That name says it all. No, it ain’t Rocket Science it is P.E., Pre-Business, and Housing. Congrats on those get job opportunities in your futures Dawg Players.
It Ain't Rocket Science
May 27th, 2011
10:42 pm
Just Me,
If that is their post in life so be it. Maybe, if they had not gone to UGA they wouldn’t have a chance at anything at all. Talking crap about young kids when you don’t even know them and feeling some sense of superiority shows me that you probably will never do anything other than make money in life. Try thinking about others, not as fortunate as yourself. I suppose that any of those so called failures to you, might look down at you if they make it in a professional sport, and their ill gotten talents make them wage earners 50 times over, what you will make in life. Envy, is a disease for some people.
UGA Grad
May 28th, 2011
2:51 am
The arrogance of Tech students and alumni is astounding. According to some of you, degree tracks that are related to teaching and/or the arts are little more than a waste of time and money.
I know that many of you feel like you have to rationalize your career choice by bragging about your income, and that’s fine. However, you DO NOT need to bash what others have chosen to do with their lives.
Personally, I’d rather beg for change than live a miserable existence where my only joys in life are flaunting my salary and constantly bashing anything and everything that has to do with UGA. You tell Georgia fans to get a life because they are passionate about their favorite collegiate sports teams. I would argue that you are just as passionate in your hatred for UGA.
Perhaps you should take your own advice and get a life. Either that, or piss off.
And one last thing:
Pompous comments do nothing to alleviate the absolutely embarrassing record GT has against UGA as of late. You can act like it doesn’t bother you, but if it didn’t you wouldn’t be reading a freaking column about UGA.
Go Dawgs.
The Truth
May 28th, 2011
7:39 am
Just me…
I dont what particular classes but I did have a cousin that took half of his classes at morehouse
Just Me
May 28th, 2011
10:48 am
The Truth
Prove it! You are full of crap. Your cousin was not taking classes at Morehouse while enrolled at TECH and getting credit for then at Tech. BS BS BS
Snoop Dawg
May 28th, 2011
11:02 am
With Waushaun Ealey quitting, this should put us above Florida next year, at least in this silly category. The purpose of football is GATA, and the Dogs are owned by the Gators and will be until we get a better coaching staff than they have. As long as the fan base continues to drink da Preacha Man’s sweet Koolaid every Sunday, that will not be in our lifetimes.
Buckeye
May 28th, 2011
11:31 am
We’re not all tatted thugs………
4 year APR of 985.
Chuck
May 28th, 2011
11:52 am
“Oh yea, when you have super easy majors like Housing (which about a third of the UGA football player are in – which isn’t housing construction by the way)”
Lol – do Tech fans really think a few players = one third of the team? No wonder the Olympic village is sinking – they are terrible at math.
Chuck
May 28th, 2011
11:57 am
And stop using the Princeton Review as a reference – it is subjective BS that has repeatedly been taken to task for using miniscule sample sizes to make sweeping generalizations.
And it has nothing to do with Princeton University. They needed a hook to leech some credibility.
Ron Hyatt
May 28th, 2011
1:41 pm
UGA. Blockhead morons who make Georgia the inbred morass it is.
It Ain't Rocket Science
May 28th, 2011
2:36 pm
Got your PHD do you Hyatt?
Effie's of Athens Boarding House
May 28th, 2011
2:36 pm
. . . . . . gotta beat Boise State . . . . . .
Magnolia, Tx Dawg
May 28th, 2011
3:57 pm
Congrats, UGA. Academics is more important than football. Call them stupid all you want. The proof is in the pudding.
Producer
May 28th, 2011
7:37 pm
Who cares if the “student athletes” are doing well in basket weaving? Give me a break! We watch them to give us wins on the gridiron and could really give a crap about anything else! And Richt is paid to give us wins on the football field and should have been fired two seasons ago for being incompetent.
dino man
May 28th, 2011
8:17 pm
what about winning some football games —-isnt that the idea of the whole deal? Every year we get the usual talk and BS————–then the losing comes.